Large .NET solutions dragging? Kunal Chowdhury shares practical VS 2026 tuning for parallel MSBuild, local caching, and binlog-driven verification that keeps your inner loop fast.
#dotnet #visualstudio #msbuild
#dotnet #visualstudio #msbuild
How to Accelerate Visual Studio 2026 Build Times - Parallel MSBuild and LocalCaching Guide
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November 3, 2026 at 8:05 PM
Large .NET solutions dragging? Kunal Chowdhury shares practical VS 2026 tuning for parallel MSBuild, local caching, and binlog-driven verification that keeps your inner loop fast.
#dotnet #visualstudio #msbuild
#dotnet #visualstudio #msbuild
A fake Marvell RAID MSI uses renamed Microsoft-signed MSBuild and a tampered .NET library to decrypt and run a payload in memory, then downloads five DLL-sideloading kits. Researchers link its C2 to CNCMachineRMS by behavior, but have no code-level match.
Fake Marvell RAID Utility Uses Signed MSBuild to Load Malware
A fake Marvell RAID MSI uses renamed Microsoft-signed MSBuild and a tampered .NET library to decrypt and run a payload in memory, then downloads five…
cyber.hendryadrian.com
November 4, 2026 at 5:36 PM
A fake Marvell RAID MSI uses renamed Microsoft-signed MSBuild and a tampered .NET library to decrypt and run a payload in memory, then downloads five DLL-sideloading kits. Researchers link its C2 to CNCMachineRMS by behavior, but have no code-level match.
Fake Marvell RAID Installer Uses Microsoft-Signed MSBuild to Deploy Memory-Resident Malware and DLL-Sideloading Kits + Video
Introduction: Trusted Software Becomes the Attackers’ Disguise Cybercriminals are increasingly abusing legitimate, digitally signed Microsoft components to make malicious…
Introduction: Trusted Software Becomes the Attackers’ Disguise Cybercriminals are increasingly abusing legitimate, digitally signed Microsoft components to make malicious…
Fake Marvell RAID Installer Uses Microsoft-Signed MSBuild to Deploy Memory-Resident Malware and DLL-Sideloading Kits + Video
Introduction: Trusted Software Becomes the Attackers’ Disguise Cybercriminals are increasingly abusing legitimate, digitally signed Microsoft components to make malicious software appear trustworthy. A newly reported campaign demonstrates how attackers can exploit that trust through a fake Marvell RAID installer, combining a tampered .NET library, renamed Microsoft-signed MSBuild, in-memory payload execution, and multiple DLL-sideloading toolkits. The technique is particularly concerning because the presence of a valid Microsoft digital signature does not guarantee that an installer or the complete execution chain is legitimate.
undercodenews.com
November 4, 2026 at 6:48 PM
Fake Marvell RAID Installer Uses Microsoft-Signed MSBuild to Deploy Memory-Resident Malware and DLL-Sideloading Kits + Video
Introduction: Trusted Software Becomes the Attackers’ Disguise Cybercriminals are increasingly abusing legitimate, digitally signed Microsoft components to make malicious…
Introduction: Trusted Software Becomes the Attackers’ Disguise Cybercriminals are increasingly abusing legitimate, digitally signed Microsoft components to make malicious…
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@malwrhunterteam
Visibility thanks to
@malbeacon
's Deception Pro; ran the payload for hours on a realistic network.
Signed MSI -> MSBuild -> .NET loader -> Hijackloader -> SectopRA…
— from @SquiblydooBlog (https://x.com/SquiblydooBlog/status/2118300970107224206)
@malwrhunterteam
Visibility thanks to
@malbeacon
's Deception Pro; ran the payload for hours on a realistic network.
Signed MSI -> MSBuild -> .NET loader -> Hijackloader -> SectopRA…
— from @SquiblydooBlog (https://x.com/SquiblydooBlog/status/2118300970107224206)
November 5, 2026 at 11:25 AM
Signed "Melvin Jackson" h/t
@malwrhunterteam
Visibility thanks to
@malbeacon
's Deception Pro; ran the payload for hours on a realistic network.
