Proof-of-concept exploit code has been published for a critical remote code execution flaw in protobuf.js, a widely used JavaScript implementation of Google's Protocol Buffers. The tool is highly ...

Microsoft is shipping GitHub Copilot as a built-in VS Code extension starting with version 1.116, eliminating the manual install step that separated new users from AI coding assistance. Published on ...

Microsoft has released Visual Studio Code version 1.116, introducing a set of AI-focused improvements that refine developer workflows and make Copilot available out of the box. The update is now ...

VS Code 1.112 shipped March 18 with expanded Copilot agent autonomy controls. A new Autopilot permission level lets Copilot CLI run tasks without user approval dialogs. MCP server sandboxing restricts ...

Sometimes, reading Python code just isn’t enough to see what’s really going on. You can stare at lines for hours and still miss how variables change, or why a bug keeps popping up. That’s where a ...

Microsoft has released its August 2025 Patch package, a cumulative set of updates addressing more than 100 vulnerabilities across a host of its products. Microsoft’s SharePoint Server Remote Code ...

At least 18 popular JavaScript code packages that are collectively downloaded more than two billion times each week were briefly compromised with malicious software today, after a developer involved ...

A stunning ProPublica report reveals Microsoft uses a China-based engineering team to maintain its on-premise SharePoint software—the same platform recently exploited in a global hacking campaign ...

Microsoft has formally tied the exploitation of security flaws in internet-facing SharePoint Server instances to two Chinese hacking groups called Linen Typhoon and Violet Typhoon as early as July 7, ...

A new report out today from cybersecurity company INKY Technology Corp. is sounding the alarm over a new wave of phishing threats that use QR codes in increasingly dangerous and deceptive ways, ...

AI Still Struggles to Debug Code, But for How Long? Many of the world's most popular AI tools, such as those from OpenAI and Anthropic, are not yet debugging pros, according to Microsoft Research, but ...

Microsoft Research has introduced debug-gym, a novel environment designed to train AI coding tools in the complex art of debugging code. As AI’s role in software development expands, debug-gym aims to ...