Malicious PyPI packages, repo hijacks, and CVEs in Python containers put devs at risk. Learn how to stay secure.

The Python Software Foundation warned users this week that threat actors are trying to steal their credentials in phishing ...

This package, too, mimicked the name of a popular Python library, named "colorama." According to the PyPI Stats service, 54 users had downloaded the package a month before it was taken down.

According to the company, Insight Partners led the investment with participation from Mubadala Capital. Bloomberg reported ...

Codified in PEP 582, Python allows a __pypackages__ directory to contain version-specific editions of packages that can be imported before packages from the base install of Python, or even a venv.

The Python Package Index (PyPI) registry has removed three malicious Python packages aimed at exfiltrating environment variables and dropping trojans on the infected machines. These malicious ...

Python packages can be distributed as self-contained .whl files. Installing them is easy: pip install /path/to/file.whl. It’s also not hard to download wheels as files using pip.