Microsoft Defender Experts have uncovered a coordinated developer‑targeting campaign that uses malicious Next.js repositories and recruiting‑style technical assessments as the initial lure, turning routine developer actions—opening a project in Visual Studio Code, starting a dev server, or...
If you recently fired up your favorite Visual Studio Code fork and saw your trusty C++ extension suddenly waving the white flag, it’s not a bug—it’s Microsoft… enforcing the fine print with surgical precision.
License Terms Go From Sleep Mode to “Blue Screen of Enforcement”
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