Poisoned Python and PHP packages purloin passwords for AWS access

A keen-eyed researcher at SANS recently wrote about a new and rather specific sort of supply chain attack against open-source software modules in Python and PHP. Following on-line discussions about a suspicious public Python module, Yee Ching Tok noted that a package called in the popular PyPi repository had suddenly received an “update”, despite not otherwise being touched since late 2014.

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