A new way of compromising the PyPI repository is found, a warning for MOVEit file transfer users, and more. Welcome to Cyber Security Today. It’s Friday, June 2nd, 2023. I’m Howard Solomon ...

Bytecode is a representation of Python, compiled as a set of instructions for the Python Virtual Machine. In a simplified sense, it exists somewhere between source code and being a machine binary.

Security researchers at ReversingLabs have discovered a novel attack that used compiled Python code to evade detection. According to ReversingLabs reverse engineer Karlo Zanki, this could be the first ...

Using PYC files to hide malicious code Compared to the similar Node.js campaign reported by Securonix, in this case, attackers stored the malicious code in Python bytecode (PYC) files.

“It may be the first supply chain attack to take advantage of the fact that Python bytecode files can be directly executed, and it comes amid a spike in malicious submissions to the Python ...