[Security-sig] PEP 551: Security transparency in the Python runtime

Steve Dower steve.dower at python.org
Thu Aug 24 16:12:23 EDT 2017


On 24Aug2017 1301, Steve Dower wrote:
> As an aside, one of Microsoft's top security guys saw a tweet about this
> and posted some screenshots of Python payloads in actual malware:
>
> https://twitter.com/JohnLaTwC/statuses/900807173495771140
>
> My favourite part is the Python 2.x and 3.x compatibility in the MacOS
> path of the first one :) (the Windows path in that one uses PowerShell).

Actually, looks like all the Python code in those is targeting macOS... 
the disadvantages of having Python pre-installed by default :)

Cheers,
Steve



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