It’s not a bad idea for anyone who intended to download one of the legitimate packages targeted to double-check that they didn’t inadvertently obtain a malicious doppelganger. Related Stories ...

The past year has seen over 10,000 downloads of malicious packages hosted on the official Python package repository, ESET research finds Award-winning news, views, and insight from the ESET ...

A malicious Python package named 'fabrice' has been present in the Python Package Index (PyPI) since 2021, stealing Amazon Web Services credentials from unsuspecting developers.

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 ...

In what's the latest instance of a software supply chain attack, unknown threat actors managed to compromise Toptal's GitHub ...

The malicious package downloads an image from the Web, then uses a steganography module to extract and execute the code to download malware. Fahmida Y. Rashid , Managing Editor, Features , Dark ...

The packages contained an __init__.py file that harboured malicious code, designed to search for files with the .py, .php,.zip, .png, .jpg and .jpeg extensions in the root and DCIM folders, and ...

The Python Package Index (PyPI) registry has removed three malicious Python packages aimed at exfiltrating environment variables and dropping trojans on the infected machines. These malicious ...