Python Package Peril: Typosquatting Attack Puts 170K Developers at Risk

Beware the Python charmers! Checkmarx reveals a sinister cyber-caper where typosquatting and GitHub hijinks put 170,000 at risk. Watch your keystrokes—these info-stealing snakes are also slick keyloggers! 🐍💻🔓 #CybersecurityChaos

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Who needs a haunted house when you have a typosquatting infostealing campaign? Checkmarx's latest cybersecurity escapade reads like a hacker's twisted version of "Where's Waldo?" except instead of a red-and-white-striped shirt, Waldo's donning stolen GitHub accounts and slinging malicious Python packages. Remember kids, always double-check that URL – it's the cyber equivalent of looking both ways before crossing the street.

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