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…

SecurityWeek will host its 2022 Attack Surface Management Summit, Presented by Randori, as a fully immersive virtual event today. With the pandemic-induced digital transformation underway, security teams are turning to Attack Surface Management (ASM) tools to continuously discover, inventory, classify, prioritize, and monitor digital assets for signs of weaknesses. In this special virtual summit and…