Did the malware really target AI coding assistants like Claude Desktop and Cursor?
Yes. Rescana's advisory names Claude Desktop, Cursor, Windsurf, Factory, Zed, and VS Code explicitly among the malware's credential targets, alongside AWS, GCP, Azure, and five crypto wallets. That puts AI assistant configs in the same priority tier as cloud keys and wallet seed phrases.
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Malware Hid Inside a Popular Obfuscation Tool — and Went Hunting for Your AI Coding Agent's CredentialsStolen npm credentials let attackers slip native-binary malware into jscrambler, hunting for Claude Desktop, Cursor, and Windsurf credentials.
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