Vulnerabilities with high to critical severity ratings affecting popular Visual Studio Code (VSCode) extensions collectively downloaded more than 128 million times could be exploited to steal local ...

Abstract: Recent years have witnessed the emerging trend of extensions in modern Integrated Development Environments (IDEs) like Visual Studio Code (VSCode) that significantly enhance developer ...

A stealthy campaign with 19 extensions on the VSCode Marketplace has been active since February, targeting developers with malware hidden inside dependency folders. The malicious activity was ...

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 ...

According to Greg Brockman on Twitter, the Codex VSCode plugin is already delivering strong performance for AI-powered code generation and is expected to improve rapidly (source: @gdb, August 29, 2025 ...

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 ...

Welcome to the brave new world of modern, remote development in your browser. Let's get started with VSCode.dev. The fully realized browser-based IDE has been a long time coming. Ever since the ...

The language modes listed in the previous section are already defined as default values in these settings, and you can add new ones or remove the already defined ones as necessary. "@apply" directive ...

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 ...