Cybersecurity researchers have flagged a new malicious Microsoft Visual Studio Code (VS Code) extension for Moltbot (formerly Clawdbot) on the official Extension Marketplace that claims to be a free artificial intelligence (AI) coding assistant, but stealthily drops a malicious payload on compromised hosts.
The extension, named "ClawdBot Agent - AI Coding Assistant" ("clawdbot.clawdbot-agent")



Source: TheHackerNews
Source Link: https://thehackernews.com/2026/01/fake-moltbot-ai-coding-assistant-on-vs.html