Microsoft has announced the first generally available release of the C++ extension for Visual Studio Code, which includes support for Linux on ARM and ARM64, rich code formatting settings, and more.
VS Code extensions since Dec 21, 2025 fuel GlassWorm v2, installing cross-IDE malware and stealing credentials.
Visual Studio 2026 has further integrated GitHub Copilot's cloud agent to its Copilot Chat picker -- catching up to VS Code -- and the async workflow it enables, where a task runs on GitHub Actions ...
Attackers continue to scale a campaign to seed Open VSX with seemingly benign VS Code extensions that spread self-propagating ...
Microsoft updates Visual Studio with cloud agents, Copilot upgrades, and improved debugging tools for modern AI-driven development.
The threat actor seeding the Open VSX code marketplace with fraudulent extensions that download the GlassWorm malware has ...
Microsoft has released Visual Studio Code 1.118, adding remote Copilot session control and stricter enterprise AI ...
Microsoft’s Visual Studio Code 1.118 update broadens Copilot agent capabilities with remote session control, semantic code search, and improved efficiency. The release also enhances the preview Agents ...
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