Python

Malicious Libraries Found on Python Package Index (PyPI)

Malicious code has been found on the Python Package Index (PyPI), the most popular location for sharing Python packages. This was reported by Slovak National Security Office which was then picked up by Bleeping Computer among other places (i.e. Reddit). The attack vector used typosquatting, which is basically someone uploading a package with a misspelled

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Python 101: Recursion

Recursion is a topic in mathematics and computer science. In computer programming languages, the term, recursion, refers to a function that calls itself. Another way of putting it would be a function definition that includes the function itself in its definition. One of the first warnings I received when my computer science professor talked about

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