Bleeping Computer

VSCode extensions found downloading early-stage ransomware

Two malicious VSCode Marketplace extensions were found deploying in-development ransomware, exposing critical gaps in Microsoft's review process. The extensions, named "ahban.shiba" and ...
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 ...
Bleeping Computer

VSCode extensions with 9 million installs pulled over security risks

Microsoft has removed two popular VSCode extensions, 'Material Theme – Free' and 'Material Theme Icons – Free,' from the Visual Studio Marketplace for allegedly containing malicious code. The two ...
ZDNet

Microsoft's Python extension for VS Code just added the fast-coding Pylance language server

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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 ...