Developers targeted by malicious Microsoft VSCode extensions

ReversingLabs explained how attackers often use multiple platforms to spread their malware, creating a more extensive attack surface that targets developers across ecosystems.

In a report by Reversing Labs, researchers say the malicious extensions first appeared in the VSCode marketplace in October.

Lessons learned from the headline-grabbing cybersecurity incidents of 2024

Cybersecurity researchers at ReversingLabs found that hackers used malicious code to combine the Ultralytics AI library to mine cryptocurrency.

In yet another software supply chain attack, it has come to light that two versions of a popular Python artificial intelligence (AI) library named ultralytics were compromised to deliver a cryptocurrency miner.