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AI-Generated Malware Exploits React2Shell for Tiny Profit

Security researchers detected artificial intelligence-generated malware exploiting the React2Shell vulnerability, allowing ...
Security Boulevard

Hackers Use LLM to Create React2Shell Malware, the Latest Example of AI-Generated Threat

Darktrace researchers say hackers used AI and LLMs to create malware to exploit the React2Shell vulnerability to mine ...
Dark Reading

Novel PyPI Malware Uses Compiled Python Bytecode to Evade Detection

In a new twist on software supply chain attacks, researchers have discovered a Python package hiding malware inside of compiled code, allowing it to evade ordinary detection measures. On April 17, ...
Bleeping Computer

Python info-stealing malware uses Unicode to evade detection

A malicious Python package on PyPI uses Unicode as an obfuscation technique to evade detection while stealing and exfiltrating developers' account credentials and other sensitive data from compromised ...
CoinTelegraph

Crypto-stealing malware discovered in Python Package Index — Checkmarx

According to cybersecurity firm Hacken, financial losses from crypto hacks topped $440 million in the third quarter of 2024. Researchers at the Checkmarx cybersecurity firm sounded the alarm on a ...
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Bitcoinlib Malware Alert: How Fake Python Packages Targeted Crypto Wallets

Attackers uploaded fake Python packages to PyPI that posed as Bitcoinlib tools and targeted wallet data. The malware infected crypto development environments, stole private keys and seed phrases and ...
Dark Reading

'BlazeStealer' Python Malware Allows Complete Takeover of Developer Machines

Malicious Python packages masquerading as legitimate code obfuscation tools are targeting developers via the PyPI code repository. Focusing on those interested in code obfuscation is a savvy choice ...
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Shell to pay: Crims invade your PC with CastleRAT malware, now in C and Python

A team of data thieves has doubled down by developing its CastleRAT malware in both Python and C variants. Both versions spread by tricking users into pasting malicious commands through a technique ...
The Victoria Advocate

Introducing Chainguard Libraries for Python: Malware-Resistant Dependencies Built Entirely from Source

New Python language libraries with end-to-end integrity help organizations build software safer and more efficiently KIRKLAND, Wash., May 14, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Chainguard, the secure foundation for ...