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Mining in Plain Sight: The VS Code Extension Cryptojacking Campaign

A sophisticated cryptomining campaign has been discovered targeting developers through seemingly legitimate VS Code extensions. The campaign, potentially reaching over one million installations, involves fake extensions published by three different authors. These extensions secretly download a PowerShell script that disables Windows security, establishes persistence, and installs an XMRig cryptominer. The most successful fake extension gained 189K installs. The attackers created a multi-stage attack, even installing legitimate extensions they impersonated to avoid suspicion. The campaign published ten different malicious extensions, with the top three showing unusually high install counts, suggesting artificial inflation. The extensions share identical code and communicate with the same C2 server. The PowerShell script sets up persistence mechanisms, disables Windows security services, and attempts privilege escalation.

Pulse ID: 67f4ffb4bf1e842db102d8bd
Pulse Link: otx.alienvault.com/pulse/67f4f
Pulse Author: AlienVault
Created: 2025-04-08 10:51:32

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Tom’s Hardware: Bitcoin miners front-running tariffs by scrambling to ship thousands of machines before penalties hit. “Luxor Technology, a Bitcoin mining software and services company building machines in Thailand, is in a quandary: It needs to ship 5,600 units before the tariffs hit. Lauren Lin, Head of Technology at Luxor, told Bloomberg that they’re considering chartering a flight to […]

https://rbfirehose.com/2025/04/05/toms-hardware-bitcoin-miners-front-running-tariffs-by-scrambling-to-ship-thousands-of-machines-before-penalties-hit/

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BBC: Bitcoin in the bush – the crypto mine in remote Zambia. “Water and electronic equipment don’t usually mix well but it’s precisely the proximity to the river that’s drawn bitcoiners here. Philip [Walton]’s mine is plugged directly into a hydro-electric power plant that channels some of the Zambezi’s torrent through enormous turbines to generate continuous, clean electricity. More […]

https://rbfirehose.com/2025/03/28/bbc-bitcoin-in-the-bush-the-crypto-mine-in-remote-zambia/

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"Water and electronic equipment don't usually mix well but it's precisely the proximity to the river that's drawn bitcoiners here. Philip [Walton]'s mine is plugged directly into a hydro-electric power plant that channels some of the Zambezi's torrent through enormous turbines to generate continuous, clean electricity. More importantly for bitcoin mining - it's cheap."

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www.bbc.comBitcoin in the bush - crypto mining brings power to rural areasBitcoin miners will go to remote locations to take advantage of cheap electricity.
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