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GlassWorm Campaign Uses Zig Dropper to Infect Multiple Developer IDEs

ID: edce38bf-66b4-56f6-9bde-d6bc1766b0df

STIX ID: report--edce38bf-66b4-56f6-9bde-d6bc1766b0df

Feed Name: The Hacker News

Threat Score
78/100

Date Published: 2026-04-10

Date Updated: 2026-04-24

Author: [email protected] (The Hacker News)

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Cybersecurity researchers uncovered a GlassWorm campaign using a malicious VS Code extension impersonating WakaTime that includes a Zig-compiled native Node addon; the addon locates IDEs, downloads and silently installs a second-stage malicious VSIX across multiple editors, fetches command-and-control via the Solana blockchain, deploys a RAT and a Chrome information-stealing extension, and exfiltrates sensitive data — users of the affected extensions should assume compromise and rotate secrets.

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