The past year has seen over 10,000 downloads of malicious packages hosted on the official Python package repository, ESET research finds.

The Python Package Index (PyPI) has introduced new protections against domain resurrection attacks that enable hijacking ...

Over the weekend an attacker has been uploading thousands of malicious Python packages on the public PyPI (Python Package Index) software repository.

To make mail hijacking more difficult, PyPI has been checking domain validity since June. In case of doubt, an abandoned email address loses its verification.

The method introduces another supply chain vulnerability for the future, as most security tools solely scan Python source code (PY) files, making them susceptible to missing such attacks. Zanki said ...

Multiple code packages were uploaded to the Python Package Index, often abbreviated as PyPI, and were subsequently incorporated into software multiple times from June through this month, Slovakia ...

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.

The maintainers of popular Python programming language are on the hunt for developers to build a new feature for the Python Package Index (PyPI) in the form of organization accounts. Python's ...