A hacker recently injected code into Amazon Q in order to warn users of the platform’s potential security flaws. But the ...

Amazon forced to remove older version of Q Developer Extension due to malicious code injection – so users should update now.

The incident highlights rising AI risks as malicious actors exploit powerful tools amid weak safeguards and oversight.

Had Q executed this, it would have erased local files and, under certain conditions, dismantled AWS cloud infrastructure.

The attacker was able to inject unauthorized code into the assistant's open-source GitHub repository. This code included ...

Malicious actor reportedly sought to expose AWS 'security theater' The official Amazon Q extension for Visual Studio Code (VS ...

A hacker planted data wiping code in a version of Amazon's generative AI-powered assistant, the Q Developer Extension for Visual Studio Code.

A hacker managed to plant computer 'wiping' commands in Amazon's 'Q' AI assistant for VS Code, exposing potential ...