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Cryptominers Snuck Logic Bomb Into Python Packages

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Malware can show up where you least expect it. Researchers discovered a logic bomb attack in the Python Package Index (PyPI) repository, which is code repository for Python developers and part of the software supply chain. Attackers aimed to get honest software developers to include the bombs in their applications by accident.  The researchers found […]

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Smashing Security #138: Logic bombs, brain data exploitation, and Digga D tweets

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Logic bombs in Excel spreadsheets, how should we protect our brain data from big companies, and how did bizarre messages about Drill rap end up on the Metropolitan Police’s Twitter account and website?
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Siemens Contractor Pleads Guilty to Planting ‘Logic Bomb’ in Spreadsheets

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A former Siemens contractor has pledged guilty in federal court Friday to secretly planting code in automated spreadsheets he had created for the company over a decade ago that deliberately crashes the program every few years.

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