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VS Code's open source claim is misleading — here's the truly open source version

It says it is, but the reality is a little blurry.

Backdoored Telnyx PyPI package pushes malware hidden in WAV audio

TeamPCP hackers compromised the Telnyx package on the Python Package Index today, uploading malicious versions that deliver ...

Fake VS Code alerts on GitHub spread malware to developers

A large-scale campaign is targeting developers on GitHub with fake Visual Studio Code (VS Code) security alerts posted in the ...
The Hacker News

Open VSX Bug Let Malicious VS Code Extensions Bypass Pre-Publish Security Checks

Open VSX bug misread scanner failures as clean results, letting malicious VS Code extensions go live before patch in v0.32.0.
SecurityWeek

From Trivy to Broad OSS Compromise: TeamPCP Hits Docker Hub, VS Code, PyPI

After hacking Trivy, TeamPCP moved to compromise repositories across NPM, Docker Hub, VS Code, and PyPI, stealing over 300GB ...
GitHub

Python extension for Visual Studio Code

The Python extension will automatically install the following extensions by default to provide the best Python development experience in VS Code: If you set this setting to true, you will manually opt ...