Once thought to be a reliable indicator of trust, the blue ‘check’ icon next to an extension’s name can now be spoofed.

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.

Security researchers found malicious code hiding in two VSCode extensions; Microsoft quickly pulled them and notifies users; The developer criticized Microsoft's move, saying they were never consulted ...

VSCode Faker Sometimes you just need some placeholder text—a fake address line, a fake phone number, or a quick line of lorem ipsum . Maybe you’re constructing an HTML template example.

A security flaw in IDEs like Visual Studio Code lets attackers bypass extension verification, running malicious code on ...

Developers using Microsoft’s Visual Studio Code (VSCode) editor are being warned to delete, or at least stay away from, 10 newly published extensions which will trigger the installation of a ...

Microsoft has pulled two popular VSCode extensions from its marketplace after finding malicious code hiding inside. However, the original developers don’t seem to be the culprits, and have ...