Security News > 2024 > January > Malicious PyPI Packages Slip WhiteSnake InfoStealer Malware onto Windows Machines
2024-01-29 05:32
Cybersecurity researchers have identified malicious packages on the open-source Python Package Index (PyPI) repository that deliver an information stealing malware called WhiteSnake Stealer on Windows systems. The malware-laced packages are named nigpal, figflix, telerer, seGMM, fbdebug, sGMM, myGens, NewGends, and TestLibs111. They have been uploaded by a threat actor named "WS." "These
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