In one variation of the W4SP attacks, the obfuscated malicious code in the files was shifted past the edge of the default screen borders, so that someone manually reviewing the source code file ...

Researchers have discovered over two dozen Python packages on the PyPI registry that are pushing info-stealing malware. Most of these contain obfuscated code that drops "W4SP" info-stealer on ...

Python's Unicode support can be easily abused to hide malicious string matches, making code appear innocuous while still performing malicious behavior. In this case, the stealing of sensitive data ...

It has named the campaign, which features malicious, obfuscated Python and JavaScript code, LofyLife. The purpose of the campaign appears to be to steal Discord tokens and users’ card data. “The ...

The Principal Threat Researcher, HP Security Lab, Patrick Schläpfer, said a common thread across these campaigns is the use of obfuscation and anti-analysis techniques to slow down investigations.

In the reported attack scheme, users are tricked into clicking on a link, potentially delivered in spam emails, which actually delivers an obfuscated Python script. "Once executed, the Python script ...