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Ten Malicious Libraries Found on PyPI - Python Package Index

Accepted submission by MrPlow at 2017-09-16 15:12:19
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MrPlow [soylentnews.org] writes:

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The Slovak National Security Office (NBU) has identified ten malicious Python libraries uploaded on PyPI — Python Package Index — the official third-party software repository for the Python programming language.

Source: https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/ten-malicious-libraries-found-on-pypi-python-package-index/ [bleepingcomputer.com]

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