Marketplace that were collectively installed 1.5 million times, exfiltrate developer data to China-based servers.

A campaign involving 19 Visual Studio (VS) Code extensions that embed malware inside their dependency folders has been uncovered by cybersecurity researchers. Active since February 2025 but identified ...

Google’s new Gemini 3 AI model is beating the pants off OpenAI’s ChatGPT, and it’s embedded in an array of Google products — a threat that Microsoft can’t ignore. Three years ago, OpenAI jumpstarted ...

The Microsoft Authenticator app is a vital tool for securing your accounts with two-factor authentication (2FA). When it stops delivering approval notifications or one-time codes, it can lock you out ...

Microsoft Edge on Android is receiving a significant upgrade to extension support. The latest Edge beta on Android expands the list of supported extensions from nearly 20 previously, now allowing you ...

The threat actor skill floor may soon lower as vibe coded ransomware has seemingly been published as an extension for Microsoft's AI code editor Visual Studio Code (VS Code). John Tuckner, founder of ...

Treat this as an immediate security incident, CISOs advised; researchers say it’s one of the most sophisticated supply chain attacks they’ve seen, and it’s spreading. A month after a self-propagating ...

Organizations have accidentally exposed secrets across Microsoft Visual Studio Code (VS Code) marketplaces, posing significant risks not just to the organizations themselves but also to the greater ...

Microsoft updated its free MSSQL extension for Visual Studio Code with new Fabric connectivity and provisioning features in public preview, alongside GitHub Copilot slash commands and multiple ...

Editor's take: Microsoft has long been the financial lifeline of OpenAI, but its growing reliance on Anthropic's models suggests that loyalty may be giving way to performance. By favoring Anthropic in ...

Visual Studio Code now has a new auto AI model selector that favors Claude 4 over GPT-5. Visual Studio Code now has a new auto AI model selector that favors Claude 4 over GPT-5. is a senior editor and ...