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Cursor IDE, as many are aware, is a fork of the open source and popular VS Code IDE project from Microsoft. Similarly to VS Code, Cursor has support for IDE extensions, which prompts many developers to migrate over with their favorite extensions and long-lived workflows, shortcuts, themes, and other configurations. Back in May 2021, Snyk’s Security Labs conducted research that uncovered VS Code extensions vulnerable to insecure code patterns.

Generative AI and Agentic AI are changing everything from who writes software to how we define secure architecture. At Snyk’s recent Lighthouse event in NYC, leaders from cloud, security, and development teams came together to answer one essential question: how do we move fast with AI without breaking trust? The answer? Start with visibility, bake in security by design, and never lose sight of the humans behind the code.

Years ago, we published the blog post, “Why do organizations trust Snyk to win the open source security battle?” which laid out the methodology and practices for building the Snyk Vulnerability Database.