SourceBroken: A Large-Scale Analysis on the (Un)Reliability of SourceRank in the PyPI Ecosystem

SourceRank is a scoring system made of 18 metrics that assess the popularity and quality of open-source packages. Despite being used in several recent studies, none has thoroughly analyzed its reliability against evasion attacks aimed at inflating the score of malicious packages, thereby...

Python’s Poisoned Package: Another ‘Blank Grabber’ Malware in PyPI

Python Package Index PyPI is a platform that offers an extensive range of packages to simplify and enhance the development process. Malicious actors regularly upload phishing packages in the platform’s repository aimed at delivering malware to steal the victims information, or more frequently, to...