Top open source PyPI package with over 1 million downloads each month hacked to send out malware

This was not a case of stolen credentials, but rather of vulnerability exploitation.
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Hackers poisoned the PyTorch Lightning AI package and it started stealing credentials the moment you imported it

A single line of Python code was all it took. Developers who ran import lightning after installing versions 2.6.2 or 2.6.3 of ...
InfoWorld

Python isn’t always easy

How to overcome a few of the harder stasks in Python, such as creating stand-alone Python apps, backing up SQLite databases, ...
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Malicious PyTorch Lightning Packages Found on PyPI

TL;DR Two malicious versions of the popular PyTorch Lightning package have been uploaded to PyPI following the publisher ...
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Python virtualenv and venv dos and don’ts

Python virtual environments shine for keeping projects and conflicting packages separate. Just keep these dos and don’ts in mind. One of Python’s biggest draws is its expansive ecosystem of ...
Techzine Europe

Malicious Python package poses new supply chain threat

The open-source package elementary-data, with over a million downloads per month, has been compromised. Attackers exploited a vulnerability in a GitHub ...