https://pwn.watch/t/malware Live security incidents worldwide: CVEs, patch status, fixed versions, advisories and the posts that broke them. en Sun, 21 May 2023 00:00:00 GMT https://pwn.watch/i/pypi-pauses-registrations-malware-flood-2023 https://pwn.watch/i/pypi-pauses-registrations-malware-flood-2023 Sun, 21 May 2023 00:00:00 GMT medium <p>PyPI temporarily stopped new user registrations and new project names for about a day because malicious users and packages outpaced what its small admin team could handle.</p> <p><strong>Status:</strong> closed · <strong>Patch:</strong> no-fix-needed</p> <p><strong>Latest updates:</strong></p><ul><li>2023-05-21: Registrations resume (<a href="https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/pypi-temporarily-pauses-new-users-projects-amid-high-volume-of-malware/">source</a>)</li><li>2023-05-20: PyPI suspends new user and new project registration (<a href="https://status.python.org/incidents/0th66lc1l8by">source</a>)</li></ul>