Today all the cool languages and runtimes pledge allegiance to UTF-8, including Rust, Go, and Node.js (JavaScript itself prefers UTF-16 for internal encoding). Most code editors, from Visual Studio ...

North Korean-linked WaterPlum actors used fake job interviews to infect 30,000+ devices and steal crypto from thousands of wallets.

A joint law enforcement advisory warns that the North Korean hacking group WaterPlum compromised at least 30,000 devices worldwide from December 2025 through July 2026 and transferred more than $10.7 ...

A serious Visual Studio Code security issue could let attackers gain persistent access to a developer’s workstation with a single click inside a malicious project folder. The attack abuses clickable ...

A dozen Visual Studio Magazine wins, including gold for Code Studio, join more than 200 combined G2 badges and AI Awards shortlist recognition for BoldDesk and Code StudioRESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK, N.C., ...

A credential-stealing npm worm that first appeared in keyv@6.0.0 spread beyond the Keyv and Cacheable namespaces into hundreds of packages across multiple organizations on August 4, 2026. SafeDep ...

A new wave of the Glassworm campaign is targeting the OpenVSX ecosystem with 73 "sleeper" extensions that turn malicious after an update. Six of the extensions have been activated and deliver malware, ...