Nine VSCode extensions on Microsoft’s Visual Studio Code Marketplace pose as legitimate development tools while infecting users with the XMRig cryptominer to mine Ethereum and Monero.

ExtensionTotal researcher Yuval Ronen has uncovered nine VSCode extensions published on Microsoft’s portal on April 4, 2025.

The package names are:

1. Discord Rich Presence for VS Code (by Mark H) - 189K Installs
2. Rojo – Roblox Studio Sync (by evaera) - 117K Installs
3. Solidity Compiler (by VSCode Developer) - 1.3K Installs
4. Claude AI (by Mark H)
5. Golang Compiler (by Mark H)
6. ChatGPT Agent for VSCode (by Mark H)
7. HTML Obfuscator (by Mark H)
8. Python Obfuscator for VSCode (by Mark H)
9. Rust Compiler for VSCode (by Mark H)