Beware: 3 Malicious PyPI Packages Found Targeting Linux with Crypto Miners

Three new malicious packages have been discovered in the Python Package Index (PyPI) open-source repository with capabilities to deploy a cryptocurrency miner on affected Linux devices. The three harmful packages, named modularseven, driftme, and catme, attracted a total of 431 downloads over the past month before they were taken down. “These packages, upon initial use, deploy a CoinMiner

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