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

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

A compromised Open VSX publisher account was used to distribute malicious extensions in a new GlassWorm supply chain attack.

Cybersecurity researchers have disclosed details of a supply chain attack targeting the Open VSX Registry in which unidentified threat actors compromised a legitimate developer's resources to push ...

Cybersecurity researchers have flagged a new malicious Microsoft Visual Studio Code (VS Code) extension for Moltbot (formerly Clawdbot) on the official Extension Marketplace that claims to be a free ...

To install the extension, open the Extensions view, search for cloudsmith to filter results and select the Cloudsmith extension authorised by Cloudsmith. Entitlement tokens are not supported. Personal ...

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 ...

According to @claudeai, the Claude Code extension for Visual Studio Code has reached general availability, providing developers with advanced AI coding assistance ...

Visual Studio 2026 includes GitHub Copilot functionality built into the IDE, while third-party AI coding assistants remain available through the Visual Studio Marketplace. Using Marketplace install ...