Hackers Weaponized Open VSX Extension with Sophisticated Malware After Reaching 5060+ Downloads

A dangerous malware campaign has infiltrated the Open VSX extension marketplace, compromising over 5,000 developer workstations through a fake Angular Language Service extension. The malicious package disguised itself as legitimate development tooling, bundling authentic Angular and TypeScript components alongside encrypted malware code that activates when developers open HTML or TypeScript files. The extension operated undetected […]

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