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

This is a self-contained environment that allows compiling and uploading Arduino source code without having to install anything on your computer, beside VSCode and Docker. It uses the VSCode's ...

Self-hosted agent runtimes like OpenClaw are showing up fast in enterprise pilots, and they introduce a blunt reality: OpenClaw includes limited built-in security controls. The runtime can ingest ...

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 ...

Security researchers revealed two malicious VS Code extensions exfiltrated code snippets, API keys, and proprietary algorithms from 1.5 million developers to servers in China while masquerading as AI ...

Abstract: Recent years have witnessed the emerging trend of extensions in modern Integrated Development Environments (IDEs) like Visual Studio Code (VSCode) that significantly enhance developer ...

Cybersecurity researchers have discovered two new extensions on Microsoft Visual Studio Code (VS Code) Marketplace that are designed to infect developer machines with stealer malware. The VS Code ...

Threat actors continue to probe Visual Studio Code's extension ecosystem, and a late November incident shows how quickly a trusted developer tool can be turned into a supply chain beachhead. In a ...

A suspicious Visual Studio Code extension with file-encrypting and data-stealing behavior successfully bypassed marketplace review and entered the developer ecosystem. In a suspected test effort, ...