Python -O won’t magically make every script faster, but in the right workloads it’s a free win—here’s how to test it safely.

In a new twist on software supply chain attacks, researchers have discovered a Python package hiding malware inside of compiled code, allowing it to evade ordinary detection measures. On April 17, ...

Yes it can. In fact, many high-level languages are compiled like that including Common Lisp, Scheme, OCaml, and Haskell. But you have to keep something in mind: C is not all that fast. Rather, C is ...

Pyjion, a just-in-time (JIT) compilation system for Python that compiles to the .NET 6 runtime, is now available in a 1.0 version. Pronounced “pigeon,” and developed by Python Software Foundation ...

What if the Python programming language itself was malicious? It would be the most devastating supply chain attack in human history - but it almost happened after an important GitHub token was ...

Security researchers at ReversingLabs have discovered a novel attack that used compiled Python code to evade detection. According to ReversingLabs reverse engineer Karlo Zanki, this could be the first ...

WebAssembly runtime introduces experimental async API and support for dynamic linking in WASIX, enabling much broader support ...