Python Foundation goes ride or DEI, rejects government grant with strings attached

The Python Software Foundation (PSF) has walked away from a $1.5 million government grant and you can blame the Trump ...

Python rejects $1.5M grant from U.S. govt. fearing ethical compromise

The Python Software Foundation (PSF) has withdrawn its $1.5 million grant proposal to the U.S. National Science Foundation ...

Python Software Foundation: Equal Opportunity More Important Than US Funding

The PSF forgoes potential funding because the requirements explicitly prohibit programs promoting equal opportunity under DEI ...
Bleeping Computer

Malicious PyPI packages with over 10,000 downloads taken down

The Python Package Index (PyPI) registry has removed three malicious Python packages aimed at exfiltrating environment variables and dropping trojans on the infected machines. These malicious packages ...
ZDNet

Twelve malicious Python libraries found and removed from PyPI

A software security engineer has identified 12 Python libraries uploaded on the official Python Package Index (PyPI) that contained malicious code. The 12 packages have been discovered in two separate ...
CSOonline

Malicious package flood on PyPI might be sign of new attacks to come

The PyPI package flood is just the latest in a string of attacks on public repositories with the intent to plant malicious code. Over the weekend an attacker has been uploading thousands of malicious ...
InfoWorld

Python virtualenv and venv dos and don’ts

Python virtual environments shine for keeping projects and conflicting packages separate. Just keep these dos and don’ts in mind. One of Python’s biggest draws is its expansive ecosystem of ...