This Senator Is an Internet Sensation. Is He Running for President?

The 39-year-old senator has become an internet sensation for Democrats seeking a 2028 contender. He says he’s focused on ...

Lewis George takes substantial early lead in D.C. mayoral primary

Live results as Democrats, including Kenyan R. McDuffie and Janeese Lewis George, vie in the primary to replace D.C. Mayor ...
The Hacker News

North Korean Hackers Are Turning Developer Tools Into Malware Delivery Channels

Proofpoint says UNK_DeadDrop sent 250+ phishing emails to nearly 100 firms, using GitHub and VS Code lures to steal ...

Another bug hunter leaks Microsoft exploits in defiance of company’s handling of vulnerability disclosures

D Yet another aggrieved bug hunter has leaked a vulnerability affecting a Microsoft product after becoming disillusioned with ...
Bleeping Computer

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 ...
VentureBeat

Anthropic's Claude Code can now read your Slack messages and write code for you

Anthropic has launched a beta integration that connects its fast-growing Claude Code programming agent directly into Slack, allowing software engineers to delegate coding tasks without leaving the ...
CSOonline

TigerJack’s malicious VSCode extensions mine, steal, and stay hidden

The coordinated campaign abuses Visual Studio Code and OpenVSX extensions to steal code, mine cryptocurrency, and maintain remote control, all while posing as legitimate developer tools. In a new ...
TechRadar

VSCode extensions pulled over security risks, but millions of users have already installed

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 consulted ...
Bleeping Computer

VSCode extensions with 9 million installs pulled over security risks

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. The two ...
TechRepublic

WebStorm vs VS Code: Key Differences, Features & Performance

Discover the key differences between WebStorm and VS Code, including features, performance, and pricing, to choose the ideal tool for your development needs. WebStorm and Visual Studio Code target web ...
InfoWorld

Intro to VSCode.dev: The IDE in your browser

Welcome to the brave new world of modern, remote development in your browser. Let's get started with VSCode.dev. The fully realized browser-based IDE has been a long time coming. Ever since the ...
makeuseof

Every VSCode User Needs to Watch Out for Malicious Extensions

Yadullah Abidi is a Computer Science graduate from the University of Delhi and holds a postgraduate degree in Journalism from the Asian College of Journalism, Chennai. With over a decade of experience ...