Malicious code in httops (PyPI)

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Researchers Uncover Obfuscated Malicious Code in PyPI Python Packages

Four different rogue packages in the Python Package Index PyPI have been found to carry out a number of malicious actions, including dropping malware, deleting the netstat utility, and manipulating the SSH authorizedkeys file. The packages in question are aptx, bingchilling2, httops, and tkint3rs...