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Self-Spreading 'GlassWorm' Infects VS Code Extensions in Widespread Supply Chain Attack

GlassWorm spread via 14 VS Code extensions; Solana + Google Calendar C2; stole credentials, drained 49 wallets.
SecurityWeek

Supply Chain Attack Targets VS Code Extensions With ‘GlassWorm’ Malware

Visual Studio developers are targeted with a self-propagating worm in a sophisticated supply chain attack through the OpenVSX ...

Hidden "Glassworm" malware spreads through infected VS Code extensions

A new malware worm campaign has infected multiple Microsoft Visual Studio Code extensions using invisible Unicode characters ...

Self-spreading GlassWorm malware hits OpenVSX, VS Code registries

A new and ongoing supply-chain attack is targeting developers on the OpenVSX and Microsoft Visual Studio marketplaces with ...
CSO Online

Threat actors are spreading malicious extensions via VS marketplaces

There isn’t a consistent threat model for extension marketplaces yet, McCarthy said, making it difficult for any platform to ...

VSCode extensions pulled over security risks, but millions of users have already installed

Security researchers found malicious code hiding in two VSCode extensions Microsoft quickly pulled them and notifies users ...
Hackaday

This Week In Security: Court Orders, GlassWorm, TARmageddon, And It Was DNS

This week, a US federal court has ruled that NSO Group is no longer allowed to use Pegasus spyware against users of WhatsApp.
CSOonline

Verified, but vulnerable: Malicious extensions exploit IDE trust badges

Developers across popular integrated development environments (IDEs) like Visual Studio Code, Visual Studio, IntelliJ IDEA, and Cursor are at risk of running malicious extensions marked as “verified.” ...
GIGAZINE

VSCan can detect malicious VSCode extensions

A free diagnostic tool called ' VSCan ' has been released that checks the code of extensions released for Visual Studio Code (VScode) and checks for security issues. Enter the extension's name or ID ...