Several harmful Python .whl files containing a new type of malware called “Kekw” have been discovered on PyPI (Python Package Index). According to new data by Cyble Research and Intelligence Labs ...

Attackers uploaded fake Python packages to PyPI that posed as Bitcoinlib tools and targeted wallet data. The malware infected crypto development environments, stole private keys and seed phrases and ...

Anthropic has committed $1.5 million to the Python Software Foundation (PSF) under a two-year partnership aimed at strengthening security across Python’s core infrastructure and package ecosystem. The ...

Astral's uv utility simplifies and speeds up working with Python virtual environments. But it has some other superpowers, too: it lets you run Python packages and programs without having to formally ...

The Python Software Foundation warned users this week that threat actors are trying to steal their credentials in phishing attacks using a fake Python Package Index (PyPI) website. PyPI is a ...

Threat analysts have discovered ten malicious Python packages on the PyPI repository, used to infect developer's systems with password-stealing malware. The fake packages used typosquatting to ...

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 ...