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A large-scale campaign is targeting developers on GitHub with fake Visual Studio Code (VS Code) security alerts posted in the Discussions section of various projects, to trick users into downloading ...

VS Code Extensions have transformed the code editor into a productivity powerhouse. GitHub Copilot enables AI-powered autocomplete, multi-line code generation, and ...

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Agents, browser debugging, and deprecation of Edit Mode are all highlighted in the latest versions of the popular code editor. With Microsoft now releasing stable updates to its Visual Studio Code ...

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Threat actors behind the campaign are abusing Microsoft Visual Studio Code’s trusted workflows to execute and persist malicious code. Threat actors behind the long-running Contagious Interview ...