Python rejects $1.5M grant from U.S. govt. fearing ethical compromise

The Python Software Foundation (PSF) has withdrawn its $1.5 million grant proposal to the U.S. National Science Foundation ...

Python plan to boost software security foiled by Trump admin’s anti-DEI rules

The Python Software Foundation has rejected a $1.5 million government grant because of anti-DEI requirements imposed by the ...
ZDNet

Malicious Python libraries targeting Linux servers removed from PyPI

A security firm found three malicious Python libraries uploaded on the official Python Package Index (PyPI) that contained a hidden backdoor which would activate when the libraries were installed on ...
CSOonline

Malicious package flood on PyPI might be sign of new attacks to come

The PyPI package flood is just the latest in a string of attacks on public repositories with the intent to plant malicious code. Over the weekend an attacker has been uploading thousands of malicious ...
Infosecurity-magazine.com

VMConnect: Python PyPI Threat Imitates Popular Modules

A new malicious campaign has been found on the Python Package Index (PyPI) open-source repository involving 24 malicious packages that closely imitate three popular open-source tools: vConnector, ...
Ars Technica

Latest attack on PyPI users shows crooks are only getting better

More than 400 malicious packages were recently uploaded to PyPI (Python Package Index), the official code repository for the Python programming language, in the latest indication that the targeting of ...