If telemetry was enabled, restart VSCode. However over your default terminal (powershell, git bash, ...) to check whether the python extensions contributed anything to the environment.

Nine VSCode extensions on Microsoft's Visual Studio Code Marketplace pose as legitimate development tools while infecting users with the XMRig cryptominer for Monero.

Type: Bug Behaviour Pylance intellisense is completely not working (go to reference/definition even for the standard python library). Running the Python: Restart Language server command results in ...

Malicious Python Repository Package Drops Cobalt Strike on Windows, macOS & Linux Systems The PyPI "pymafka" package is the latest example of growing attacker interest in abusing widely used open ...