Douglas Crockford's JSMin algorithm to minimize JavaScript code. My own algorithm to format JavaScript code. A JSON tree viewer. Really helpful to JavaScript coder on Visual Studio Code. Easy to use ...

JFrog says six malicious npm packages used hidden install-time execution, JSONKeeper fetches, and sandbox checks to enable remote access.

Ammar Askar dropped a proof of concept (PoC) exploit for a Visual Studio Code (VS Code) flaw within just an hour of disclosing it to “an old contact” at the open source platform, according to his ...

This extension does not allow you to debug Java or Processing projects. Installing this extension will add the following commands to your command pallette (CTRL+SHIFT+P, or opened by View -> Command ...

The GlassWorm supply-chain campaign has returned with a new, coordinated attack that targeted hundreds of packages, repositories, and extensions on GitHub, npm, and VSCode/OpenVSX extensions. Evidence ...

As Microsoft announced, the Python Environments Extension for Visual Studio Code is generally available after a one-year preview phase. It is intended to make the workflow for managing Python ...

Vulnerabilities with high to critical severity ratings affecting popular Visual Studio Code (VSCode) extensions collectively downloaded more than 128 million times could be exploited to steal local ...

Some developers thought they were installing a dark theme and an AI assistant on their VS Code. However, it turned out to be malware that stole their data. Researchers at Koi, a cybersecurity firm, ...

A suspicious Visual Studio Code extension with file-encrypting and data-stealing behavior successfully bypassed marketplace review and entered the developer ecosystem. In a suspected test effort, ...

Cybersecurity researchers have flagged a malicious Visual Studio Code (VS Code) extension with basic ransomware capabilities that appears to be created with the help of artificial intelligence – in ...

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Careless developers publishing Visual Studio extensions to two open marketplaces have been including access tokens and other secrets that can be exploited by threat actors, a security vendor has found ...