The newly observed malware abuses VS Code’s “runOn:folderOpen” feature to execute automatically from trusted projects, ...
North Korean hackers exploit VS Code tasks.json auto-run since Dec 2025 to deploy StoatWaffle malware, stealing data and ...
OpenClaw's Node for VS Code extension proved it can support a real local file-based workflow, but on Windows the experience still feels more like early infrastructure than finished tooling.