This VSCode extension automatically attaches the debugger to all application processes with smart breakpoint filtering. The extension keeps debugger attached only to processes that have loaded sources ...

Security researchers revealed two malicious VS Code extensions exfiltrated code snippets, API keys, and proprietary algorithms from 1.5 million developers to servers in China while masquerading as AI ...

A new VS Code extension called Nogic visualizes codebases as interactive graphs and drew strong interest on Hacker News. Commenters praised the concept for understanding large or unfamiliar codebases, ...

Abstract: Recent years have witnessed the emerging trend of extensions in modern Integrated Development Environments (IDEs) like Visual Studio Code (VSCode) that significantly enhance developer ...

A stealthy campaign with 19 extensions on the VSCode Marketplace has been active since February, targeting developers with malware hidden inside dependency folders. The malicious activity was ...

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 ...

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 ...

The supply chain campaign known as GlassWorm has once again reared its head, infiltrating both Microsoft Visual Studio Marketplace and Open VSX with 24 extensions impersonating popular developer tools ...

Cybersecurity researchers have discovered a self-propagating worm that spreads via Visual Studio Code (VS Code) extensions on the Open VSX Registry and the Microsoft Extension Marketplace, ...

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 ...

Organizations have accidentally exposed secrets across Microsoft Visual Studio Code (VS Code) marketplaces, posing significant risks not just to the organizations themselves but also to the greater ...

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.” ...