VS Code extensions can help developers improve speed, accuracy, and organization in coding workflows. AI, formatting, and Git tools help with automation and reduce repetitive tasks and common mistakes ...

A campaign involving 19 Visual Studio (VS) Code extensions that embed malware inside their dependency folders has been uncovered by cybersecurity researchers. Active since February 2025 but identified ...

If you’ve come across this unusually large file called ExtensionActivityEdge while checking storage usage on your system, you’re not alone. Many users have reported that the ExtensionActivityEdge file ...

Google has launched an official Colab extension for Visual Studio Code, aiming to bridge the gap between local development and powerful cloud computing for AI and machine learning. The new tool allows ...

Cybersecurity firm Koi Security uncovers a new wave of the GlassWorm campaign, which hides malware in invisible Unicode code within VS Code extensions. The malware steals GitHub, Open VSX, and crypto ...

Cybersecurity researchers have flagged a malicious Visual Studio Code (VS Code) extension with basic ransomware capabilities that appears to be created with the help of artificial intelligence – in ...

A malicious extension with basic ransomware capabilities seemingly created with the help of AI, has been published on Microsoft's official VS Code marketplace. Named susvsex and published by ...

The malware uses invisible Unicode characters to hide its code and blockchain-based infrastructure to prevent takedowns. Visual Studio developers are targeted with a self-propagating worm in a ...

A self-propagating worm is targeting Visual Studio Code (VS Code) extensions in a complex supply chain attack that has infected 35,800 developer machines so far with techniques the likes of which ...

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Cybersecurity researchers have uncovered a loophole in Microsoft’s Visual Studio Code (VS Code) Marketplace that enables attackers to reuse deleted extension names, potentially allowing malware to ...