The scanners tasked with weeding out malicious contributions to packages distributed via the popular open source code repository Python Package Index (PyPI) create a significant number of false alerts ...

A phishing campaign caught yesterday was seen targeting maintainers of Python packages published to the PyPI registry. Python packages 'exotel' and 'spam' are among hundreds seen laced with malware ...

This week, multiple malicious packages were caught in the PyPI repository for Python projects that turned developers' workstations into cryptomining machines. All malicious packages were published by ...

Thousands of applications that have taken advantage of open source Python Package Index (PyPI) software packages may be at risk of hijacking and subversion by malicious actors, opening up the ...

Software Foundation (PSF), which operates the Python Package Index (PyPI), a Python package upload platform, was issued three subpoenas from the U.S. Department of Justice in March and April 2023, ...

The PyPI package flood is just the latest in a string of attacks on public repositories with the intent to plant malicious code. Over the weekend an attacker has been uploading thousands of malicious ...

Open source packages downloaded an estimated 30,000 times from the PyPI open source repository contained malicious code that surreptitiously stole credit card data and login credentials and injected ...

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 ...

Administrators of the Python Package Index (PyPI) have removed 10 malicious software code packages from the registry after a security vendor informed them about the issue. The incident is the latest ...