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Python Malware Employs Unicode Trickery to Evade Detection

Cybersecurity researchers at Phylum have discovered a new type of malware on the Python Package Index (PyPI) website. The malware, named “onyxproxy,” uses Unicode characters to evade detection and is designed to steal developer login credentials and authentication tokens. The malware was available on PyPI for a week, during which time it was downloaded 183 times. This means that up…

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