VS Code Extension with 9 Million Installs Attacks Developers with Malicious Code

Microsoft has removed two widely-used Visual Studio Code (VS Code) extensions, “Material Theme Free” and “Material Theme Icons Free,” from its marketplace after cybersecurity researchers discovered malicious code embedded within them. These extensions, developed by Mattia Astorino (also known as equinusocio), had amassed nearly 9 million installations combined, with Astorino’s total extension downloads exceeding 13 […]

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