Python JIT compiler project under threat after steering council says proper process wasn't followed

No new features to be submitted to main branch, existing code removed in 6 months if new proposal not created and accepted ...
Dark Reading

Malicious Python Repository Package Drops Cobalt Strike on Windows, macOS & Linux Systems

Public repositories of open source code are a critical part of the software supply chain that many organizations use to build applications. They are therefore an attractive target for adversaries ...
InfoWorld

Meet Hades: The malware that lies to AI security agents

Researchers have uncovered a supply-chain attack that hides in Python packages, propagates like a worm, and tricks LLM-based ...
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One-Third of Popular PyPI Packages Mistakenly Flagged as Malicious

The scanners tasked with weeding out malicious contributions to packages distributed via the popular open source code repository Python Package Index (PyPI) create a significant number of false alerts ...

GitHub confirms 3,800 internal repos stolen through poisoned VS Code extension as supply chain worm hits Microsoft’s Python SDK

GitHub confirmed attackers stole 3,800 internal repositories via a poisoned VS Code extension. The same threat group, TeamPCP, simultaneously compromised Microsoft's durabletask Python ...
Meduza

Russia’s federal censor denies blocking Python’s package index as developers scramble for workarounds

On Monday, Russian users found they could no longer reach PyPI, the package repository that Python developers rely on for ...