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Starting on July 19th, 2025, an npm supply chain security incident has been attacking maintainers of popular open-source npm packages on the npm registry.

At Snyk, we believe that AI innovation starts with trust, which must be earned through clear governance, sound security practices, and proven value delivery. As we scale our AI initiatives across the business, we’re continually refining how to implement AI in a way that is not just fast and functional, but also secure and responsible.

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.

Organizations waste enormous amounts of time chasing down security alerts that turn out to be nothing. Recent research from May 2025 shows that 70% of a security team's time is spent investigating alerts that are false positives, wasting massive amounts of time in the investigation rather than working on proactive security measures to improve organizational security posture.

AI coding assistants are transforming the way developers work. With a prompt and a click, entire blocks of logic appear, boilerplate fades into the background, and velocity shoots up. But as anyone who’s integrated these tools into their daily routine can tell you, increased speed can come with increased risk. Vulnerabilities sneak in. Fixes pile up. And somewhere in the blur, developer trust begins to erode.

Shipping software into the EU now comes with serious strings attached. The Cyber Resilience Act (CRA), in effect since December 2024, sets strict new rules for any company offering digital products or services in the region, whether you’re a local startup or a global platform. The regulation aims to improve cybersecurity across connected devices and cloud-based software.

AI is often compared to electricity, but without trust, it’s just a live wire. As organizations adopt AI to move faster, reduce manual effort, and push the boundaries of what’s possible, one truth is becoming clear: trust in AI isn’t optional. It’s foundational. And for software development teams, AI Trust is now the north star that guides safe, scalable innovation.