Malicious Package

Overview friendly-tools is a malicious package. This package contains malicious code, and its content was removed from the official package manager. While this package might be attempting to impersonate a valid organization, there is no connection between that organization and this package...

Malicious code in friendly-tools (PyPI)

friendly-tools 0.2 carries the same Snowflake payload as friendly-greeting-tools. Its --run-demo option, described as a print-only demo, execs a gzip and base64 blob from friendlygreeting/main.py that reads the container session token at /snowflake/session/token, switches to ACCOUNTADMIN and copi...

MAL-2026-17419 Malicious code in friendly-tools (PyPI)

friendly-tools 0.2 carries the same Snowflake payload as friendly-greeting-tools. Its --run-demo option, described as a print-only demo, execs a gzip and base64 blob from friendlygreeting/main.py that reads the container session token at /snowflake/session/token, switches to ACCOUNTADMIN and copi...

The Democratization of Phishing: Popularity of PhaaS platforms on the rise

The Democratization of Phishing: Popularity of PhaaS Platforms on the Rise By Ryan Slaney · June 30, 2025 The phishing industry is being profoundly reshaped by the surge of Phishing-as-a-Service PhaaS platforms. These accessible, often Artificial Intelligence AI-powered, offerings are democratizi...

Investors concerned about smartphone addiction; Apple responds with new webpage

Hot on the heels of an open letter from investors urging Apple to do more to protect children from smartphone addiction, the tech giant has recently dedicated a page on their website to families. The "Families" page, which can be accessed at apple.com/families, contains tools parents can use to s...