Signed MSI -> MSBuild -> .NET loader -> Hijackloader -> SectopRA…
— from @SquiblydooBlog (https://x.com/SquiblydooBlog/status/2118300970107224206)
@malwrhunterteam
Visibility thanks to
@malbeacon
's Deception Pro; ran the payload for hours on a realistic network.
Signed MSI -> MSBuild -> .NET loader -> Hijackloader -> SectopRA…
— from @SquiblydooBlog (https://x.com/SquiblydooBlog/status/2118300970107224206)
For what it's worth I'm 99% sure that generating the solution is why VS was using the wrong compiler, because without MSBuild support files/flagtables etc for other compilers, sln files tend to assume you're just using cl
November 5, 2026 at 10:22 AM
For what it's worth I'm 99% sure that generating the solution is why VS was using the wrong compiler, because without MSBuild support files/flagtables etc for other compilers, sln files tend to assume you're just using cl
It's a plain MSBuild Copy task: nothing is downloaded, and no code runs. It writes nothing on the CI systems it detects, and one property in your project file turns it off. Every C# sample in the skill has to match one compiled in the package's own tests, so the guidance can't drift.
November 5, 2026 at 12:03 PM
It's a plain MSBuild Copy task: nothing is downloaded, and no code runs. It writes nothing on the CI systems it detects, and one property in your project file turns it off. Every C# sample in the skill has to match one compiled in the package's own tests, so the guidance can't drift.
Copilot CLI deals with msbuild errors just fine, like anything else, really
October 22, 2026 at 3:43 PM
Copilot CLI deals with msbuild errors just fine, like anything else, really
🚀 .NET 11 RC2 just dropped!
Go-live support ✅
Faster MSBuild wildcards ⚡
HTTP/2 tuning 🌐
F# Native AOT improvements 🔥
Plus #ASPNET Core, MAUI, WinForms & NuGet goodies.
Time to test the bits! 👇
Read: msft.it/63327aseul
Go-live support ✅
Faster MSBuild wildcards ⚡
HTTP/2 tuning 🌐
F# Native AOT improvements 🔥
Plus #ASPNET Core, MAUI, WinForms & NuGet goodies.
Time to test the bits! 👇
Read: msft.it/63327aseul
October 22, 2026 at 8:00 PM
🚀 .NET 11 RC2 just dropped!
Go-live support ✅
Faster MSBuild wildcards ⚡
HTTP/2 tuning 🌐
F# Native AOT improvements 🔥
Plus #ASPNET Core, MAUI, WinForms & NuGet goodies.
Time to test the bits! 👇
Read: msft.it/63327aseul
Go-live support ✅
Faster MSBuild wildcards ⚡
HTTP/2 tuning 🌐
F# Native AOT improvements 🔥
Plus #ASPNET Core, MAUI, WinForms & NuGet goodies.
Time to test the bits! 👇
Read: msft.it/63327aseul
Sometimes it's more than worth drilling down into familiar tools that have been around as long as we've been building Windows code, because it turns out there's a lot of interesting infrastructure under the hood of tools like MS Build.
www.infoworld.com/article/4222...
www.infoworld.com/article/4222...
MSBuild explained: Understanding Microsoft’s build platform
MSBuild is more powerful than you might think, as it’s usually hidden behind an IDE. Here’s a peek behind the curtain.
www.infoworld.com
October 22, 2026 at 8:11 PM
Sometimes it's more than worth drilling down into familiar tools that have been around as long as we've been building Windows code, because it turns out there's a lot of interesting infrastructure under the hood of tools like MS Build.
www.infoworld.com/article/4222...
www.infoworld.com/article/4222...
