The administrators of the Python Package Index (PyPI) have begun an effort to improve the hundreds of thousands of software packages that are listed. The attempt, which began earlier last year, is to ...

The UK's cyber-security agency warned today developers to consider moving Python 2.x codebases to the newer 3.x branch due to the looming end-of-life (EOL) of the Python 2, scheduled for January 1, ...

A 15-year-old vulnerability in the open source Python programming language is still finding its way into live code, with the result that over 350,000 projects are at risk of potential supply chain ...

Open source software projects - the underpinnings of the global software ecosystem - are getting better at more quickly updating vulnerable dependencies, but at the same time they face more ...

The Python programming language, born from the creative genius of Guido van Rossum as far back as some 35 years ago, has evolved into a crucial tool for professionals working in various areas, ...

The disclosure comes as HelixGuard discovered a malicious package in PyPI named "spellcheckers" that claims to be a tool for ...

Members of the North Korean hacker group Lazarus posing as recruiters are baiting Python developers with coding test project for password management products that include malware. The attacks are part ...

PyPI, a vital repository for open source developers, temporarily halted new project creation and new user registration following an onslaught of package uploads that executed malicious code on any ...

Recent decades have seen an explosion in both the capabilities and the adoption of Information Technology. Opportunities for malicious action in cyberspace have expanded as a result. Corporations and ...