Latest Visual Studio news

Malicious Visual Studio projects on GitHub push Keyzetsu malware

Threat actors are abusing GitHub automation features and malicious Visual Studio projects to push a new variant of the "Keyzetsu" clipboard-hijacking malware and steal cryptocurrency payments.
- Bill Toulas
- April 10, 2024
- 07:00 AM
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Microsoft retires Visual Studio for Mac, support ends in a year

Microsoft has announced it is retiring Visual Studio for Mac and that support for the latest version, 17.6, will continue for another year, until August 31, 2024.
- Bill Toulas
- September 01, 2023
- 01:57 PM
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Microsoft Visual Studio Code flaw lets extensions steal passwords

Microsoft's Visual Studio Code (VS Code) code editor and development environment contains a flaw that allows malicious extensions to retrieve authentication tokens stored in Windows, Linux, and macOS credential managers.
- Bill Toulas
- August 08, 2023
- 05:49 PM
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Hackers weaponize Microsoft Visual Studio add-ins to push malware

Security researchers warn that hackers may start using Microsoft Visual Studio Tools for Office (VSTO) more often as method to achieve persistence and execute code on a target machine via malicious Office add-ins.
- Bill Toulas
- February 02, 2023
- 03:23 PM
- 0
Microsoft announces Visual Studio Code for the Web public preview

Microsoft has announced the public preview launch of Visual Studio Code for the Web, a browser-based version of its free and cross-platform VS Code integrated development environment (IDE).
- Sergiu Gatlan
- August 31, 2021
- 02:38 PM
- 1
Recent Windows 10 updates cause Visual Studio, WPF app crashes

Visual Studio is crashing when docking or dragging windows around after installing recently released .NET Framework cumulative update previews for Windows 10 and Windows Server.
- Sergiu Gatlan
- February 05, 2021
- 10:27 AM
- 5
Here's how a researcher broke into Microsoft VS Code's GitHub

This month a researcher was awarded a bug bounty award of an undisclosed amount after he broke into the official GitHub repository of Microsoft Visual Studio Code. A vulnerability in VS Code's issue management function and a lack of authentication checks enabled the researcher to obtain push access, and write to the repository.
- Ax Sharma
- January 27, 2021
- 05:05 AM
- 0
Microsoft Announces Visual Studio for Mac

Microsoft announced today plans to release Visual Studio for Mac at the upcoming Connect() conference set to start this Wednesday on November 16.
- Catalin Cimpanu
- November 14, 2016
- 08:00 AM
- 0
Microsoft Launches Visual Studio Dev Essentials

Microsoft recently launched one of their most comprehensive programs called the Visual Studio Dev Essentials as a way of showing their dedication and support towards the developer community, This program includes free software, state of the art tools, the power of the cloud, training, and support.
- BleepingComputer Deals
- December 15, 2015
- 08:06 AM
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