Security News > 2019 > July > Malicious Python packages found on PyPI

Researchers have uncovered another batch of malicious Python libraries hosted on Python Package Index (PyPI). The malicious packages PyPI is the official third-party software repository for Python and a great source of open source libraries and modules for implementing common functionalities. Unfortunately, if a malicious component ends up on it, chances are many developers will download and implement it before it is discovered and removed from the repository. This happened with libpeshnx, libpesh and libari, … More → The post Malicious Python packages found on PyPI appeared first on Help Net Security.

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