Threat actors are publishing clean extensions that later update to depend on hidden payload packages, bypassing marketplace ...

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 ...

Security researchers found malicious code hiding in two VSCode extensions Microsoft quickly pulled them and notifies users The developer criticized Microsoft's move, saying they were never consulted ...

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 ...

Vulnerabilities with high to critical severity ratings affecting popular Visual Studio Code (VSCode) extensions collectively downloaded more than 128 million times could be exploited to steal local ...

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.” ...

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 ...

Two VSCode extensions exfiltrated sensitive user data to Chinese servers ChatGPT – 中文版 and ChatMoss had over 1.5 million installs combined Extensions used hidden iframes, commands, and SDKs to steal ...