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 ...

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 ...

Although there is nothing special about code executing on a machine, the moment when this code is executed is a significant detail from a security standpoint. The Python programming language allows ...

Several harmful Python .whl files containing a new type of malware called “Kekw” have been discovered on PyPI (Python Package Index). According to new data by Cyble Research and Intelligence Labs ...

Hackers are once again targeting Python developers involved in the blockchain industry in an attempt to distribute malware and steal tokens. A new report from cybersecurity researchers at Checkmarx ...

Modern Python developers use virtual environments (venvs), to keep their projects and dependencies separate. Managing project dependencies gets more complex as the number of dependencies grows.

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 ...