SecurityWeek

‘Arkanix Stealer’ Malware Disappears Shortly After Debut

The Arkanix Stealer malware can collect and exfiltrate system information, browser data, VPN information, and arbitrary files ...
Infosecurity Magazine

Fraud Investigation Reveals Sophisticated Python Malware

A sophisticated Python-based malware deployment uncovered during a fraud investigation has revealed a layered attack ...
Yahoo Finance

Introducing Chainguard Libraries for Python: Malware-Resistant Dependencies Built Entirely from Source

Today, more than half of the world's developers rely on Python, a programming language that has become the foundation of modern AI and machine learning applications. As the popularity of Python has ...
CoinTelegraph

Crypto-stealing malware discovered in Python Package Index — Checkmarx

According to cybersecurity firm Hacken, financial losses from crypto hacks topped $440 million in the third quarter of 2024. Researchers at the Checkmarx cybersecurity firm sounded the alarm on a ...
Bleeping Computer

Python info-stealing malware uses Unicode to evade detection

A malicious Python package on PyPI uses Unicode as an obfuscation technique to evade detection while stealing and exfiltrating developers' account credentials and other sensitive data from compromised ...
Bleeping Computer

New Python malware backdoors VMware ESXi servers for remote access

A previously undocumented Python backdoor targeting VMware ESXi servers has been spotted, enabling hackers to execute commands remotely on a compromised system. VMware ESXi is a virtualization ...
Dark Reading

Novel PyPI Malware Uses Compiled Python Bytecode to Evade Detection

In a new twist on software supply chain attacks, researchers have discovered a Python package hiding malware inside of compiled code, allowing it to evade ordinary detection measures. On April 17, ...
TechRadar

Some official Python repos were infected with malware

Cybersecurity researchers recently discovered half a dozen typosquatting packages in the official PyPI repository of the Python programming languages that contained cryptomining malware. The discovery ...