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PyPI maintainers alert users to email verification phishing attack

PyPI warns of phishing emails from noreply@pypj[.]org posing as "[PyPI] Email verification" to redirect users to fake package sites. PyPI…

7 months ago

North Korea-linked APT Gleaming Pisces deliver new PondRAT backdoor via malicious Python packages

North Korea-linked APT group Gleaming Pisces is distributing a new malware called PondRAT through tainted Python packages. Unit 42 researchers…

1 year ago

PyPI enforces 2FA authentication to prevent maintainers’ account takeover

PyPI is going to enforce two-factor authentication (2FA) for all project maintainers by the end of this year over security…

3 years ago

PyPI Repository temporarily suspends user sign-ups and package uploads due to ongoing attacks

The Python Package Index (PyPI) maintainers have temporarily disabled the sign up and package upload processes due to an ongoing…

3 years ago

Malicious Python Package uses Unicode support to evade detection

Researchers discovered a malicious package on PyPI that uses Unicode to evade detection while stealing sensitive data. Supply chain security…

3 years ago

Colour-Blind, a fully featured info stealer and RAT in PyPI

Experts discovered a fully featured information stealer, tracked as 'Colour-Blind' in the Python Package Index (PyPI). Researchers from Kroll's Cyber…

3 years ago

Fortinet observed three rogue PyPI packages spreading malware

Researchers discovered three malicious packages that have been uploaded to the Python Package Index (PyPI) repository by Lolip0p group. FortiGuard…

3 years ago

Malicious PyPI package posed as SentinelOne SDK to serve info-stealing malware

Researchers spotted a malicious package in the Python Package Index (PyPI) repository that impersonates a software development kit (SDK) for…

3 years ago

Researchers warn of malicious packages on PyPI using steganography

Experts discovered a malicious package on the Python Package Index (PyPI) that uses steganographic to hide malware within image files.…

3 years ago

29 malicious PyPI packages spotted delivering the W4SP Stealer

Cybersecurity researchers discovered 29 malicious PyPI packages delivering the W4SP stealer to developers' systems. Cybersecurity researchers have discovered 29 packages…

3 years ago

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