AI-based VS Code forks recommended unclaimed extensions, allowing malicious uploads in Open VSX and risking developer systems ...

Whether you use Windows 11 or 10 on your computer, you must change the execution policy to run a script with PowerShell. To ...

A campaign involving 19 Visual Studio (VS) Code extensions that embed malware inside their dependency folders has been uncovered by cybersecurity researchers. Active since February 2025 but identified ...

GlassWorm, a self-propagating malware targeting Visual Studio Code (VS Code) extensions on the Open VSX marketplace, have apparently continued despite statements that the threat had been contained.

The threat actor skill floor may soon lower as vibe coded ransomware has seemingly been published as an extension for Microsoft's AI code editor Visual Studio Code (VS Code). John Tuckner, founder of ...

Careless developers publishing Visual Studio extensions to two open marketplaces have been including access tokens and other secrets that can be exploited by threat actors, a security vendor has found ...

The coordinated campaign abuses Visual Studio Code and OpenVSX extensions to steal code, mine cryptocurrency, and maintain remote control, all while posing as legitimate developer tools. In a new ...

Microsoft has released a new GitHub Copilot extension in public preview designed to help enterprise .NET developers modernize and migrate legacy applications to Azure. Integrated with Visual Studio ...

A new study of integrated development environments (IDEs) like Microsoft Visual Studio Code, Visual Studio, IntelliJ IDEA, and Cursor has revealed weaknesses in how they handle the extension ...