A so-called software supply chain attack, in which hackers corrupt a legitimate piece of software to hide their own malicious code, was once a relatively rare event but one that haunted the ...

GitHub confirmed on May 20 that a poisoned VS Code extension installed on an employee’s device gave attackers access to roughly 3,800 internal repositories at the Microsoft-owned code storage and ...

Update May 21: GitHub has now linked this breach to the TanStack npm supply-chain attack and says the employee installed a malicious version of the Nx Console extension. GitHub has confirmed that ...

Microsoft’s GitHub has suffered what appears to be its biggest ever security breach after confirming that attackers exfiltrated code from around 3,800 of the company’s internal repositories. News of ...

The Microsoft-owed software developer platform, GitHub, has confirmed a third-party has gained unauthorized access to 3800 internal repositories. The breach was detected on May 19 and likely comes ...

A decision by NHS England to withdraw open-source code created with UK taxpayer funds because of the risk posed by computer-hacking AI models is attracting growing backlash. Last month, Mythos, an AI ...

Visual Studio Code 1.118 now stamps a Copilot co-author trailer on Git commits by default after PR #310226 flipped git.addAICoAuthor to all in 1.118 builds. The opening comment quickly drew 372 thumbs ...

Several times in the last couple of decades, Microsoft has released source code for the original MS-DOS operating system that kicked off its decades-long dominance of consumer PCs. This week, the ...

Invincible VS, the superhero 3v3 tag fighting game set in the Invincible universe, is coming to PC, Xbox, and PlayStation 5 on April 30. Developer Quarter Up has now confirmed the exact global release ...

The debate around open-source vs proprietary software continues to shape how individuals, developers, and businesses choose their tools. With open source software explained as community-driven and ...

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VS Code 1.115 introduced a preview Agents app in VS Code Insiders. VS Code 1.116 added persistent debug logs for current and past agent sessions. Both releases expanded how agents work with terminals, ...