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Malicious VSCode extensions with millions of installs discovered (www.bleepingcomputer.com)
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[-] 30p87@feddit.de 13 points 5 months ago

But why can a theme make web requests?!

Why can a Word or Excel file execute shell code? Why does M$ SQL Server have xp_cmdshell?

Because we live in a broken world and nothing matters.

Because devs chose to live in this part of the world, dictated by M$ and other large companies, who just don't care.

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