Visual Studio Magazine

One-Click VS Code in Browser from GitHub Repo ('How Did I Not Know This?')

Hundreds of developers expressed amazement at a new preview feature introduced this month by GitHub: the ability to instantly open up Visual Studio Code in a browser in order to edit the source code ...
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Hackers just walked off with 3,800 of GitHub’s internal code repositories — smuggled out by a single poisoned plugin a GitHub developer trusted

Somewhere inside GitHub, a developer installed a Visual Studio Code extension. It looked like any other productivity plugin in Microsoft’s marketplace. It wasn’t. That single installation gave ...
Bleeping Computer

VS Code zero-day lets hackers steal GitHub tokens in one click

A security researcher has released exploit code for a Visual Studio Code (VS Code) zero-day vulnerability that allows attackers to steal GitHub authentication tokens by tricking users into clicking a ...
Bleeping Computer

GitHub investigates internal repositories breach claimed by TeamPCP

Update May 20, 04:17 EDT: GitHub has now confirmed the breach of ~3,800 internal repositories after an employee installed a malicious VS Code extension. GitHub is investigating a breach of its ...
VentureBeat

GitHub confirms 3,800 internal repos stolen through poisoned VS Code extension as supply chain worm hits Microsoft’s Python SDK

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 ...
Geeky Gadgets

GitHub for Beginners: The Ultimate Guide to Repositories and Branches

Starting your journey with GitHub can feel a bit like stepping into a bustling workshop filled with unfamiliar tools and processes. If you’ve ever felt overwhelmed by terms like “repositories,” ...