Malicious VSCode extensions infect Windows with cryptominers

Malicious VSCode extensions infect Windows with cryptominers

Nine VSCode extensions on Microsoft's Visual Studio Code Marketplace pose as legitimate development tools while infecting users with the XMRig cryptominer to mine Ethereum and Monero.

Malicious VS Code Extensions with Millions of Installs Put Developers at Risk

A sophisticated cryptomining campaign has been uncovered, targeting developers through malicious Visual Studio Code (VS Code) extensions. These extensions, masquerading as legitimate tools, have collectively accumulated over one million installations, exposing the scale of the attack. Researchers at ExtensionTotal detected the operation, which deploys a multi-stage payload to mine cryptocurrency in the background while delivering […] The post Ma…

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Malicious VSCode extension infects Windows devices to mine cryptocurrency

Warning to developers: Stay away from these 10 VSCode extensions

Developers using Microsoft’s Visual Studio Code (VSCode) editor are being warned to delete, or at least stay away from, 10 newly published extensions which will trigger the installation of a cryptominer.  The warning comes from researchers at Extension Total, who said possibly as many as 1 million of these malicious extensions, which pretend to be popular development tools, may have been installed since April 4, when they were published on Micro…