Microsoft updates its Python extension for VS Code with fixes for two security flaws and easier interpreter selection.

Although there is nothing special about code executing on a machine, when this code is executed is a significant detail from a security standpoint.

PyPI is popular among Python programmers for sharing and downloading code. Since anyone can contribute to the repository, malware – sometimes posing as legitimate, popular code libraries – can ...

Barely a week has passed from the last attempt to hide a backdoor in a code library, and we have a new case today. This time around, the backdoor was found in a Python module, and not an npm ...

Python is even behind Netflix's Security Monkey tool, as well as a project called Prism, which helps identify vulnerabilities in source code.

Nearly half (45%) of AI-generated code contains security flaws despite appearing production-ready, new research from Veracode ...

Announced in early July, the security-driven consideration has been largely well received by Python’s community members, although one well-known developer opted to delete their code from PyPI ...

Integration provides enterprise customers best-of-class options for managing secure Python dependencies within KNIME workflows.

With 35 million lines of Python code, the Athena trading platform is at the core of JPMorgan's business operations. A late start to migrating to Python 3 could create a security risk.

The official repository for the widely used Python programming language has been tainted with modified code packages, a computer security authority in Slovakia warned. The authority also said the ...