Dark Reading

Python-Based Malware Slithers Into Systems via Legit VS Code

A known Chinese advanced persistent threat (APT) group known as Mustang Panda is the likely culprit behind a sophisticated, ongoing cyber-espionage campaign. It starts with a malicious email, and ...
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, ...
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 ...
Decrypt

Shai-Hulud: What to Know About the Malware Spreading Through Software Pipelines

The Shai-Hulud supply-chain malware campaign is exploiting the automated systems developers trust to publish software safely.
Morning Overview on MSN

The AI-generated zero-day discovered by Google used clean 'textbook' Python code — a hallmark of large language model output

The exploit code was almost too neat. When Google’s Threat Intelligence Group flagged a previously unknown software ...
ZDNet

New Python-scripted trojan malware targets fintech companies

A well-resourced hacking operation has deployed newly developed trojan malware in a campaign targeting financial tech organisations with the aim of stealing email addresses, passwords and other ...
Bleeping Computer

Fake password manager coding test used to hack Python developers

Members of the North Korean hacker group Lazarus posing as recruiters are baiting Python developers with coding test project for password management products that include malware. The attacks are part ...