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Malicious Python packages (typosquatting) on an open-source Python repository

Year
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Actors (as written)
Lazarus Group
Actor pages
Lazarus Group
Tags (as written)
supply chain attack; malicious packages

Source entries (1)

UN Panel of Experts S/2024/215

Malicious Python packages (typosquatting) on an open-source Python repository
Para 139: “With regard to code repositories, a cybersecurity company exposed a Lazarus Group supply chain campaign effected by posting dozens of malicious Python packages to an open-source Python software repository, which served as a distribution point for the malware. The packages reportedly mimicked popular open-source Python tools through typosquatting and/or purporting to offer new tools ...” (footnote 99: ReversingLabs, VMConnect)
https://undocs.org/S/2024/215

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