Malicious Python Packages on PyPI Downloaded 39,000+ Times, Steal Sensitive Data

Malicious Python Packages on PyPI Downloaded 39,000+ Times, Steal Sensitive Data

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Cybersecurity researchers have uncovered malicious libraries in the Python Package Index (PyPI) repository that are designed to steal sensitive information.
Two of the packages, bitcoinlibdbfix and bitcoinlib-dev, masquerade as fixes for recent issues detected in a legitimate Python module called bitcoinlib, according to ReversingLabs. A third package discovered by Socket, disgrasya, contained a

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