This package, too, mimicked the name of a popular Python library, named "colorama." According to the PyPI Stats service , 54 users had downloaded the package a month before it was taken down.

An old Python package named “ctx,” not updated since 2014, suddenly came back to life with new updates. But as discovered by Yee Ching Tok, ISC Handler at the SANS.edu Internet Storm Center, ...

Furthermore, this package doesn’t even try to hide its true intentions, and instead is “openly malicious”. Despite being obvious malware , it still managed to rake in 37,217 downloads.

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Researchers have discovered yet another set of malicious packages in PyPi, the official and most popular repository for Python programs and code libraries.Those duped by the seemingly familiar ...

Malware-laced PyPI and npm packages steal developer credentials, CI/CD data, and crypto wallets. Attacks target macOS, AI ...

The Python Package Index, home to over 450,000 projects, plays a crucial role in the software supply chain, constituting an estimated 90% of code run in production. Forbes said the research ...

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 ...