Latest Python news

Cybercriminals pose as "helpful" Stack Overflow users to push malware

Cybercriminals are abusing Stack Overflow in an interesting approach to spreading malware—answering users' questions by promoting a malicious PyPi package that installs Windows information-stealing malware.
- Lawrence Abrams
- May 29, 2024
- 07:22 PM
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PyPi package backdoors Macs using the Sliver pen-testing suite

A new package mimicked the popular 'requests' library on the Python Package Index (PyPI) to target macOS devices with the Sliver C2 adversary framework, used for gaining initial access to corporate networks.
- Bill Toulas
- May 13, 2024
- 05:50 PM
- 0
Telegram fixes Windows app zero-day used to launch Python scripts

Telegram fixed a zero-day vulnerability in its Windows desktop application that could be used to bypass security warnings and automatically launch Python scripts.
- Lawrence Abrams
- April 12, 2024
- 02:46 PM
- 0
PyPI suspends new user registration to block malware campaign

The Python Package Index (PyPI) has temporarily suspended user registration and the creation of new projects to deal with an ongoing malware campaign.
- Bill Toulas
- March 28, 2024
- 02:03 PM
- 0
Hackers poison source code from largest Discord bot platform

The Top.gg Discord bot community with over 170,000 members has been impacted by a supply-chain attack aiming to infect developers with malware that steals sensitive information.
- Bill Toulas
- March 25, 2024
- 02:00 PM
- 0
‘Wall of Flippers’ detects Flipper Zero Bluetooth spam attacks

A new Python project called 'Wall of Flippers' detects Bluetooth spam attacks launched by Flipper Zero and Android devices.
- Bill Toulas
- December 23, 2023
- 10:09 AM
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Hundreds of malicious Python packages found stealing sensitive data

A malicious campaign that researchers observed growing more complex over the past half year, has been planting on open-source platforms hundreds of info-stealing packages that counted about 75,000 downloads.
- Bill Toulas
- October 04, 2023
- 05:31 PM
- 0
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Lazarus hackers deploy fake VMware PyPI packages in VMConnect attacks

North Korean state-sponsored hackers have uploaded malicious packages to the PyPI (Python Package Index) repository, camouflaging one of them as a VMware vSphere connector module named vConnector.
- Bill Toulas
- August 31, 2023
- 02:47 PM
- 0
Free Key Group ransomware decryptor helps victims recover data

Researchers took advantage of a weakness in the encryption scheme of Key Group ransomware and developed a decryption tool that lets some victims to recover their files for free.
- Bill Toulas
- August 31, 2023
- 12:21 PM
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Microsoft Excel to let you run Python scripts as formulas

Microsoft is adding the Python programming language to Microsoft Excel, allowing users to create powerful functions for analyzing and manipulating data.
- Lawrence Abrams
- August 22, 2023
- 10:51 AM
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Fake VMware vConnector package on PyPI targets IT pros

A malicious package that mimics the VMware vSphere connector module 'vConnector' was uploaded on the Python Package Index (PyPI) under the name 'VMConnect,' targeting IT professionals.
- Bill Toulas
- August 04, 2023
- 07:37 AM
- 0
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