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 ...

Spread the love“`html Visual Studio Code (VS Code) has rapidly become one of the most popular code editors in recent years. With its versatility and extensive customization options, it caters to ...

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 ...

For a few days now, a supply chain attack has been running through the Visual Studio Code marketplaces. Both Microsoft's Marketplace and the alternative Open-VSX marketplace of the Eclipse Foundation ...

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 ...

A new campaign involving malicious Visual Studio Code (VS Code) extensions has exposed a loophole in the VS Code Marketplace that allows threat actors to reuse names of previously removed packages.

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...