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VS Code for Linux may be secretly hoarding trashed files

Versions installed via Snap don't delete files when users empty system trash Linux users who installed Microsoft's Visual ...
SecurityWeek

VS Code Configs Expose GitHub Codespaces to Attacks

Attackers can abuse VS Code configuration files for RCE when a GitHub Codespaces user opens a repository or pull request.
Microsoft

New Clickfix variant ‘CrashFix’ deploying Python Remote Access Trojan

CrashFix crashes browsers to coerce users into executing commands that deploy a Python RAT, abusing finger.exe and portable Python to evade detection and persist on high‑value systems.

I tried a Claude Code alternative that's local, open source, and completely free - how it works

I tried a Claude Code alternative that's local, open source, and completely free - how it works ...
InfoWorld

Beyond NPM: What you need to know about JSR

Here's how the JavaScript Registry evolves makes building, sharing, and using JavaScript packages simpler and more secure ...

VS Code is gobbling up storage space on Ubuntu, but there's a fix

VS Code's official Snap package on Linux has a bug first reported in 2024 that still hasn't been fixed and is gobbling up ...