Threat actors are still abusing Visual Studio Code extensions as an entry point, with the latest fake Prettier incident ...

A threat actor called TigerJack is constantly targeting developers with malicious extensions published on Microsoft's Visual Code (VSCode) marketplace and OpenVSX registry to steal cryptocurrency and ...

Microsoft has reinstated the 'Material Theme – Free' and 'Material Theme Icons – Free' extensions on the Visual Studio Marketplace after finding that the obfuscated code they contained wasn't actually ...

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 ...

Reversing Labs and Assaraf discover campaign targeting software and web3 devs Multiple packages were hiding weaponized code that deploys stage-two malware The malicious intent was very difficult to ...

VSCode Marketplace, a repository for Visual Studio Code (VSC) externsions, has poor security defenses, allowing threat actors to abuse it and distribute malicious code among the millions of its users, ...

Developers using Microsoft’s Visual Studio Code (VSCode) editor are being warned to delete, or at least stay away from, 10 newly published extensions which will trigger the installation of a ...

A recent investigation by security researchers has revealed a troubling surge in malicious campaigns exploiting popular development tools, including VSCode extensions and npm packages. These campaigns ...

Microsoft’s Visual Studio Code (VS Code) team has reached a key milestone in its vision to transform VS Code into an open‑source AI editor. On 30 June 2025, the team announced that the GitHub Copilot ...