Eclipse Foundation to require pre-publish security checks for Open VSX extensions to reduce VS Code supply-chain risk.

A new GlassWorm malware attack through compromised OpenVSX extensions focuses on stealing passwords, crypto-wallet data, and developer credentials and configurations from macOS systems.

Cybersecurity researchers from Socket’s Threat Research team have identified a developer-compromise supply chain attack ...

In a a robust Hacker News thread sparked by Jamf Threat Labs research, a VS Code team member defended the editor's Workspace ...

The classic VS Code is great and all, but these specialized forks are better for certain programming tasks ...

The January 2026 update has arrived.

Two malicious VS Code extensions have exfiltrated code snippets, API keys, and proprietary algorithms from 1.5 million ...