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PYTHON OBFUSCATION TRAPS

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Developers have been targeted by malicious Python packages disguised as legitimate obfuscation tools, with the most recent package being "pyobfgood". The package has a destructive payload, "BlazeStealer", that retrieves an additional malicious script from an external source, enabling a Discord bot that gives attackers complete control over the victim's computer.