VSCode
VSCode extensions with 9 million installs pulled over security risks
Microsoft has removed two popular VSCode extensions, ‘Material Theme – Free’ and ‘Material Theme Icons – Free,’ from the Visual Studio Marketplace for allegedly containing malicious code. The two extensions are very popular, having been downloaded nearly 9 million times in total, with users now receiving alerts in VSCode that the extensions have automatically been […]
Malicious Microsoft VSCode extensions target devs, crypto community
Malicious Visual Studio Code extensions were discovered on the VSCode marketplace that download heavily obfuscated PowerShell payloads to target developers and cryptocurrency projects in supply chain attacks. In a report by Reversing Labs, researchers say the malicious extensions first appeared in the VSCode marketplace in October. “Throughout October 2024, the RL research team saw a […]