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

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

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 ...

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Cybersecurity researchers from Socket’s Threat Research team have identified a developer-compromise supply chain attack targeting macOS users, where ...

Malware targets macOS developers via compromised VS Code extensions, stealing credentials and crypto data via blockchain-based C2..

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 ...

Hundreds of popular add‑ons used encrypted, URL‑sized payloads to send search queries, referrers, and timestamps to outside servers, in some cases tied to data brokers and unknown operators.

Visual Studio 2026 includes GitHub Copilot functionality built into the IDE, while third-party AI coding assistants remain available through the Visual Studio Marketplace. Using Marketplace install ...

PCWorld reports that over 840,000 users were infected by malicious browser extensions containing GhostPoster malware hidden in extension logos. These harmful extensions operated undetected in official ...