Microsoft has announced the first generally available release of the C++ extension for Visual Studio Code, which includes support for Linux on ARM and ARM64, rich code formatting settings, and more.

VS Code extensions since Dec 21, 2025 fuel GlassWorm v2, installing cross-IDE malware and stealing credentials.

Visual Studio 2026 has further integrated GitHub Copilot's cloud agent to its Copilot Chat picker -- catching up to VS Code -- and the async workflow it enables, where a task runs on GitHub Actions ...

The threat actor seeding the Open VSX code marketplace with fraudulent extensions that download the GlassWorm malware has ...

Attackers continue to scale a campaign to seed Open VSX with seemingly benign VS Code extensions that spread self-propagating ...

Team wins praise for adding 'disable all AI features' setting for devs who want a code editor to be only a code editor ...

GlassWorm, a known malware, has put 73 harmful extensions into OpenVSX's registry. Hackers use it to steal developers' crypto ...

Developers and analysts suggest that extending Visual Studio Code with AI tools like GitHub Copilot, Codex, and Claude is proving more effective than building entirely new AI-focused editors. VS ...

Researchers say the campaign targeted developer credentials and cloud secrets while abusing trusted publishing and AI coding ...

VS Code is no longer just an IDE.

VS Code 1.117 adds bring-your-own model key support for Copilot Business and Enterprise users and introduces a set of chat, agent, terminal, and TypeScript updates.

A new wave of the Glassworm campaign is targeting the OpenVSX ecosystem with 73 "sleeper" extensions that turn malicious ...