Two malicious VSCode Marketplace extensions were found deploying in-development ransomware, exposing critical gaps in Microsoft's review process. The extensions, named "ahban.shiba" and ...
A set of ten VSCode extensions on Microsoft's Visual Studio Code Marketplace pose as legitimate development tools while infecting users with the XMRig cryptominer for Monero. Microsoft VSCode is a ...
Visual Studio Code (VSCode) allows you to use extensions to make development more convenient. It has been reported that an extension that distributes ransomware has been published on the Visual Studio ...
A recent investigation by security researchers has revealed a troubling surge in malicious campaigns exploiting popular development tools, including VSCode extensions and npm packages. These campaigns ...
Threat actors continue to probe Visual Studio Code's extension ecosystem, and a late November incident shows how quickly a trusted developer tool can be turned into a supply chain beachhead. In a ...
Reversing Labs and Assaraf discover campaign targeting software and web3 devs Multiple packages were hiding weaponized code that deploys stage-two malware The malicious intent was very difficult to ...
Developers using Microsoft’s Visual Studio Code (VSCode) editor are being warned to delete, or at least stay away from, 10 newly published extensions which will trigger the installation of a ...
Developers across popular integrated development environments (IDEs) like Visual Studio Code, Visual Studio, IntelliJ IDEA, and Cursor are at risk of running malicious extensions marked as “verified.” ...