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 ...

Three of the four vulnerabilities remained unpatched months after OX Security reported them to the maintainers.

Critical vulnerabilities in four widely used VS Code extensions could enable file theft and remote code execution across 125M installs.

Microsoft's text editor 'Visual Studio Code (VSCode)' allows you to add functions and customize the appearance by introducing extensions. Security researchers released 'fake extensions that insert ...

Four serious new vulnerabilities affect Microsoft Visual Studio Code, Cursor and Windsurf extensions, three of which remain ...

Microsoft's text editor 'Visual Studio Code' has an extension marketplace, where users can easily install various extensions. A Reddit post pointed out that only Microsoft extensions can use special ...

Malicious Visual Studio Code extensions were discovered on the VSCode marketplace that download heavily obfuscated PowerShell payloads to target developers and cryptocurrency projects in supply chain ...

A new pair of malicious Visual Studio Code extensions capable of harvesting screenshots, browser sessions and stored credentials has been discovered by cybersecurity researchers. The extensions, ...

In a social media feedback thread started by Microsoft Visual Studio guru Mads Kristensen, multiple developers unloaded on the IDE's facility with AI provided by GitHub Copilot and other tools.

Visual Studio Code has thousands of extensions that productivity-boosting features, support for more languages, and integrations with other development tools. My favorite extension doesn’t do any of ...