Global Visual Studio (and MSBuild) files developmentwithadot.blogspot.com/2026/10/glob... #dotnet #msbuild #visualstudio
developmentwithadot.blogspot.com
October 21, 2026 at 8:07 AM
Global Visual Studio (and MSBuild) files developmentwithadot.blogspot.com/2026/10/glob... #dotnet #msbuild #visualstudio
devblogs.microsoft.com/dotnet/dotne... - #dotNET 11 rc2 is out! It has a go-live license so you can use it in production apps right now.
Announcing .NET 11 Release Candidate 2 - .NET Blog
.NET 11 Release Candidate 2 is available with improvements across libraries, runtime, SDK, MSBuild, NuGet, F#, ASP.NET Core, .NET MAUI, and Windows Forms.
devblogs.microsoft.com
October 22, 2026 at 9:17 PM
devblogs.microsoft.com/dotnet/dotne... - #dotNET 11 rc2 is out! It has a go-live license so you can use it in production apps right now.
The headless Linux assumption breaks fast on desktop apps: signing, installers and UI tests all want the real OS. A plain Actions workflow calling the CLI is less shiny, but it keeps the agent inside the build you already trust. How does Copilot CLI cope with MSBuild errors?
October 22, 2026 at 3:21 PM
The headless Linux assumption breaks fast on desktop apps: signing, installers and UI tests all want the real OS. A plain Actions workflow calling the CLI is less shiny, but it keeps the agent inside the build you already trust. How does Copilot CLI cope with MSBuild errors?
Announcing .NET 11 Release Candidate 2
.NET 11 Release Candidate 2 is available with improvements across libraries, runtime, SDK, MSBuild, NuGet, F#, #ASPNETCore, .NET MAUI, and Windows Forms.
hubs.li/Q04Bmtvp0 #dotnet
.NET 11 Release Candidate 2 is available with improvements across libraries, runtime, SDK, MSBuild, NuGet, F#, #ASPNETCore, .NET MAUI, and Windows Forms.
hubs.li/Q04Bmtvp0 #dotnet
Announcing .NET 11 Release Candidate 2 - .NET Blog
.NET 11 Release Candidate 2 is available with improvements across libraries, runtime, SDK, MSBuild, NuGet, F#, ASP.NET Core, .NET MAUI, and Windows Forms.
hubs.li
October 19, 2026 at 3:35 PM
Announcing .NET 11 Release Candidate 2
.NET 11 Release Candidate 2 is available with improvements across libraries, runtime, SDK, MSBuild, NuGet, F#, #ASPNETCore, .NET MAUI, and Windows Forms.
hubs.li/Q04Bmtvp0 #dotnet
.NET 11 Release Candidate 2 is available with improvements across libraries, runtime, SDK, MSBuild, NuGet, F#, #ASPNETCore, .NET MAUI, and Windows Forms.
hubs.li/Q04Bmtvp0 #dotnet
🚀 .NET 11 RC 2 is here!
This latest release candidate brings us one step closer to .NET 11 general availability.
Curious about what's new, what's improved, and what to test before upgrading?
Explore the release highlights 👇
https://devblogs.microsoft.com/dotnet/dotnet-11-rc-2/
#dotnet #csharp
This latest release candidate brings us one step closer to .NET 11 general availability.
Curious about what's new, what's improved, and what to test before upgrading?
Explore the release highlights 👇
https://devblogs.microsoft.com/dotnet/dotnet-11-rc-2/
#dotnet #csharp
Announcing .NET 11 Release Candidate 2 - .NET Blog
.NET 11 Release Candidate 2 is available with improvements across libraries, runtime, SDK, MSBuild, NuGet, F#, ASP.NET Core, .NET MAUI, and Windows Forms.
devblogs.microsoft.com
October 21, 2026 at 11:05 PM
🚀 .NET 11 RC 2 is here!
This latest release candidate brings us one step closer to .NET 11 general availability.
Curious about what's new, what's improved, and what to test before upgrading?
Explore the release highlights 👇
https://devblogs.microsoft.com/dotnet/dotnet-11-rc-2/
#dotnet #csharp
This latest release candidate brings us one step closer to .NET 11 general availability.
