10 malicious extensions have emerged in the Visual Studio Code marketplace. They pose as AI to help developers write code but actually engage in cryptocurrency mining. Yuval Ronen, a security researcher at ExtensionTotal, recently discovered 10 new malicious extensions, which...

10 Malicious Extensions Appear in Visual Studio Code Marketplace, Pretending to Help Developers Write Code with AI but Actually Mining. Yuval Ronen, a security researcher at ExtensionTotal, has recently discovered 10 new malicious extensions. These...

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10 Malicious Extensions Appear in Visual Studio Code Marketplace, Pretending to Help Developers Write Code with AI but Actually Mining. ExtensionTot…

10 Malicious Extensions Appear in Visual Studio Code Marketplace, Pretending to Help Developers Write Code with AI but Actually Mining. Yuval Ronen, a security researcher at ExtensionTotal, has recently discovered 10 new malicious extensions. These extensions pretend to be tools and AI extensions, but in fact, they will install XMRig after installation. XMRig is an open-source Monero mining program that can use the user's CPU for mining. The names of these extensions are: Prettier – Code for VSCode by PrettierTeam – 486,000 installations (note that it pretends to be Prettier – Code…