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Open VSX Extension Delivers RAT and Stealer via GitHub Downloader

An Open VSX extension used by thousands of developers has been caught silently pulling a full-featured remote access trojan and infostealer from GitHub. The KhangNghiem/fast-draft extension, listed on open-vsx.org and tracked at over 26,000 downloads as of March 17, 2026, contained multiple malicious releases that executed a GitHub-hosted downloader and fetched a second-stage payload from […] The post Open VSX Extension Delivers RAT and Stealer via GitHub Downloader appeared first on GBHackers Security | #1 Globally Trusted Cyber Security News Platform.

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