Markdown is emerging in VS Code and Visual Studio 2026 as a version-controlled instruction layer that governs AI agents, reusable prompts and modular skills alongside traditional documentation.

A developer-targeting campaign leveraged malicious Next.js repositories to trigger a covert RCE-to-C2 chain through standard ...

The Microsoft Defender team has discovered a coordinated campaign targeting software developers through malicious repositories posing as legitimate Next.js projects and technical assessment materials, ...

Claude Code has pulled ahead of OpenAI's Codex in VS Code Marketplace adoption metrics for tools tagged with 'agent,' just one way to judge these tools for your particular needs in this rapidly ...

Attackers used “technical assessment” projects with repeatable naming conventions to blend in cloning and build workflows, ...

Vercel has launched "react-best-practices," an open-source repository featuring 40+ performance optimization rules for React and Next.js apps. Tailored for AI coding agents yet valuable for developers ...

Zero-day exploits, AI-driven Android malware, firmware backdoors, password manager trust gaps, rising DDoS define this week’s critical cyber threats.