Security researchers found two packages on PyPI, showing malicious intent The packages ... “The Zebo-0.1.0 script is a typical example of malware, with functions designed for surveillance ...

They claim to be a fix for a legitimate Python module named “bitcoinlib ... and works as a fully automated carding script. "The malicious payload was introduced in version 7.36.9, and ...

Researchers at software supply chain management firm Sonatype have identified many malicious Python packages with ransomware scripts. In a blog post detailing their findings, Sonatype researcher ...

reported them to the Python repository and thus helped get them removed from the platform - however the damage has already been done. According to Socket, there were seven malicious PyPI packages ...