A published VS Code extension didn't hide the fact that it encrypts and exfiltrates data and also failed to remove obvious signs it was AI-generated.

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Cybersecurity researchers have flagged a malicious Visual Studio Code (VS Code) extension with basic ransomware capabilities ...

Researchers uncover SleepyDuck RAT hidden in VSX extension, using Ethereum contracts to control infected hosts.

Microsoft expanded model choice in VS Code with Bring Your Own Key (BYOK), enabling developers to connect models from any provider and manage them through a new extensible API.

A suspicious Visual Studio Code extension with file-encrypting and data-stealing behavior successfully bypassed 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 ...

The world's biggest tech companies use a program liable to introduce malware in their software. The potential consequences ...

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 ...

Microsoft expanded GitHub Copilot’s AI functionality to Apple’s Xcode, JetBrains IDEs, and the open-source Eclipse project, ...

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Researchers outline how the PhantomRaven campaign exploits hole in npm to enable software supply chain attacks.