Threat actors are abusing GitHub automation features and malicious Visual Studio projects to push a new variant of the "Keyzetsu" clipboard-hijacking malware and steal cryptocurrency payments.

The AI assistant GitHub Copilot regularly receives new features in Visual Studio 2022, for example it has been able to create Git commit messages since version 17.9.

GitHub has introduced new extensions for its programming tool Copilot, which was launched in 2021. Agent Mode and Copilot Edits are now available in Microsoft's source code editor Visual Studio Code.

GitHub has introduced a new free plan for GitHub Copilot in Visual Studio Code, offering 2,000 code completions and 50 chat messages per month without requiring a subscription or payment. The ...