Two malicious VSCode Marketplace extensions were found deploying in-development ransomware, exposing critical gaps in Microsoft's review process. The extensions, named "ahban.shiba" and ...

Threat actors continue to probe Visual Studio Code's extension ecosystem, and a late November incident shows how quickly a trusted developer tool can be turned into a supply chain beachhead. In 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 ...

Visual Studio Code (VSCode) allows you to use extensions to make development more convenient. It has been reported that an extension that distributes ransomware has been published on the Visual Studio ...

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 ...

Developers across popular integrated development environments (IDEs) like Visual Studio Code, Visual Studio, IntelliJ IDEA, and Cursor are at risk of running malicious extensions marked as “verified.” ...

A free diagnostic tool called ' VSCan ' has been released that checks the code of extensions released for Visual Studio Code (VScode) and checks for security issues. Enter the extension's name or ID ...

Microsoft has released a host of improvements and fixes for the Python extension for its popular open-source code editor, Visual Studio Code (VS Code), as well as new improvements for Java on VS Code.