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 ...

Two malicious extensions on Microsoft's Visual Studio Code Marketplace infect developers' machines with information-stealing malware that can take screenshots, steal credentials, crypto wallets, and ...

You start by getting the official installer from the Visual Studio Code website. Open your preferred browser on Windows. Go to the Visual Studio Code download page ...

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 ...

VS Code has become the top choice for web developers. It’s been around only 8 years but has grown a lot. This is thanks to its huge library of extensions and how it boosts productivity. VS Code’s ...

On October 17, 2025, Cybersecurity researchers identified a self-spreading worm named GlassWorm infecting Visual Studio Code (VS Code) extensions available on the Open VSX Registry and Microsoft ...

Cybersecurity researchers have discovered a self-propagating worm that spreads via Visual Studio Code (VS Code) extensions on the Open VSX Registry and the Microsoft Extension Marketplace, ...

Treat this as an immediate security incident, CISOs advised; researchers say it’s one of the most sophisticated supply chain attacks they’ve seen, and it’s spreading. A month after a self-propagating ...

A self-propagating worm is targeting Visual Studio Code (VS Code) extensions in a complex supply chain attack that has infected 35,800 developer machines so far with techniques the likes of which ...

Microsoft updated its free MSSQL extension for Visual Studio Code with new Fabric connectivity and provisioning features in public preview, alongside GitHub Copilot slash commands and multiple ...

Cybersecurity researchers have uncovered a loophole in Microsoft’s Visual Studio Code (VS Code) Marketplace that enables attackers to reuse deleted extension names, potentially allowing malware to ...

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 ...