Latest cybersecurity reporting from selected sources.

Cybersecurity researchers have identified several malicious packages across npm, Python, and Ruby ecosystems that leverage Discord as a command-and-control (C2) channel to transmit stolen data to actor-controlled webhooks

A malicious package named 'pycord-self' on the Python package index (PyPI) targets Discord developers to steal authentication tokens and plant a backdoor for remote control over the system. [...]

The Python Package Index (PyPI) announced last week that every account that maintains a project on the official third-party software repository will be required to turn on two-factor authentication (2FA) by the end of the year

The Python Package Index (PyPI) has announced that it will require every account that manages a project on the platform to have two-factor authentication (2FA) turned on by the end of the year. [...]

Five malicious packages were found on the Python Package Index (PyPI), stealing passwords, Discord authentication cookies, and cryptocurrency wallets from unsuspecting developers. [...]

Python's most popular package manager is intent on securing the supply chain by requiring developers to enable two-factor authentication.

The maintainers of the official third-party software repository for Python have begun imposing a new two-factor authentication (2FA) condition for projects deemed "critical." "We've begun rolling out a 2FA requirement: soon, maintainers of critical projects must have 2FA enabled to publish, update, or modify them," Python Package Index (PyPI) said in a tweet last week

On Friday, the Python Package Index (PyPI), repository of open source Python projects announced plans to rollout two factor authentication for maintainers of "critical" projects. Although many praised the move, the developer of a popular Python project decided to delete his code from PyPI in retaliation. [...]