PyPI is popular among Python programmers for sharing and downloading code. Since anyone can contribute to the repository, malware – sometimes posing as legitimate, popular code libraries – can appear ...

Researchers at security vendor Checkmarx have uncovered an operation, apparently based in Iraq, that uses malware hosted on the Python repository PyPI to search for files on the victim's device and ...

Malicious Python packages masquerading as legitimate code obfuscation tools are targeting developers via the PyPI code repository. Focusing on those interested in code obfuscation is a savvy choice ...

Someone has been slipping infostealers into Python code repositories since April 2023, stealing people’s sensitive information, login credentials, and cryptocurrency. A report from cybersecurity ...

The Python Software Foundation warned users this week that threat actors are trying to steal their credentials in phishing attacks using a fake Python Package Index (PyPI) website. PyPI is a ...

Security researchers found three malicious PyPI packages The packages had around 7,000 downloads They were designed to check for active email accounts Security researchers have found some of the tools ...