Company
Date Published
Jan. 14, 2025
Author
Danny Allan
Word count
688
Language
English
Hacker News points
6

Summary

Snyk's Security Labs team has been testing the Cursor AI Code Editor, a popular developer IDE, to identify potential vulnerabilities. The research found no indications that Cursor is vulnerable to dependency confusion attacks, and no sensitive data was disclosed during testing. This test aimed to identify potential attack vectors in AI-enabled development environments, which are becoming increasingly popular. Snyk's Security Labs regularly conducts vulnerability research to ensure software and systems used by developers around the world are safe, beating malicious actors to the punch. The team's goal is to improve developer security through integrated and automated security solutions.