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PyPI makes release attestations easier to find with new security tab

PyPI adds a security tab and provenance warnings to help developers verify where Python package files came from before ...
BleepingComputer

PyPI mandates 2FA for critical projects, developer pushes back

On Friday, the Python Package Index (PyPI), the official repository of third-party open-source Python projects announced plans to mandate two-factor authentication requirement for maintainers of ...
ZDNet

Twelve malicious Python libraries found and removed from PyPI

A software security engineer has identified 12 Python libraries uploaded on the official Python Package Index (PyPI) that contained malicious code. The 12 packages have been discovered in two separate ...
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A pernicious potpourri of Python packages in PyPI

PyPI is popular among Python programmers for sharing and downloading code. Since anyone can contribute to the repository, malware – sometimes posing as legitimate, popular code libraries – can appear ...
BleepingComputer

PyPi python packages caught sending stolen AWS keys to unsecured sites

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 ...
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Python's PyPI Reveals Its Secrets

GitGuardian is famous for its annual State of Secrets Sprawl report. In their 2023 report, they found over 10 million exposed passwords, API keys, and other credentials exposed in public GitHub ...
ZDNet

悪意ある「Python」ライブラリーがPyPIで発見される--研究者が報告

これら3つのパッケージ（「libpeshnx」「libpesh」「libari」）は、同じユーザー（名前はruri12）によって作成されており、2017年11月以降、20カ月近くにわたってPyPIからダウンロード可能な状態にあった。2019年7月に入って、これらのパッケージは、ReversingLabsの ...