Eclipse Foundation to require pre-publish security checks for Open VSX extensions to reduce VS Code supply-chain risk.

A compromised Open VSX publisher account was used to distribute malicious extensions in a new GlassWorm supply chain attack.

A fake VS Code extension posing as a Moltbot AI assistant installed ScreenConnect malware, giving attackers persistent remote ...

GlassWorm malware is expanding to open source platforms, targeting macOS users with infostealers.

The classic VS Code is great and all, but these specialized forks are better for certain programming tasks ...

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

Two malicious VS Code extensions have exfiltrated code snippets, API keys, and proprietary algorithms from 1.5 million ...

A new GlassWorm malware attack through compromised OpenVSX extensions focuses on stealing passwords, crypto-wallet data, and developer credentials and configurations from macOS systems.

Hackers have already published a fake Visual Studio Code extension that impersonates the assistant under its former name, ...

In a a robust Hacker News thread sparked by Jamf Threat Labs research, a VS Code team member defended the editor's Workspace Trust model as the primary safeguard against repo-based malware -- while ...

A Microsoft Visual Studio Code extension for Moltbot turns out to actually deliver a malware payload to unsuspecting users.