A malicious Python package named 'fabrice' has been present in the Python Package Index (PyPI) since 2021, stealing Amazon Web Services credentials from unsuspecting developers.

Multiple malicious Python packages available on the PyPI repository were caught stealing sensitive information like AWS credentials and transmitting it to publicly exposed endpoints accessible by ...

Python's share grew 123% while AWS grew a massive 418% over the period. "Of course, software engineers and full-stack developers, to name two common tech job titles, increasingly use Python.