Eclipse Foundation to require pre-publish security checks for Open VSX extensions to reduce VS Code supply-chain risk.
Cybersecurity researchers from Socket’s Threat Research team have identified a developer-compromise supply chain attack targeting macOS users, where ...
Socket notified Open VSX operators Eclipse Foundation of their findings, and the platform revoked tokens and removed the malicious releases. This doesn’t mean everyone is safe, though. Users who ...
In a a robust Hacker News thread sparked by Jamf Threat Labs research, a VS Code team member defended the editor's Workspace Trust model as the primary safeguard against repo-based malware -- while ...
A new GlassWorm malware attack through compromised OpenVSX extensions focuses on stealing passwords, crypto-wallet data, and developer credentials and configurations from macOS systems.
A compromised Open VSX publisher account was used to distribute malicious extensions in a new GlassWorm supply chain attack.
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More than 1.5 million people may have had their sensitive data exfiltrated to Chinese hackers through two malicious ...
Security researchers found two AI-branded VS Code extensions with 1.5M installs that covertly send source code and files to ...