Curious about what's new, what's improved, and what to test before upgrading?
Explore the release highlights 👇
https://devblogs.microsoft.com/dotnet/dotnet-11-rc-2/
#dotnet #csharp
I spent nearly a decade of my life as a professional Java developer fighting with Maven.
I've spent about two hours in total as a gamer who maintains two tiny C# mods for Unity based video games fighting with MSBuild.
I have an order of magnitude more PTSD from the latter than I have from the […]
I've spent about two hours in total as a gamer who maintains two tiny C# mods for Unity based video games fighting with MSBuild.
I have an order of magnitude more PTSD from the latter than I have from the […]
Original post on social.treehouse.systems
social.treehouse.systems
October 20, 2026 at 6:26 PM
I spent nearly a decade of my life as a professional Java developer fighting with Maven.
I've spent about two hours in total as a gamer who maintains two tiny C# mods for Unity based video games fighting with MSBuild.
I have an order of magnitude more PTSD from the latter than I have from the […]
I've spent about two hours in total as a gamer who maintains two tiny C# mods for Unity based video games fighting with MSBuild.
I have an order of magnitude more PTSD from the latter than I have from the […]
⚡️ .NET 11 RC2 ships with a go-live license; GA expected in November
🏷️ #devdigest #dotnet #net
https://devdigest.today/goto/6727
🏷️ #devdigest #dotnet #net
https://devdigest.today/goto/6727
Announcing .NET 11 Release Candidate 2 - .NET Blog
.NET 11 Release Candidate 2 is available with improvements across libraries, runtime, SDK, MSBuild, NuGet, F#, ASP.NET Core, .NET MAUI, and Windows Forms.
devdigest.today
October 20, 2026 at 3:00 PM
⚡️ .NET 11 RC2 ships with a go-live license; GA expected in November
🏷️ #devdigest #dotnet #net
https://devdigest.today/goto/6727
🏷️ #devdigest #dotnet #net
https://devdigest.today/goto/6727
Unit 42's Blinder Tunnel write-up reads like a LOL checklist.
Fake Dubai Airports dev job, a "coding challenge" Visual Studio project, and MSBuild runs the payload in the background while the target is still reading the README.
Fake Dubai Airports dev job, a "coding challenge" Visual Studio project, and MSBuild runs the payload in the background while the target is still reading the README.
October 19, 2026 at 6:56 PM
Unit 42's Blinder Tunnel write-up reads like a LOL checklist.
Fake Dubai Airports dev job, a "coding challenge" Visual Studio project, and MSBuild runs the payload in the background while the target is still reading the README.
Fake Dubai Airports dev job, a "coding challenge" Visual Studio project, and MSBuild runs the payload in the background while the target is still reading the README.
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October 19, 2026 at 6:56 PM
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Already tracked:
MSBuild running .csproj tasks, on LOLBAS: lolbas-project.github.io/lolbas/Bina...
Chisel for the tunnel (in-memory as "Blackwood"), on LOTTunnels: lottunnels.github.io/lottunnels/...
MSBuild running .csproj tasks, on LOLBAS: lolbas-project.github.io/lolbas/Bina...
Chisel for the tunnel (in-memory as "Blackwood"), on LOTTunnels: lottunnels.github.io/lottunnels/...
Chisel on LOTTunnels
Chisel is a living-of-the-tunnels file containing unexpected functionality that can be abused by attackers; this page lists all its use cases.
lottunnels.github.io
October 19, 2026 at 6:56 PM
Already tracked:
MSBuild running .csproj tasks, on LOLBAS: lolbas-project.github.io/lolbas/Bina...
Chisel for the tunnel (in-memory as "Blackwood"), on LOTTunnels: lottunnels.github.io/lottunnels/...
MSBuild running .csproj tasks, on LOLBAS: lolbas-project.github.io/lolbas/Bina...
