Cryptominer-spreading PyPI packages target Linux systems

Threat actors have sought to compromise Linux systems with the CoinMiner cryptocurrency mining malware through three novel malicious Python Package Index repository packages, which have been cumulatively downloaded 431 times before being removed from the PyPI repository, reports The Hacker News.

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