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Solidity Pro VS Code Extensions Steal Crypto Wallets, API Keys, and Credentials

Malicious VS Code extensions branded as Solidity Pro were reported to steal crypto wallet data, API keys, and other credentials from developers. The report highlights the security risk posed by seemingly useful development tools…

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Aug 10, 2026 at 7:38 AM UTC · 3 phút đọc

Solidity Pro VS Code Extensions Steal Crypto Wallets, API Keys, and Credentials
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Key Signal

v1.0.0–v2.4.x Malicious payload versions

Market Impact

BTC+1.35%$84,748

Last Updated

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Đang dịch…

Ravie LakshmananAug 10, 2026Malware / Cybercrime

Cybersecurity researchers have flagged a malicious Microsoft Visual Studio Code (VS Code) extension named Solidity Pro ("solidity-pro") that has been observed delivering a browser wallet and credential stealer.

The names of the extensions are below -

  • helper-beeps.solidity-pro
  • web3devtoolsx.solidity-pro

Although neither of the extensions is now available on Open VSX, the GitHub repository for "web3devtoolsx/solidity-pro" continues to remain accessible as of writing.

According to Yeeth Security, early iterations of the extensions – from 1.0.0 through v2.4.x – were found to beacon to Cloudflare Workers endpoints to retrieve an encrypted Python payload and execute it.

Subsequent versions starting with v3.0.0, on the other hand, have shifted to a full-blown information stealer that can collect browser profiles, crypto wallets, source-control tokens, API keys, SSH keys, and Telegram bot tokens. The captured data is then exfiltrated via a Telegram bot upload.

The list of data harvested by the stealer is as follows -

  • GitHub ghp_ and github_pat_ tokens
  • GitLab glpat- tokens
  • AWS keys and session tokens
  • Cloudflare cfat_ tokens
  • OpenAI sk-, sk-proj-, and sk-ant- keys
  • Telegram bot tokens
  • Mnemonic and seed phrases
  • MetaMask, Phantom, Rabby, Coinbase, Trust, Keplr wallet vaults
  • Bitcoin WIF / xprv
  • SSH private keys (PRIVATE KEY)
  • URL credentials and 1Password MFA tokens

Market Context

Bitcoin

BTC

$84,738

+1.34% (24H)

Market Cap

$1.70T

24H Volume

$26.5B

24H High

$85,239

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