Mar 6, 2012 · Python security updates are source only updates. There is no windows installer. For instance the page for python 3.6.12 states: Security fix releases are produced periodically as needed and are so...

Dec 29, 2017 · Are their security threats associated with leveraging Anaconda? If so, what specifically? It depends on the environment. Do you have admin privileges ? How the global GPO policy looks like ? For example if you don't have an admin rights you can't do things like create a socket, access network stack on os level and vice versa.

How do I connect MS SQL Server using Windows Authentication, with the pyodbc library? I can connect via MS Access and SQL Server Management Studio, but cannot get a working connection ODBC string ...

I'm writing a small Python script which will periodically pull information from a 3rd party service using a username and password combo. I don't need to create something that is 100% bulletproof (d...

Nov 11, 2020 · Problem: When creating an .exe file using PyInstaller, it is often flagged as a virus or malware by Windows Defender. This is a common issue caused by the way PyInstaller packages Python scripts into executables, which can trigger heuristic checks by antivirus software. And its solution is simple My Case:

Sep 18, 2017 · As the PyPI files are transferred through HTTPS, it doesn't make much sense to fetch a hash from server and verify it. (If the author's account or the PyPI server is hacked, hash doesn't prevent you from installing malicious packages.) If you need extra security measure against server compromise, use pinned version/hashes.

Sep 13, 2019 · I'm trying to add an ingress rule to a Security Group via the AWS CDK using Python. As per the documentation here - there's a method add_ingress_rule () on the Class aws_cdk.aws_ec2.

Aug 18, 2014 · However, further down under restricting globals it seems to describe a way to make unpickling data safe using a whitelist of allowed objects. Does this mean that I can safely unpickle untrusted data if I use a RestrictedUnpickler that allows only some "elementary" types, or are there additional security issues that are not addressed by this method?

Aug 21, 2012 · I am looking for a way to securely store passwords which I intend to use in some Python scripting. I will be logging into different things and I don't want to store the passwords as plaintext in the script itself.

Jan 12, 2014 · But how is it different? Other than the fact that I'm obviously installing over the system site-packages and could accidentally disrupt the system Python installation, how does it create a different security risk for my entire machine.