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 ...

A malicious extension with basic ransomware capabilities seemingly created with the help of AI, has been published on Microsoft's official VS Code marketplace. Named susvsex and published by ...

A hacker planted data wiping code in a version of Amazon's generative AI-powered assistant, the Q Developer Extension for Visual Studio Code. Amazon Q is a free extension that uses generative AI to ...

Microsoft announced expanded AI model support in Visual Studio Code through a new Bring Your Own Key (BYOK) capability that lets developers connect models from different providers by entering their ...

Agentic AI is the place to be these days as a Microsoft-centric developer, and as advanced GenAI works its way into the brand-new Visual Studio 2026, several agentic tools are already available for ...

A hacker managed to insert destructive system commands into Amazon’s Visual Studio Code extension used for accessing its AI-powered coding assistant, Q, which was later distributed to users through an ...