New Shai-Hulud attack trojanizes 19 science-focused PyPI packages

Hackers compromised 19 packages on the PyPI, collectively downloaded hundreds of thousands of times, in a new Shai-Hulud ...

For the 2nd time in weeks, Microsoft packages laced with credential stealer

Dozens of cryptographically verified open source packages from Microsoft were compromised late last week to add advanced credential-stealing code that was triggered when developers opened them in AI ...
Meduza

Russia’s federal censor denies blocking Python’s package index as developers scramble for workarounds

On Monday, Russian users found they could no longer reach PyPI, the package repository that Python developers rely on for ...

Millions of AI agents imperiled by critical vulnerability in open source package

Millions of AI agents and tools around the world have been imperiled by a critical vulnerability that can allow hackers to breach the servers running them and make off with sensitive data and ...
9to5Mac

Apple shares iPhone and Mac post-quantum cryptography code on GitHub

Apple today published new corecrypto source code on GitHub, alongside a detailed technical post explaining the intricate work behind its post-quantum cryptography efforts across iPhone, Mac, and more.
IEEE

Cryptanalysis of a McEliece Cryptosystem Based on Cascaded Goppa-Ldpc Code Encryption

Abstract: This paper provides a cryptanalysis of a recently-proposed cryptosystem that uses a cascade of McEliece cryptosystems, the first using Goppa codes and the second using low-density ...