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Hackers infiltrate GitHub by compromising employee device

GitHub traced the breach to a malicious version of a Visual Studio Code extension, underscoring the threat of hackers manipulating popular developer tools.
Visual Studio Magazine

The Next Generation of Developer Productivity with GitHub Copilot and Visual Studio

Simona Liao and Leah Tran, product managers at Microsoft, discuss how GitHub Copilot in Visual Studio has evolved from a code completion tool into an agent-driven development workflow -- and share practical tips for developers and teams looking to integrate AI into their everyday processes.
Infosecurity Magazine

GitHub Breach Traced to Malicious 'Nx Console' VS Code Extension

A threat actor compromised an Nx developer and posed as a legitimate maintainer to publish a malicious extension on Visual Studio Marketplace
Tech Times

GitHub CISO Names Nx Console as Root of 3,800-Repo Breach: OpenAI, Grafana Also Hit

GitHub CISO Alexis Wales confirmed Thursday that a poisoned build of the Nx Console Visual Studio Code extension — live on Microsoft’s official Visual Studio Marketplace for just 18 minutes on May 18 — gave threat group TeamPCP enough access to exfiltrate approximately 3,
InfoWorld

GitHub admits major source code leak after 3,800 internal repositories breached

Microsoft’s GitHub has suffered what appears to be its biggest ever security breach after confirming that attackers exfiltrated code from around 3,800 of the company’s internal repositories.
Visual Studio Magazine

Visual Studio 2022 v17.13 Ships: 'Meet GitHub Copilot Free'

New Copilot AI features and functionality mark the latest edition of Microsoft's flagship IDE, Visual Studio 2022 v17.13. "Meet GitHub Copilot Free," says a heading in the company's Feb. 11 announcement and accompanying release notes. Developers with ...