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A report that a fake VSCode extension was created and downloaded and that a flaw in the VSCode extension system that makes it easy to insert malicious code was also revealed

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 ...
Infosecurity-magazine.com

New Attacks Exploit VSCode Extensions and npm Packages

A recent investigation by security researchers has revealed a troubling surge in malicious campaigns exploiting popular development tools, including VSCode extensions and npm packages. These campaigns ...
InfoWorld

Microsoft unveils Python Data Science Extension Pack for Visual Studio Code

The company has announced the Python Data Science Extension Pack for Visual Studio Code, a new extensions bundle that features four VS Code extensions for working with the Python language, including ...
Visual Studio Magazine

VS Code Gets a 'Most Heavily Requested Feature' for Python

The regular monthly update for Python in Visual Studio Code sees the dev team adding "one of our most heavily requested features," a new rename factoring experience. The experience comes via Pylance, ...
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 ...