Malicious PyPI packages give hackers control of Telegram bot servers

A campaign active since last November has been targeting Python developers building Telegram bots with trojanized Pyrogram ...

Self-destructing Mistic backdoor linked to access broker selling corporate footholds to ransomware gangs

A new self-destructing backdoor called Mistic used in intrusions since April appears to be linked to a criminal gang that ...
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Pygration : Workload-Aware Live Migratable Cloud Instance Detector for Python Runtime

Abstract: Supporting live migration in the cloud can be beneficial to dynamically build a reliable and cost-optimal environment, especially when using spot instances. When a spot instance interruption ...
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[Python Cyber Magic Square Vol. 04/13] Conditional Masks and np.where — Clairvoyance Magic to Highlight Only the Targets

I'm Stone, the scholar shrimp exploring the deep sea! Last time, we learned how to use "slicing" to cut out necessary regions (ROI) from a vast map, space and all. But what do you do when you want to ...
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Impact of Physical Channel Impairments and Detector Noise on BB84 Quantum Key Distribution: A Python-Based Simulation Study

Abstract: The absence of real single-photon sources is a significant limitation to the experimental implementation of the BB84 quantum key distribution (QKD) protocol. When substantially attenuated ...