The malicious code was intended for use with Python 2.x, and it generated errors when used in Python 3.x applications. This is how users discovered its presence while debugging their apps.

It's not hard to write a Python package that can be installed into an interpreter or virtual environment with pip. This video shows a simple example of how to lay out a project's source code and ...

A software security engineer has identified 12 Python libraries uploaded on the official Python Package Index (PyPI) that contained malicious code.

Image: ReversingLabs A security firm found three malicious Python libraries uploaded on the official Python Package Index (PyPI) that contained a hidden backdoor which would activate when the ...

The PyPI package flood is just the latest in a string of attacks on public repositories with the intent to plant malicious code.

Latest attack on PyPI users shows crooks are only getting better The code found in the malicious packages closely resembled legit offerings.