TechRadar

Malicious AI-made extension with ransomware capabilities sneaks on to Microsoft's official VS Code marketplace - so devs beware

Malicious VS Code extension ‘susvsex’ acted as ransomware and used GitHub for command control Extension appeared AI-generated, with embedded decryption keys and suspicious metadata Microsoft removed ...
Visual Studio Magazine

Threat Actors Keep Weaponizing VS Code Extensions

Threat actors are still abusing Visual Studio Code extensions as an entry point, with the latest fake Prettier incident ...

VS Code deactivates IntelliCode in favor of the paid Copilot

Microsoft has deactivated the IntelliCode extensions for VS Code and refers to Copilot, which has a limited free volume.
InfoWorld

Oracle unveils Java development extension for Visual Studio Code

Oracle has released the Oracle Java Platform extension for Visual Studio Code, bringing full-featured Java development for Maven and Gradle projects to Microsoft’s popular code editor. Available in ...