Socket has notified the Eclipse Foundation, which oversees the Open VSX marketplace, of the latest fraudulent additions, and Burckhardt expects that by now all 73 have been deleted.

VS Code extensions since Dec 21, 2025 fuel GlassWorm v2, installing cross-IDE malware and stealing credentials.

Attackers continue to scale a campaign to seed Open VSX with seemingly benign VS Code extensions that spread self-propagating ...

GlassWorm, a known malware, has put 73 harmful extensions into OpenVSX's registry. Hackers use it to steal developers' crypto ...

A new wave of the Glassworm campaign is targeting the OpenVSX ecosystem with 73 "sleeper" extensions that turn malicious ...

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Malicious browser extensions disguised as TikTok downloaders compromised 130,000 users, exposing a growing blind spot in ...

Cursor flaw lets extensions steal API keys and session tokens without user interaction, according to researchers at LayerX ...

Over 70 clones of popular extensions published to the Open VSX marketplace in April are likely designed to deliver GlassWorm ...

GitHub has launched a native stacked pull request workflow through a new CLI extension called gh-stack, closing a gap that ...

Malicious KICS Docker tags and VS Code versions 1.17.0, 1.19.0 enabled data exfiltration, risking exposed infrastructure ...

Developers and analysts suggest that extending Visual Studio Code with AI tools like GitHub Copilot, Codex, and Claude is proving more effective than building entirely new AI-focused editors. VS ...