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 ...
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 ...
Open VSX supply chain attack hijacked VS Code extensions delivered GlassWorm malware stealing macOS, crypto, and developer ...
A new GlassWorm malware attack through compromised OpenVSX extensions focuses on stealing passwords, crypto-wallet data, and developer credentials and configurations from macOS systems.
Two malicious VS Code extensions have exfiltrated code snippets, API keys, and proprietary algorithms from 1.5 million ...