3 verified briefings on VS Code. Each story includes a plain-English summary, why it matters, and the concrete action engineering teams should take.
JetBrains is bringing its powerful IntelliJ IDEA code intelligence for Java and Kotlin to VS Code. The new extension, now a Release Candidate, lets developers use best-in-class features without leaving their preferred editor.
GitHub has disclosed a security breach where an attacker gained unauthorized access to its internal repositories. The compromise originated from a malicious third-party VS Code extension on an employee's device. While thousands of internal repos were exfiltrated, GitHub reports no evidence of impact on customer data.
GitHub has confirmed that a recent breach of 3,800 internal repositories was caused by a malicious VS Code extension. The extension was compromised in a wider supply-chain attack targeting the popular TanStack npm packages, highlighting the growing risks of software dependencies.