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.

Like many developers, I used to think of VS Code primarily as a slick code editor – great for writing, debugging, and managing projects. It’s a fantastic tool, no doubt, but my perspective shifted ...

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 ...

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 ...