Hackers Attack Python Developers by Poising With Typosquat on PyPI

An automated risk detection system identified a typosquatting campaign targeting popular Python libraries on PyPI. In two waves with a 20-hour break, the attack deployed over 500 variations with typos in names like requests, TensorFlow, and BeautifulSoup.  The campaign included incorrect names (pytorch instead of torch) and libraries already part of the standard library (asyncio, […]

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