This week’s ThreatsDay Bulletin covers malicious packages, fake apps, AI prompt attacks, exposed systems, weak defaults, and stealthy malware traffic.

Visual Studio Code 1.130 is the latest weekly update from Microsoft. The company focused heavily on agents in this update.

Fake Claude Code install sites are pushing malware that steals API keys, developer credentials, crypto wallets, and other sensitive data. Developers searching for Claude Code installation instructions ...

There's a lot of buzz around OpenClaw lately, so I had to check it out in my favorite editor, VS Code. Turns out this is a nascent space, not much being done with the new it agentic AI tool and the ...

Why Python? One of the reasons Python is powerful is the abundance of packages. For example, if you try to implement a QR code generation feature yourself, you would need thousands of lines of code.

A new variation of the ClickFix technique is capitalizing on the popularity of Anthropic's Claude Code and other AI coding tools. Researchers at Push Security discovered the threat campaign, which ...

Emily Long is a freelance writer based in Salt Lake City. After graduating from Duke University, she spent several years reporting on the federal workforce for Government Executive, a publication of ...

Microsoft announced that the Copilot Studio extension for the Visual Studio Code (VS Code) integrated development environment is now available to all users. Developers can use it to build and manage ...

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A campaign involving 19 Visual Studio (VS) Code extensions that embed malware inside their dependency folders has been uncovered by cybersecurity researchers. Active since February 2025 but identified ...

You start by getting the official installer from the Visual Studio Code website. Open your preferred browser on Windows. Go to the Visual Studio Code download page ...