Malicious AI extensions on VSCode Marketplace steal developer data

Marketplace that were collectively installed 1.5 million times, exfiltrate developer data to China-based servers.

Malicious Microsoft VSCode AI extensions might have hit over 1.5 million users

More than 1.5 million people may have had their sensitive data exfiltrated to Chinese hackers through two malicious ...

Microsoft Copilot Studio extension for VS Code now publicly available

Microsoft announced that the Copilot Studio extension for the Visual Studio Code (VS Code) integrated development environment ...
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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 ...
Visual Studio Magazine

Buzz About VS Code Extension for Codebase Visualization

A new Visual Studio Code extension called Nogic sparked a wide-ranging Hacker News discussion, with commenters praising its ...
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Configuring Visual Studio Code for keyboard only input and dropping your mouse

If you’re a developer, you know that working quickly and effectively is key to success. Visual Studio Code (VSCode) is a popular tool that can be fine-tuned for use without a mouse, making your coding ...
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How to run R in Visual Studio Code

Note that GitHub Copilot isn’t optimized for R; the documentation says Copilot works “especially well” for Python, JavaScript, TypeScript, Ruby, Go, C#, and C++. However, Copilot does make R code ...