heise online

VS Code: Python Environments Extension generally available

As Microsoft announced, the Python Environments Extension for Visual Studio Code is generally available after a one-year preview phase. It is intended to make the workflow for managing Python ...
TechRadar

Malicious Microsoft VSCode AI extensions might have hit over 1.5 million users

Two VSCode extensions exfiltrated sensitive user data to Chinese servers ChatGPT – 中文版 and ChatMoss had over 1.5 million installs combined Extensions used hidden iframes, commands, and SDKs to steal ...
Visual Studio Magazine

Threat Actors Keep Weaponizing VS Code Extensions

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 ...
CSOonline

Verified, but vulnerable: Malicious extensions exploit IDE trust badges

Developers across popular integrated development environments (IDEs) like Visual Studio Code, Visual Studio, IntelliJ IDEA, and Cursor are at risk of running malicious extensions marked as “verified.” ...
InfoWorld

Microsoft unveils Python Data Science Extension Pack for Visual Studio Code

Microsoft is looking to help users of Visual Studio Code editor use the Python language in the data science realm. The company has announced the Python Data Science Extension Pack for Visual Studio ...
InfoWorld

Threat actors are spreading malicious extensions via VS marketplaces

Careless developers publishing Visual Studio extensions to two open marketplaces have been including access tokens and other secrets that can be exploited by threat actors, a security vendor has found ...
TechRadar

Developers targeted by malicious Microsoft VSCode extensions

Reversing Labs and Assaraf discover campaign targeting software and web3 devs Multiple packages were hiding weaponized code that deploys stage-two malware The malicious intent was very difficult to ...