Backdoor added to Anthropic’s Claude extension in Cursor
Version 2.1.313 of Anthropic’s Claude extension in the Cursor marketplace contained a backdoor after attackers published it through the official distribution channel. According to Cursor, the code tries to establish persistent SSH access on Windows, macOS, and Linux. It may have affected up to 5,000 users, but how the account was compromised was not disclosed.
Cursor said the malicious extension could install through automatic updates and aimed to open a reverse SSH tunnel on developer machines.
02CHIPS & INFRASTRUCTURE
Nvidia discusses guaranteeing Nscale data center financing
Nvidia is reportedly discussing guaranteeing billions of dollars in debt for Nscale’s Anthropic data center project in West Virginia. Under the proposed arrangement, if Nscale cannot make payments, Nvidia would temporarily take over the facility and seek a buyer and tenant. The discussions have not yet concluded.
Nvidia is considering guaranteeing construction financing for Nscale’s planned data center for Anthropic, which could make it easier for the project to secure loans.
03SECURITY
VOLTA infostealer ranks victims by potential earnings using an LLM
CAIRN’s research says the Windows infostealer VOLTA sends collected data to an LLM through OpenRouter, which ranks a victim’s assets by monetary value. If a model refuses, the software uses a fallback chain of up to three models. The report says the LLM takes over the operator’s target analysis.
The VOLTA infostealer has an LLM analyze stolen data to rank victims by potential earnings.
04PRODUCTS
Apple Intelligence is coming to China with iOS 27.3
Apple will make some Apple Intelligence features available in China with iOS 27.3. They will first appear in a beta planned for November 4, with the full release due in December. The new Siri is not part of the launch; Qwen chatbot support will be added to some experiences.
Apple will bring some Apple Intelligence features to China, first in the iOS 27.3 beta and then in the full release; the new Siri will not be included.
05INDUSTRY
Big Tech’s AI spending worries investors
Alphabet, Amazon, Meta, and Microsoft plan combined capital spending of more than $740 billion this year, which investors largely view as investment in AI infrastructure, especially data centers and chips. Concerns are growing about pressure on company cash flows and whether the investments will pay off; Alphabet’s search advertising growth has also slowed.
Alphabet, Amazon, Meta, and Microsoft plan to spend more than $740 billion this year, prompting investor concerns about cash flow and returns.
06DEVELOPER TOOLS
Developer builds YouTube clone from Hacker News videos with Claude Code
The developer presented HackerTube as a YouTube clone built by Opus 5.5 through Claude Code. According to their account, the tool filtered Hacker News comments and used Sonnet to remove spam, selecting comments with 40,000 video suggestions; these yielded 6,454 videos and 150 topics. The developer handled the Google Cloud API key, VPS setup, and domain purchase manually.
A developer says they built HackerTube with Claude Code and Opus 5.5 to list YouTube videos selected from Hacker News comments.
07DEVELOPER TOOLS
Prospero is a C++-based AI coding tool
The developer introduced Prospero, a coding tool that can use local or remote models. By the developer’s own measurement, it uses roughly two orders of magnitude fewer resources than comparable tools. It has no built-in model provider, and remote deployment features are limited to the paid Professional version.
Prospero is presented as a C++ coding harness that gives AI agents file, shell, and desktop tools.
08RESEARCH
GPT-5.6 Sol completes Factorio’s peaceful mode
The author reported running GPT-5.6 Sol in Codex at a low reasoning level and completing Factorio’s peaceful mode in 13.5 in-game hours. However, it struggled to connect production systems in the later stages; launching a rocket was made possible by manually moving resources between different parts of the factory.
In an experiment, GPT-5.6 Sol completed Factorio’s peaceful mode through Codex, overcoming late-game problems by moving resources.
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