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Backdoored Python Library Caught Stealing SSH Credentials

Accepted submission by MrPlow at 2018-05-11 11:59:11
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Submitted via IRC for TheMightyBuzzard

Barely a week has passed from the last attempt to hide a backdoor in a code library, and we have a new case today. This time around, the backdoor was found in a Python module, and not an npm (JavaScript) package.

Source: https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/backdoored-python-library-caught-stealing-ssh-credentials/ [bleepingcomputer.com]


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