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Fake Moltbot AI Coding Assistant on VS Code Marketplace Drops Malware

Written By Wednesday, 28 January 2026 Add Comment



January 28, 2026 at 11:16PM

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")

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