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

The Python extension will automatically install the following extensions by default to provide the best Python development experience in VS Code: If you set this setting to true, you will manually opt ...

Python extension for Visual Studio Code A Visual Studio Code extension with rich support for the Python language (for all actively supported Python versions), providing access points for extensions to ...

A threat actor called TigerJack is constantly targeting developers with malicious extensions published on Microsoft's Visual Code (VSCode) marketplace and OpenVSX registry to steal cryptocurrency and ...

A remote access trojan dubbed SleepyDuck, and disguised as the well-known Solidity extension in the Open VSX open-source registry, uses an Ethereum smart contract to establish a communication channel ...

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.

Researchers say the malware was in the repository for two weeks, advise precautions to defend against malicious packages.

Besides its lightweight design and compatibility with all major operating systems, a massive collection of extensions is one ...

At its core, VS Code is built on an open source project called Code OSS, published under the permissive MIT license.