VS Code Marketplace Flaw Lets Attackers Republish Names of Deleted Extensions Summary of the finding Security researchers at ReversingLabs reported a weakness in the Visual Studio Code (VS Code) Marketplace that permitted actors to reuse the names of extensions that had previously been removed. The discovery followed the identification of a malicious extension named “ahbanC.shiba”…
MathWorks breach: ransomware gang exfiltrated data on more than 10,000 people Overview of the incident MathWorks, the developer of MATLAB and Simulink, disclosed that a ransomware group breached its network in April and stole data relating to more than 10,000 people. The company reported the incident publicly after detecting the intrusion and the subsequent data…
Why Code-to-Cloud Mapping Is Becoming Essential for AppSec in 2025 The problem at a glance Picture this: developers push a change that looks harmless in a local environment but contains a subtle flaw that turns into a large-scale incident once deployed to cloud infrastructure. The vulnerability goes unnoticed until it is exploited, and the organization…
Storm-0501 Abuses Entra ID to Exfiltrate and Delete Azure Data in Hybrid Cloud Extortion Campaign Summary of the incident Recent reporting identifies a financially motivated threat actor tracked as Storm-0501 refining tactics to target hybrid cloud environments. The actor has been observed abusing Microsoft Entra ID (formerly Azure Active Directory) to gain access to Azure…