Researchers Uncover Malicious Extensions in Visual Studio Code Marketplace

Cybersecurity researchers have discovered two malicious extensions in the Visual Studio Code (VSCode) Marketplace designed to deploy a ransomware currently in development. The extensions, named "ahban.shiba" and "ahban.cychelloworld," have been removed by the marketplace administrators. According to ReversingLabs, these extensions contain code intended to invoke a ransomware in the development phase. The actual impacts of this discovery are not detailed in the article.