Python rejects $1.5M grant from U.S. govt. fearing ethical compromise

The Python Software Foundation (PSF) has withdrawn its $1.5 million grant proposal to the U.S. National Science Foundation ...
Bleeping Computer

PyPi package backdoors Macs using the Sliver pen-testing suite

A new package mimicked the popular 'requests' library on the Python Package Index (PyPI) to target macOS devices with the Sliver C2 adversary framework, used for gaining initial access to corporate ...
Infosecurity-magazine.com

Two Additional Malicious Python Libraries Found on PyPI Repository

Two more malicious Python packages have been discovered in the Python Package Index (PyPI) repository, days after security researchers from Check Point spotted 10 of them. The two additional packages ...
Ars Technica

Devs unknowingly use “malicious” modules snuck into official Python repository

The official repository for the widely used Python programming language has been tainted with modified code packages, a computer security authority in Slovakia warned. The authority also said the ...