Fallout in vscode, Sep 21 – Sep 27

What we caught this week while monitoring over 181,851,176 artifacts across 51 ecosystems. Campaigns that impact multiple packages are collapsed into a single entry with their siblings.

YESTERDAY

Sun Sep 27 · 3 catches · 0 waves · 3 singles
well-knownwell-known/libmicro-behaviorsmicro-behaviors/browser-extensionmetadata/importmetadataobjectives/anti-staticobjectives/impactmicro-behaviors/dataobjectives/supply-chainobjectives+9 20h

Patches IDE main.js, injects code

app/replace
micro-behaviorsmicro-behaviors/browser-extensionmetadata/importmalwaremalware/librarymetadataobjectives/anti-staticobjectives/impactmicro-behaviors/dataobjectives/supply-chainobjectives+9 21h

Patches IDE main.js, injects code

app/replace
well-knownwell-known/appmicro-behaviors/communicationsmicro-behaviorsmetadata/importmetadataobjectives/anti-staticobjectives/command-and-controlobjectives/impactobjectivesobjectives/supply-chain+21 1d

Hidden process execution and obfuscation

destroy/file-deletionrecon-exfil/callback

SATURDAY

Sat Sep 26 · 1 catch · 0 waves · 1 single
micro-behaviors/communicationsmicro-behaviorsmalware/appmalwaremetadatametadata/binaryobjectives/anti-staticobjectives/command-and-controlobjectives/executionobjectives/supply-chainobjectives+27 1d

Persists autonomous agent, remote C2

extensions/vscode

FRIDAY

Fri Sep 25 · 2 catches · 0 waves · 2 singles
micro-behaviorsmicro-behaviors/communicationsmetadata/buildmalwaremalware/appmetadataobjectives/command-and-controlobjectives/anti-analysisobjectives/anti-staticobjectives/persistenceobjectives+14 2d

installs persistence, evades AV, obfuscated payload

system/supervised
well-known/librarywell-knownmicro-behaviorsmicro-behaviors/communicationsmetadata/buildmetadataobjectives/command-and-controlobjectives/evasionobjectives/anti-staticobjectives/persistenceobjectives+11 3d

Malicious VS Code extension payload

system/supervised

THURSDAY

Thu Sep 24 · 1 catch · 0 waves · 1 single
micro-behaviors/communicationsmicro-behaviorsmetadata/buildmalware/appmalwaremetadataobjectives/anti-staticobjectives/command-and-controlobjectives/executionobjectives/supply-chainobjectives+26 4d

Persists malicious runtime services

extensions/vscode
O objectives H behaviours Md metadata · a group subscript counts categories, an atom subscript subcategories