Malicious VSCode Extension Deploys Anivia Loader and OctoRAT

In late November 2025, a sophisticated supply-chain attack leveraging the Visual Studio Code extension ecosystem came to light, demonstrating how threat actors are increasingly targeting developer tools to gain persistent access to high-value systems. On November 21, a malicious extension masquerading as the popular Prettier code formatter appeared briefly on the official VSCode Marketplace before […]

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