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#9 The Hacker News general March 14, 2026 at 12:55 UTC

GlassWorm Supply-Chain Attack Abuses 72 Open VSX Extensions to Target Developers

By [email protected] (The Hacker News)

AI Summary

The GlassWorm campaign escalated by abusing 72 Open VSX registry extensions, using extensionPack and extensionDependencies to turn standalone extensions into transitive malware loaders targeting developers. This supply-chain attack represents a significant escalation in how malicious code propagates through developer tool ecosystems.

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Relevance score: 76.0/100

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