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A set of ten VSCode extensions on Microsoft's Visual Studio Code Marketplace pose as legitimate development tools while infecting users with the XMRig cryptominer for Monero. Microsoft VSCode is a ...

Security researchers found malicious code hiding in two VSCode extensions Microsoft quickly ... there was “heavily obfuscated JavaScript, which is always a red flag in open-source software.” ...

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 ...