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A new NuGet typosquatting campaign pushes malicious packages that abuse Visual Studio's MSBuild integration to execute code and install malware stealthily. NuGet is an open-source package manager and ...

* I am aware of the various task libraries out there. For internal reasons, I need my own task, even if already out there. I've written a simple custom msbuild task to concatenate some text files to ...

Unlock the full InfoQ experience by logging in! Stay updated with your favorite authors and topics, engage with content, and download exclusive resources. Ludi Akue discusses how the tech sector’s ...

Microsoft has de-coupled MSBuild from the .NET Framework, shipping it as part of Visual Studio beginning with the upcoming version, Visual Studio 2013. Will Buik, a program manager with the Visual ...

With Microsoft’s newfound love of open source code, the company has announced today that it’s open-sourcing Visual Studio’s build tool for the first time. MSBuild is a build engine used for compiling ...

A Russia-linked advanced persistent threat (APT) group has been abusing PDF and MSBuild project files in a campaign that uses socially engineered emails to deliver the TinyTurla backdoor as a fileless ...

Microsoft has been described as the "bete noire" of open source software, but that's set to change under Satya Nadella as Redmond moves its MSBuild tool, part of Visual Studio, into the public domain.

Sayed Hashimi, a program manager with the ASP.NET team, has been working on a personal project that allows for making calls to the Microsoft Build Engine -- via PowerShell. We likened his project, ...