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Malicious VSCode extensions with millions of installs discovered (www.bleepingcomputer.com)

submitted 2 years ago by kid@sh.itjust.works [M] to c/cybersecurity@sh.itjust.works

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[–] towerful@programming.dev 2 points 2 years ago (1 child)

You obviously haven't seen the platformio extension.
It's a beast, turns VSCode into an embedded IDE and programmer for loads of different microchips

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[–] johannesvanderwhales@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago

Yeah I'm not using anything like that. Bit irresponsible of MS to not audit this stuff, then. Lots of businesses allowing users to install vs code extensions freely even if they're otherwise restricted for software installs.

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