Drew DeVault on Nostr: For context, this moody headspace came from reading about a malicious vscode ...
For context, this moody headspace came from reading about a malicious vscode extension that, by forking an existing extension and spending five bucks on fake reviews and social engineering, immediately compromised dozens of high-profile companies and government institutions. The researchers found thousands of known-malicious vscode extensions with millions of combined installs.
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