# Guarding the Python Ecosystem Against the Growing Number of Severe Malware Attacks

DevFeed: [Guarding the Python Ecosystem Against the Growing Number of Severe Malware Attacks](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/guarding-the-python-ecosystem-against-the-growing-number-of-severe-malware-attacks-13075.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://www.chainguard.dev/unchained/guarding-the-python-ecosystem-against-the-growing-number-of-severe-malware-attacks>)

Published: 2025-05-21T00:00:00Z

Content type: article

Language: en

Sources: [Chainguard: Unchained](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/chainguard-unchained.md>)

Topics: [chainguard libraries for python](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/chainguard-libraries-for-python.md>), [chainguard libraries](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/chainguard-libraries.md>), [Malware](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/malware.md>), [PyPI](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/pypi.md>), [open-source-security](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/open-source-security.md>), [supply-chain-security](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/supply-chain-security.md>)

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## AI overview

The article explains that growing reliance on Python packages from PyPI increases exposure to malware risks. It presents Chainguard Libraries for Python as a more secure package index whose libraries and dependency trees are built from source in hardened infrastructure.

## Source excerpt

Chainguard developed Chainguard Libraries for Python to help guard the Python ecosystem against malware attacks. Discover why we did it and how it works.