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.

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 is now available to all users.
Visual Studio Magazine

Hands On: Testing Cursor, Windsurf and VS Code on Text-to-Website Generation

A hands-on comparison shows how Cursor, Windsurf, and Visual Studio Code approach text-to-website generation differently once ...
CSO Online

Contagious Interview turns VS Code into an attack vector

Threat actors behind the campaign are abusing Microsoft Visual Studio Code’s trusted workflows to execute and persist ...
Visual Studio Magazine

Hands On Comparison: Building a Dynamic Web App in VS Code and Google Antigravity with Prompts Only

A hands-on test compared Visual Studio Code and Google Antigravity on generating and refining a simple dynamic Ticket Desk ...
Dark Reading

'Contagious Interview' Attack Now Delivers Backdoor Via VS Code

Once trust is granted to the repository's author, a malicious app executes arbitrary commands on the victim's system with no ...
Investopedia

Artificial Intelligence (AI): What It Is, How It Works, Types, and Uses

Investopedia contributors come from a range of backgrounds, and over 25 years there have been thousands of expert writers and editors who have contributed. Gordon Scott has been an active investor and ...