and the most common use for such files is in the distribution of Python modules. In most instances of PyPI malware, the malicious obfuscated code is meant to reach out to an external URL and ...

Researchers have discovered over two dozen Python packages on the PyPI registry that are pushing info-stealing malware. Most of these contain obfuscated code that drops "W4SP" info-stealer on ...

Figure 5. In some packages, only lightly obfuscated code is present The next stages are Python packages, scripts, or binary files downloaded from either Dropbox or transfer.sh. Figure 6.

The creators behind the long-running Internet contest to write bizarre and unnecessarily complex C programming code, called the International Obfuscated C Code Contest (IOCCC), have resurrected ...

It has named the campaign, which features malicious, obfuscated Python and JavaScript code, LofyLife. The purpose of the campaign appears to be to steal Discord tokens and users’ card data. “The ...