Flaws in popular VSCode extensions expose developers to attacks

Vulnerabilities with high to critical severity ratings affecting popular Visual Studio Code (VSCode) extensions collectively downloaded more than 128 million times could be exploited to steal local ...
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Configuring Visual Studio Code for keyboard only input and dropping your mouse

If you’re a developer, you know that working quickly and effectively is key to success. Visual Studio Code (VSCode) is a popular tool that can be fine-tuned for use without a mouse, making your coding ...
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Malicious Microsoft VSCode extensions target devs, crypto community

Malicious Visual Studio Code extensions were discovered on the VSCode marketplace that download heavily obfuscated PowerShell payloads to target developers and cryptocurrency projects in supply chain ...
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It has been revealed that some VSCode extensions have a malicious function that encrypts files and demands ransom

Visual Studio Code (VSCode) allows you to use extensions to make development more convenient. It has been reported that an extension that distributes ransomware has been published on the Visual Studio ...
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An Easy solution to Compile the Raspberry Pi Pico C/C++ Code using VSCode and Pico SDK in Windows

Raspberry Pi Pico is a cute piece of hardware. It has a powerful dual-core RP2040 microcontroller that offers 2MB (up to 16MB) Flash and 264K SRAM memories. But what truly sets the Pico apart is its ...
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ByteDance's Cursor-rivaling AI editor 'Trae IDE' turns out to send user data to a server and have an unusually large number of processes

Trae IDE ' is a code editor developed by TikTok's ByteDance based on Visual Studio Code (VSCode), and is touted for its free AI coding assistance features. Analysis results for Trae IDE have been ...
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5 developer tools that are incredible even if you're not a developer

Powerful tools built for developers, useful for everyone ...
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VS Code for Linux may be secretly hoarding trashed files

Versions installed via Snap don't delete files when users empty system trash Linux users who installed Microsoft's Visual Studio Code as a Snap package may want to check to see whether files they sent ...