Coder Guard – Protect Your IDE from Malicious Extensions

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Coder Guard – Protect Your IDE from Malicious Extensions is a business in show hn launch.

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There is a growing problem with VSCode extensions:- they're not sandboxed (yet) - just like double-clicking an .exe file - they don't have a permission model - they auto update - they have built-in persistence - they are installed on developer machines with high-value credentialsThe recent CircleCI and LastPass incidents were both suspected to originate from a compromised developer machine - which is becoming every organization's Achilles heel in terms of cyber postureSo I've been working on a way to help mitigate some of these risksRight now, only an MVP of a "CLI" is available:$ code --list-extensions --show-versions | curl --data-binary @- https://coderguard.io/scanWhich will list your in

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Website: coderguard.io/scanWhich