GitHub, PyPI add time-based defenses against supply chain attacks

GitHub and PyPI (Python Package Index) have introduced a time-based mechanism in the Dependabot dependency management tool to ...
SecurityWeek

New GitHub, PyPI Policies Boost Supply Chain Security

GitHub’s Dependabot waits three days before opening pull requests, and PyPI rejects file uploads to releases older than 14 ...
ZDNet

Python programming: PyPl is rolling out 2FA for critical projects, giving away 4,000 security keys

PyPI or the Python Package Index is giving away 4,000 Google Titan security keys as part of its move to mandatory two-factor authentication (2FA) for critical projects built in the Python programming ...
ZDNet

Twelve malicious Python libraries found and removed from PyPI

A software security engineer has identified 12 Python libraries uploaded on the official Python Package Index (PyPI) that contained malicious code. The 12 packages have been discovered in two separate ...
Dark Reading

'Hades' Campaign Against PyPI Puts New Spin on Shai-Hulud

Threat actors have struck the software supply chain yet again, this time hitting the Python Package Index (PyPI) with Mini Shai-Hulud in an attempt to spread poisoned code. In the latest campaign, ...
Bleeping Computer

Ten Malicious Libraries Found on PyPI - Python Package Index

The Slovak National Security Office (NBU) has identified ten malicious Python libraries uploaded on PyPI — Python Package Index — the official third-party software repository for the Python ...
Unite.AI

Python Package Installations as an Index of Local AI Adoption

The hard-to-quantify rise of package downloads for Python spell out the story of AI diffusion, if you know where to look.