Anthropic finds $1.5 million to help Python Foundation improve security

The Python Software Foundation (PSF) has an extra $1.5 million heading its way, after AI upstart Anthropic entered into a ...
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 Package Installation Can Trigger Malicious Code

Although there is nothing special about code executing on a machine, the moment when this code is executed is a significant detail from a security standpoint. The Python programming language allows ...
WeLiveSecurity

A pernicious potpourri of Python packages in PyPI

PyPI is popular among Python programmers for sharing and downloading code. Since anyone can contribute to the repository, malware – sometimes posing as legitimate, popular code libraries – can appear ...
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 ...
InfoWorld

Teradata taps Anaconda to add Python, R packages to VantageCloud Lake

Teradata is partnering with Anaconda to add packages of popular programming languages Python and R to its multi-cloud analytics platform offering, VantageCloud Lake. The partnership will see Teradata ...
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 ...
Business Insider

What is Python? The popular, scalable programming language, explained

Python is a programming language known for its far-reaching applicability that goes beyond web development coding. Python can be a good coding language for new or novice coders because of its ...
Dark Reading

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 ...
InfoWorld

Python-powered AI agents are here

Python has been the language of data science since before machine learning was trendy, and now you can use it for building AI agents, too. Get the scoop on the new Google Agent Development Kit and ...
Geeky Gadgets

Python 3.12 new features explained

The latest stable release of the Python programming language Python 3.12, is set to be released on October 2, 2023. This new version brings a host of changes and ...