A recently spotted supply chain attack abused an old but legitimate Python package to deliver a malicious payload. Read more on how the attacker managed to do it and how to protect yourself from it.

In January 2026, Microsoft Defender Experts identified a new evolution in the ongoing ClickFix campaign. This updated tactic deliberately crashes victims’ browsers and then attempts to lure users into ...

The payload is dispersed throughout the bytecode so tools like strings will not show the actual payload. Python's dis module will return the same results for bytecode before and after Stegosaurus is ...

Two PyPI packages hid a Base64 downloader in a compressed Basque dictionary, delivering a Python RAT to ~1,000 users via updatenet.work (RouterHosting/Cloudzy). The ...

This workflow uses Fickling (by Trail of Bits) to inject arbitrary Python code into PyTorch model files. When someone loads the tampered model with torch.load(), the injected code executes ...

Cybersecurity researchers have discovered two malicious packages in the Python Package Index (PyPI) repository that masquerade as spellcheckers but contain functionality to deliver a remote access ...

With increased deployment of security solutions on cloud infrastructure, hackers have started adopting detection evasion tactics from Windows desktop computers to cloud environments. One such tactic ...