Bleeping Computer

Malicious Microsoft VSCode extensions steal passwords, open remote shells

Cybercriminals are starting to target Microsoft's VSCode Marketplace, uploading three malicious Visual Studio extensions that Windows developers downloaded 46,600 times. According to Check Point, ...
GIGAZINE

It has been revealed that some VSCode extensions have a malicious function that encrypts files and demands ransom

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 ...
Forbes

Warning Crypto Investors—This Malicious Code Could Empty Your Wallet

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Lars Daniel covers digital evidence and forensics in life and law. Recent reports have uncovered a series of malicious extensions ...
GIGAZINE

A report that a fake VSCode extension was created and downloaded and that a flaw in the VSCode extension system that makes it easy to insert malicious code was also revealed

Microsoft's text editor 'Visual Studio Code (VSCode)' allows you to add functions and customize the appearance by introducing extensions. Security researchers released 'fake extensions that insert ...

GlassWorm malware hits 400+ code repos on GitHub, npm, VSCode, OpenVSX

The GlassWorm supply-chain campaign has returned with a new, coordinated attack that targeted hundreds of packages, ...
Visual Studio Magazine

Threat Actors Keep Weaponizing VS Code Extensions

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 ...
TechRadar

Developers targeted by malicious Microsoft VSCode extensions

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 ...
CSOonline

Verified, but vulnerable: Malicious extensions exploit IDE trust badges

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.” ...