Malicious KICS Docker Images and VS Code Extensions Hit Checkmarx Sup… | HappeningNow.news

Cybersecurity · 19 views

Malicious KICS Docker Images and VS Code Extensions Hit Checkmarx Supply Chain

Cybersecurity researchers have warned of malicious images pushed to the official "checkmarx/kics" Docker Hub repository.

Source Story Brief Updated April 22, 2026
Story intelligence Beta
Confidence Limited Single-outlet story
Views 19 Community interest
Brief read ~56 words

Story Brief

Cybersecurity researchers have warned of malicious images pushed to the official "checkmarx/kics" Docker Hub repository. In an alert published today, software supply chain security company Socket revealed that unknown threat actors managed to have overwritten existing tags, including v2.1.20 and alpine, while also introducing a new v2.1.21 tag that does not correspond to an official release.

Read full article on The Hackernews

Coverage Context

Part of KICS coverage 3 tracked stories
Explore KICS

More from Cybersecurity

Continue reading recent Cybersecurity coverage

Support HappeningNow

Independent AI-powered news analysis is reader-supported. Your contribution helps cover infrastructure, summaries, and continued platform development.

Support HappeningNow

Report an issue with this page