Chisel for the tunnel (in-memory as "Blackwood"), on LOTTunnels: lottunnels.github.io/lottunnels/...
winapp CLI v0.7.1 just dropped! 🚀 Love a clean terminal? We're hiding MSBuild JSON from `winapp run --aot` output for a much smoother dev experience. #CLI #DevTools #OpenSource
https://ift.tt/G4LT3mB 💾 https://ift.tt/G4LT3mB
https://ift.tt/G4LT3mB 💾 https://ift.tt/G4LT3mB
October 18, 2026 at 1:00 PM
winapp CLI v0.7.1 just dropped! 🚀 Love a clean terminal? We're hiding MSBuild JSON from `winapp run --aot` output for a much smoother dev experience. #CLI #DevTools #OpenSource
https://ift.tt/G4LT3mB 💾 https://ift.tt/G4LT3mB
https://ift.tt/G4LT3mB 💾 https://ift.tt/G4LT3mB
Easy hunts: RuntimeBroker.exe in %LOCALAPPDATA%\Microsoft\RuntimeBrokers, or vshost*.exe with a .config next to it off a dev box. If your users do not build code, MSBuild does not need to run there.
unit42.paloaltonetworks.com/blinder-tun...
unit42.paloaltonetworks.com/blinder-tun...
Blinder Tunnel Campaign Targets Iraqi Infrastructure
Analysis of Blinder Tunnel, an Iran-nexus campaign using fake Dubai Airports recruitment lures and GitHub C2 malware to target critical infrastructure.
unit42.paloaltonetworks.com
October 19, 2026 at 6:56 PM
Easy hunts: RuntimeBroker.exe in %LOCALAPPDATA%\Microsoft\RuntimeBrokers, or vshost*.exe with a .config next to it off a dev box. If your users do not build code, MSBuild does not need to run there.
unit42.paloaltonetworks.com/blinder-tun...
unit42.paloaltonetworks.com/blinder-tun...
@dot.net 11 RC2: go-live support, faster MSBuild project evaluation, NuGet package-age settings via CLI, and QuickGrid API updates.
devblogs.microsoft.com/dotnet/dotne...
More Updates: dotnet.news
devblogs.microsoft.com/dotnet/dotne...
More Updates: dotnet.news
October 17, 2026 at 8:55 PM
@dot.net 11 RC2: go-live support, faster MSBuild project evaluation, NuGet package-age settings via CLI, and QuickGrid API updates.
devblogs.microsoft.com/dotnet/dotne...
More Updates: dotnet.news
devblogs.microsoft.com/dotnet/dotne...
More Updates: dotnet.news
Stop waiting on a failed build | by Mads Kristensen
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#visualstudio #msbuild #softwaredev #productivity #performance
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#visualstudio #msbuild #softwaredev #productivity #performance
Stop waiting on a failed build - Visual Studio Blog
Stop solution builds after the first project failure so you can return to fixing the error sooner.
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October 16, 2026 at 7:01 PM
Stop waiting on a failed build | by Mads Kristensen
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#visualstudio #msbuild #softwaredev #productivity #performance
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#visualstudio #msbuild #softwaredev #productivity #performance
Moving Blazor RCL pages to .NET 10? A host with no .razor files stops serving blazor.web.js. One MSBuild property fixes it.
https://startdebugging.net/2026/10/migrate-blazor-routable-components-from-another-assembly-dotnet-8-to-dotnet-10/?utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=auto
https://startdebugging.net/2026/10/migrate-blazor-routable-components-from-another-assembly-dotnet-8-to-dotnet-10/?utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=auto
October 15, 2026 at 6:52 PM
Moving Blazor RCL pages to .NET 10? A host with no .razor files stops serving blazor.web.js. One MSBuild property fixes it.
https://startdebugging.net/2026/10/migrate-blazor-routable-components-from-another-assembly-dotnet-8-to-dotnet-10/?utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=auto
https://startdebugging.net/2026/10/migrate-blazor-routable-components-from-another-assembly-dotnet-8-to-dotnet-10/?utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=auto