In a new twist on software supply chain attacks, researchers have discovered a Python package hiding malware inside of compiled code, allowing it to evade ordinary detection measures. On April 17 ...

Newly discovered campaign takes advantage of the fact that most vulnerability scanning tools don't read compiled open-source software.

North Korean attackers pose as recruiters for financial firms to lure developers into executing trojanized Python projects on their machines as part of fake job interviews.

Scripts can also be pre-compiled to Python bytecode (so-called .mpy files) to enable faster loading at runtime. – Via frozen code: Once an application has been developed it can be pre-compiled ...