Cybersecurity researchers have identified a malicious Python package in the Python Package Index (PyPI) repository designed to steal Ethereum private keys from its victims by impersonating popular libraries.
The package in question, called set-utils, was downloaded 1,077 times before being removed from the official registry. This malicious software presented itself as a simple utility for Python, but actually executed an attack to compromise the security of developers who installed it.
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