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"๐ŸšจVS Code Extensions are out here bypassing trust like itโ€™s a TikTok dance challenge! ๐Ÿ’€๐Ÿ”ฅ #NotSafe #Cringe"
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"๐ŸšจVS Code Extensions are out here bypassing trust like itโ€™s a TikTok dance challenge! ๐Ÿ’€๐Ÿ”ฅ #NotSafe #Cringe"

July 01, 2025
4 months ago
The Hacker News
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๐Ÿšจ๐Ÿ’ป๐Ÿ’ฅ BREAKING: IDEs are OUT HERE letting the hacker squad roll deep into your dev environment! ๐Ÿšจ๐Ÿ’ฅ Like, hello?! Itโ€™s like inviting a raccoon to your coding party and being surprised when they devour your pizza! ๐Ÿ•๐Ÿฆ So, a new study just dropped that says *Visual Studio Code*, *IntelliJ*, and others are giving sinister extensions a backstage pass to your code ๐Ÿ”“. This ainโ€™t a VIP party, folks! Itโ€™s a stinky dumpster fire with a side of "This is fine" ๐Ÿถ๐Ÿ”ฅ. Leaked ๐Ÿ’ฌ quote from a โ€œdeveloperโ€: *โ€œBro, I thought I was just downloading a fluffy unicorn generator โ€” turns out it was a BlackBerry 5 hack from 1999. Who wrote this?! My grandma?โ€* ๐Ÿคก๐Ÿ’€ You open VS Code like: *"Drake's pointing at the creator of these extensions, and it's his trash can."* But for real, this ain't just cringe; it's peak "cope and seethe" levels of chaos. ๐Ÿ˜ฌโœจ So, whatโ€™s the hot take, fam? IDEs will soon offer *โ€œDeveloper Armorโ„ขโ€*. You heard it here first; the future is brightโ€ฆ for antivirus devs, at least. ๐Ÿš€๐Ÿ’ฐ TL;DR: ๐Ÿ”ฅ Malicious extensions are doing the cha-cha slide into your workspace, and weโ€™re all just over here eating popcorn ๐Ÿฟ, waiting for the next big meltdown. ๐Ÿฅณ #SecurityWho?

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#IDEs#Security#Extensions#Vulnerability#Malicious Code
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