Article 4W2GZ Two malicious Python libraries caught stealing SSH and GPG keys (ZDNet)

Two malicious Python libraries caught stealing SSH and GPG keys (ZDNet)

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ZDNet reportsthat two more malicious modules have been removed from the Python PackageIndex. "The two libraries were created by the same developer and mimicked other more popular libraries -- using a technique called typosquatting to register similarly-looking names.The first is 'python3-dateutil,' which imitated the popular 'dateutil'library. The second is 'jeIlyfish' (the first L is an I), which mimickedthe 'jellyfish' library." The latter of the two had been in PyPIfor nearly a year.
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