GitHub, PyPI add time-based defenses against supply chain attacks

GitHub and PyPI (Python Package Index) have introduced a time-based mechanism in the Dependabot dependency management tool to ...
Bleeping Computer

Ten Malicious Libraries Found on PyPI - Python Package Index

The Slovak National Security Office (NBU) has identified ten malicious Python libraries uploaded on PyPI — Python Package Index — the official third-party software repository for the Python ...
Infosecurity-magazine.com

Python Package Index Faces Security Crisis With Validated Leaks

Security researchers have discovered a total of 3938 unique secrets on PyPI, the official third-party package management system for the Python community, across all projects, with 768 of them ...
WeLiveSecurity

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 ...
SecurityWeek

New GitHub, PyPI Policies Boost Supply Chain Security

GitHub’s Dependabot waits three days before opening pull requests, and PyPI rejects file uploads to releases older than 14 ...
Infosecurity-magazine.com

PyPI Revival Hijack Puts Thousands of Applications at Risk

A new software supply chain attack is being exploited in the wild, according to security researchers. The technique targets Python applications distributed via the Python Package Index, or PyPI.
Computer Weekly

PyPI loophole puts thousands of packages at risk of compromise

Thousands of applications that have taken advantage of open source Python Package Index (PyPI) software packages may be at risk of hijacking and subversion by malicious actors, opening up the ...