Cybersecurity researchers have discovered vulnerable code in legacy Python packages that could potentially pave the way for a supply chain compromise on the Python Package Index (PyPI) via a domain ...

This works fine when using a CPython build with assertions disabled, and also works fine with Python 3.12 with assertions enabled. Since Python 3.13 (and still true on main), importing a ...

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AI-generated computer code is rife with references to non-existent third-party libraries, creating a golden opportunity for supply-chain attacks that poison legitimate programs with malicious packages ...

A mirror proxy Google runs on behalf of developers of the Go programming language pushed a backdoored package for more than three years until Monday, after researchers who spotted the malicious code ...

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Overview The "wheel" format in Python lets you bundle up and redistribute a Python package you've created. Others can then use the "pip" tool to install your program from your wheel file, which can ...

One of North Korea's most sophisticated threat groups has been hiding remote access malware for macOS and Linux inside of open source Python packages. North Korean advanced persistent threats (APTs) ...

The number of attacks looking to compromise developer machines has exploded in recent years. There has been a barrage of malicious packages uploaded to public registries such as PyPi and npm, ...

Before attempting to install a .deb package on Arch Linux, it is crucial to first check if the software is available in the official Arch repositories or the Arch User Repository (AUR). This step ...

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 ...