PyPI is the official Python Package Index that currently contains 500,972 projects, 5,228,535 million releases, 9,950,103 million files, and 770,841 users. PyPI helps users locate and install software ...

The Python code repository was infiltrated by malware bent on data exfiltration from developer apps and more. Three malicious packages hosted in the Python Package Index (PyPI) code repository have ...

A malicious Python Package Index (PyPI) package, dubbed “aiocpa” and engineered to steal cryptocurrency wallet data, has been uncovered by security researchers. The package posed as a legitimate ...

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 ...

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, ...

PandasAI, an open source project by SinaptikAI, has been found vulnerable to Prompt Injection attacks. An attacker with access to the chat prompt can craft malicious input that is interpreted as code, ...

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Old Python package comes back to life and delivers malicious payload Your email has been sent A recently spotted supply chain attack abused an old but legitimate Python package to deliver a malicious ...

Newly discovered campaign takes advantage of the fact that most vulnerability scanning tools don't read compiled open-source software. Attackers who are targeting open-source package repositories like ...

Thanks to a combination of sophisticated methodology and social engineering, this particular attack seems to be very difficult to stop. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an ...

A security firm found three malicious Python libraries uploaded on the official Python Package Index (PyPI) that contained a hidden backdoor which would activate when the libraries were installed on ...