Malicious VSCode extensions with millions of installs discovered

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Malicious VSCode extensions with millions of installs discovered

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/malicious-vscode-extensions-with-millions-of-installs-discovered/

A group of Israeli researchers explored the security of the Visual Studio Code marketplace and managed to "infect" over 100 organizations by trojanizing a copy of the popular 'Dracula Official theme to include risky code. Further research into the VSCode Marketplace found thousands of extensions with millions of installs.

Malicious VSCode extensions with millions of installs discovered