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Malicious AI-made extension with ransomware capabilities sneaks on to Microsoft's official VS Code marketplace - so devs beware

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 ...
Bleeping Computer

Microsoft open-sources VS Code Copilot Chat extension on GitHub

Microsoft has released the source code for the GitHub Copilot Chat extension for VS Code under the MIT license. This provides the community access to the full implementation of the chat-based coding ...
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GitHub Copilot Chat extension goes open source in VS Code

Microsoft’s Visual Studio Code (VS Code) team has reached a key milestone in its vision to transform VS Code into an open‑source AI editor. On 30 June 2025, the team announced that the GitHub Copilot ...
Visual Studio Magazine

Microsoft Reaches Second Milestone in Open-Source AI Editing for VS Code

Microsoft reached a second milestone in its plan to make Visual Studio Code an open-source AI editor, continuing the transition it first outlined earlier this year. The latest update open sources the ...