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This is interesting in conjunction with the recent post about Python's popularity because that may be a weakness exploited here [1.]. It's easy to use and insta
by dpflan 9y ago
This is interesting in conjunction with the recent post about Python's popularity because that may be a weakness exploited here [1.]. It's easy to use and install and get libraries for anything, and apparently libraries for infecting your machine :(.
[1.] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=15249348 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=15249348
- nariinano 9y agoThe problem is that the vetting process of PyPI is completely inexistant. This has happened many times in the past, the last time I remember they uploaded a few libraries called "bs4" and stuff like that.