Highlights: PiPI is one of the largest Indexes, with more than 800,000 users Check Point CloudGuard identified a typosquatting campaign on PyPI, comprising over 500 malicious packages. Installation of these packages exposed users to potential theft of their personally identifiable information (PII) and the installation of malware on their systems. Upon detection, we promptly notified PyPI about these packages, leading to their swift removal by the PyPI administrative team. Intro: With more than 800,000 users, PyPI (Python Package Index) serves as the official repository for software packages tailored to the Python programming language. As a centralized hub, it facilitates the […]
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