The Contagious Interview campaign weaponizes job recruitment to target developers. Threat actors pose as recruiters from crypto and AI companies and deliver backdoors such as OtterCookie and ...

Microsoft's AI Toolkit extension for VS Code now lets developers scaffold a working MCP server in minutes. Here's what that looks like in practice -- including the parts that don't work, and a simpler ...

If you work in IT, chances are PowerShell is already part of your daily routine. You might use it to check a service, pull system information, or automate a task that would otherwise take several ...

Microsoft has officially begun decommissioning its IntelliCode suite, marking the end of a multi-year effort to provide local, machine-learning-assisted code completions. The move, executed alongside ...

A stealthy campaign with 19 extensions on the VSCode Marketplace has been active since February, targeting developers with malware hidden inside dependency folders. The malicious activity was ...

Editor's take: Microsoft is doubling down on its plan to turn Windows 11 into an "agentic AI" platform, and in the process seems determined to strip away the last bits of user agency left in the OS.

As part of the December 2025 Patch Tuesday Update for Windows 11 version 23H2, 24H2, and 25H2, Microsoft made some changes to PowerShell 5.1. So, if you came across a new security warning in Windows ...

Amazon Q Developer is a useful AI-powered coding assistant with chat, CLI, Model Context Protocol and agent support, and AWS expertise. When I reviewed Amazon Q Developer in 2024, I noted that it was ...

Splunk for Windows has a high-severity flaw that lets local users escalate privileges through misconfigured file permissions. Learn how to fix it. Image generated by Google’s Nano Banana A newly ...

For fixing Windows errors, we recommend Fortect: Fortect will identify and deploy the correct fix for your Windows errors. Follow the 3 easy steps to get rid of Windows errors: Learn how to master ...