Python modules are typically installed using a package manager called 'pip', which launches a 'setup.py' file that is made available by the developer of the package for installation purposes.

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.

RubyGems and PyPI hit by credential-stealing packages targeting automation and crypto users, prompting new security rules.

Python's ctx library and a fork of PHP's phpass have been compromised. 3 million users combined. The malicious code sends all the environment variables to a heroku app, likely to mine AWS credentials.

Experts from Spectralops.io recently analyzed PyPI, a software repository for Python programmers, and found ten malicious packages on the platform.

Within minutes, the server reported the libraries were being installed. Results published here showed the packages were downloaded almost 7,000 over a two-day period.

Stealing SSH and GPG keys According to Martini, the malicious code was present only in the jeIlyfish library. The python3-dateutil package didn't contain malicious code of its own, but it did ...