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Fake recruiter coding tests target devs with malicious Python packages (reversinglabs.com)
2 points by T-A on Sept 13, 2024 | hide | past | favorite | 1 comment


> As RL researchers mentioned in our earlier discussion, this feature poses a risk. First, it is more difficult to scan compiled Python files than plaintext files, as they are packed into a binary format, making them unreadable without specialized tools.

This is a strange claim to make, given that one such "specialized tool" is provided with Python's own standard library (the `dis` module).




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