In most instances of PyPI malware, the malicious obfuscated code is meant to reach out to an external URL and download the malware — usually an information stealer — which is another ...

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 ...

Security researchers at ReversingLabs have discovered a novel attack that used compiled Python code to evade detection. ... The malware then had a command-and-control (C2) infrastructure that allowed ...

This code executed a base64-encoded payload that retrieved a malicious executable from an external server. The downloaded binary, “Runtime.exe,” leverages PowerShell and VBScript commands to install ...

Threat actors building Python malware are getting better, and their payloads harder to detect, researchers have claimed. Analyzing a recently-detected malicious payload, JFrog reported how the ...

A new malware named LameHug is using Alibaba's large language models (LLM), the very same tech that powers AI chatbots like ...

Security researchers at Apiiro have released two free, open-source tools designed to detect and block malicious code before they are added to software projects to curb supply chain attacks.

Chainguard, the secure foundation for software development and deployment, today announced Chainguard Libraries for Python, an index of malware-resistant Python dependencies built securely from ...

The code uses prompt injection to avoid detection For the first time ever, a malware has been spotted attempting to ‘talk’ to an AI-based malware detection tool.

A stealthy Linux malware named 'sedexp' has been evading detection since 2022 by using a persistence technique not yet included in the MITRE ATT&CK framework.