Setup.py files contain a set of instructions that Python library installers like "pip" execute automatically when downloading and setting up a new package inside a Python project. The nature of ...

Researchers found three malicious PyPI packages, two targeting bitcoin ... They claim to be a fix for a legitimate Python module named “bitcoinlib”, which contains features for creating ...

the backdoor was found in a Python module, and not an npm (JavaScript) package. The module's name is SSH Decorator (ssh-decorate), developed by Israeli developer Uri Goren, a library for handling ...

How does Python deal with memory management? Learn the ins and outs of Python's garbage collection system and how to avoid its pitfalls. Python grants its users many conveniences, and one of the ...

Learn which Python standard library modules are headed for the boneyard in Python 3.13, and how to replace them. Python’s been around in one form or another for over 30 years. Over that time ...

The Slovak National Security Office (NBU) has identified ten malicious Python libraries ... difficulty in uploading the modules online. Developers who mistyped the package name loaded the ...

The Python security team removed two trojanized Python libraries from PyPI (Python Package Index) that were caught stealing SSH and GPG keys from the projects of infected developers. The two ...

Someone has been slipping infostealers into Python code repositories since April 2023, stealing people’s sensitive information, login credentials, and cryptocurrency. A report from cybersecurity ...