Visual Studio Code Has a Malicious Extension Problem
Cybersecurity researchers said an experiment in developing a fake, malicious extension for the world’s most popular integrated development environment succeeded beyond their wildest expectations. Researchers Amit Assaraf, Itay Kruk, and Idan Dardikman uploaded an extension to Microsoft source code editing platform Visual Studio Code masquerading as “Dracula Official,” a color theme that records nearly 7.2…