Linux has numerous package managers. There are command-line and GUI tools for the task. Not all package managers are created equal. When I first started using Linux, the package manager was called ...

Hackers planted malicious code in open source software packages with more than 2 billion weekly updates in what is likely to be the world’s biggest supply-chain attack ever. “Sorry everyone, I should ...

Tesla’s board unveiled a compensation package for the chief executive that could be worth $900 billion if he meets ambitious targets. By Jack Ewing and Peter Eavis Tesla’s board on Friday proposed a ...

They look, move and even smell like the kind of furry Everglades marsh rabbit a Burmese python would love to eat. But these bunnies are robots meant to lure the giant invasive snakes out of their ...

In forecasting economic time series, statistical models often need to be complemented with a process to impose various constraints in a smooth manner. Systematically imposing constraints and retaining ...

Cybersecurity researchers have found harmful software in the official Python Package Index (PyPI) and npm package repositories, putting software supply chains at risk. The packages, called termncolor ...

“Chimera-sandbox-extensions” exploit highlights rising risks of open-source package abuse, prompting calls for stricter dependency controls and DGA malware detection. A malicious Python package posing ...

A new campaign exploiting machine learning (ML) models via the Python Package Index (PyPI) has been observed by cybersecurity researchers. ReversingLabs said threat actors are using the Pickle file ...

Code-generating large language models (LLMs) have introduced a new security issue into software development: Code package hallucinations. Package hallucinations occur when an LLM generates code that ...

A malicious PyPi package named 'automslc' has been downloaded over 100,000 times from the Python Package Index since 2019, abusing hard-coded credentials to pirate music from the Deezer streaming ...