The campaign spans npm, Packagist, Go, and Chrome, using obfuscated JavaScript loaders and VS Code tasks to deliver malware.

Attackers are hiding a data-stealing trojan inside fake exploit code aimed at the people who hunt bugs for a living. The malware, called ChocoPoC, travels in Python proof-of-concept (PoC) repositories ...

GitHub confirmed on May 20 that a poisoned VS Code extension installed on an employee’s device gave attackers access to roughly 3,800 internal repositories at the Microsoft-owned code storage and ...

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The coordinated campaign abuses Visual Studio Code and OpenVSX extensions to steal code, mine cryptocurrency, and maintain remote control, all while posing as legitimate developer tools. In a new ...

A threat actor called TigerJack is constantly targeting developers with malicious extensions published on Microsoft's Visual Code (VSCode) marketplace and OpenVSX registry to steal cryptocurrency and ...

Malicious browser extensions are a widespread problem. Even vetted extensions can be dangerous. Here's what you should do to avoid issues. Koi Security investigated a single malicious extension used ...

I try out a lot of extensions in Firefox, Chrome, and Edge, both personally and professionally. But when I'm faced with an unfamiliar extension, how do I know it's safe and secure? A new website aims ...

Secure Annex cybersecurity researcher John Tuckner has identified 57 malicious Chrome extensions that can be used to track your activities or run malware. Although most of the extensions in question ...

Extension support adds useful extra features to the browsers that are unavailable by default. Mainstream browsers like Google Chrome, which dominates the market, do not support extensions on mobile.

Earlier today, we covered the incident of Microsoft Defender flagging the Winring0 driver inside PC monitoring and fan control apps as malicious. Although at first glance it may seem like an obvious ...