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Malicious PyPI Package Impersonates SymPy, Deploys XMRig Miner on Linux Hosts

Malicious Pypi Package Impersonates Sympy, Deploys Xmrig Miner On Linux Hosts

A new malicious package discovered in the Python Package Index (PyPI) has been found to impersonate a popular library for symbolic mathematics to deploy malicious payloads, including a cryptocurrency miner, on Linux hosts.
The package, named sympy-dev, mimics SymPy, replicating the latter’s project description verbatim in an attempt to deceive unsuspecting users into thinking that they are

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