Malicious PyPI packages give hackers control of Telegram bot servers

A campaign active since last November has been targeting Python developers building Telegram bots with trojanized Pyrogram ...
MUO on MSN

The 6 VS Code extensions I wish I'd installed years ago

Stop coding without these extensions ...
SecurityWeek

Researchers Demo New Claude Code Attack Using Harmless-Looking Repositories to Hijack Developer Machines

Attackers can inject indirect prompts in normal-looking repositories to trick Claude Code into spawning a reverse shell.
How-To Geek on MSN

These 7 Python libraries are useful even if you're not a developer

Every Python developer knows some or all of these libraries, because they’re stable, reliable, and excellent at what they do.

Clean GitHub repo tricks AI coding agents into running malware

An agentic coding tool tasked with cloning and setting up a seemingly benign GitHub repository could execute a malicious ...
InfoWorld

Making Windows a developer platform, again

Microsoft is delivering tools to quickly configure Windows PCs as workstations for Windows and Linux development.
Visual Studio Magazine

Open VSX 1.0.0 Puts Focus on Open Extension Registry for VS Code Ecosystem

Eclipse Open VSX has reached 1.0.0, highlighting its role as a vendor-neutral registry for VS Code-compatible extensions.
GitHub

Curate, Annotate, and Manage Your Data in LightlyStudio.

Runs on Python 3.9 to 3.14 on Windows, Linux and MacOS. We recommend Python 3.10 for the best compatibility with plugins such as SAM autolabeling. Run python example_coco.py and open the printed URL ...