In a a robust Hacker News thread sparked by Jamf Threat Labs research, a VS Code team member defended the editor's Workspace ...

Why should you use this for building VScode extensions when you can use typescript? Here are some reasons: vscode-ext builds the package.json for you! No need to switch between your extension.py and ...

Java, Scala, Clojure, Kotlin, Python, Haskell, Agda, Rust, JavaScript, TypeScript, Erlang, Go, Groovy, Ruby, Elixir, ObjectiveC, PHP, HTML, XML, SQL, Apex language ...

Two malicious extensions in Microsoft’s Visual Studio Code (VSCode) Marketplace that were collectively installed 1.5 million times exfiltrate developer data to China-based servers. Both extensions are ...

Two VSCode extensions exfiltrated sensitive user data to Chinese servers ChatGPT – 中文版 and ChatMoss had over 1.5 million installs combined Extensions used hidden iframes, commands, and SDKs to steal ...

A set of 30 malicious Chrome extensions that have been installed by more than 300,000 users are masquerading as AI assistants ...

Attackers can abuse VS Code configuration files for RCE when a GitHub Codespaces user opens a repository or pull request.

Cybersecurity researchers from Socket’s Threat Research team have identified a developer-compromise supply chain attack ...

Malware targets macOS developers via compromised VS Code extensions, stealing credentials and crypto data via ...

Two malicious VS Code extensions have exfiltrated code snippets, API keys, and proprietary algorithms from 1.5 million ...

Cybersecurity researchers have discovered two malicious Microsoft Visual Studio Code (VS Code) extensions that are advertised as artificial intelligence (AI)-powered coding assistants, but also harbor ...