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More than 20 percent of GitHub repositories containing an attack tool or an exploit proof of concept (PoC) are written in Python.
A ransomware family used in attacks in July and August was posing as the infamous Locky ransomware that was highly active in 2016, Trend Micro researchers have discovered. read more
Proofpoint announced three people-centric security innovations, including Targeted Attack Protection (TAP) Isolation for personal webmail and browsing defense, threat detection, and new Threat...
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GitHub announced on Thursday that developers will be warned if the Python packages used by their applications are affected by known vulnerabilities. read more
Security researchers have been warning of a few newly detected variants of python-based adware that are being distributed in the wild not only to inject ads but also found installing malicious...
Fortanix announced it has extended the capabilities of the industry’s Runtime Encryption Platform to secure Python- and R-based applications that have widespread use in the data science community....
A newly identified remote access Trojan (RAT) that has been written entirely in Python is being used in highly targeted attacks, Cisco Talos researchers say. read more
Newly disclosed FTP injection vulnerabilities in Java and Python that are fueled by rather common XML External Entity (XXE) flaws allow for firewall bypasses.
