Beware the Typo: Lazarus Hackers’ Python Plot Infects Devs with Malware Magic
Watch your typos, devs! Lazarus hackers are playing a nasty game of ‘PyPI-poisoning’ with packages like ‘pycryptoconf’—and 3,269 downloads later, it’s no laughing matter. Remember, double-check before you pip-install, or it’s malware you might enlist. #LazarusHackingSpree
Hot Take:
What's the latest in developer woes? Oh, just North Korea's elite hacking squad, Lazarus, dabbling in a bit of Python—no, not the snake—by dropping malicious PyPI packages faster than you can say "Kim Jong-un". With names like a bad autocorrect, these packages aimed to trip up the typo-prone and the uncaffeinated, turning a simple pip install into a cyber nightmare. Moral of the story? Double-check your spelling or prepare to host a malware party on your PC.
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