---
id: 6207
title: "Malicious VSCode Extension Launches Multi-Stage Attack Chain with Anivia Loader and OctoRAT"
source_domain: hunt.io
source_url: "https://hunt.io/blog/malicious-vscode-extension-anivia-octorat-attack-chain"
published_at: "2025-12-03T00:00:00Z"
tags: ["supply-chain", "attack-chains", "malware", "vscode", "rat", "octorat", "anivia", "malicious-extension"]
phying_url: "https://phying.com/item/6207"
lang: en
---

# Malicious VSCode Extension Launches Multi-Stage Attack Chain with Anivia Loader and OctoRAT

## Summary

A fake 'prettier-vscode-plus' extension on the official VSCode Marketplace delivered the Anivia loader and OctoRAT—a RAT with 70+ commands—in a supply-chain attack that rotated payloads.

## Intelligence Metadata

- **Sources:** hunt.io
- **Published:** 2025-12-03T00:00:00Z
- **Original:** https://hunt.io/blog/malicious-vscode-extension-anivia-octorat-attack-chain
- **Phying News:** https://phying.com/item/6207