Writing secure code is hard. When you learn a language, a module or a framework, you learn how it supposed to be used. When thinking about security, you need to think about how it can be misused.

py-spy is a sampling profiler for Python programs. It lets you visualize what your Python program is spending time on without restarting the program or modifying the code in any way. py-spy is ...

Highlights of Python 3.15, now available in beta, include lazy imports, faster JITs, better error messages, and smarter profiling. The first full beta of Python 3.15 ...

Python 3.15 introduces an immutable or ‘frozen’ dictionary that is useful in places ordinary dicts can’t be used. Only very rarely does Python add a new standard data type. Python 3.15, when it’s ...

In this text we’ll talk about syntax and semantics, so it’s important that we understand what these terms mean, particularly in the context of computer programming. In a (natural) language course—say ...

The Python interpreter provides you with an environment for experimentation and observation—the Python shell, where we work in interactive mode. It’s a great way to get your feet wet. Figure 1: The ...

ESET researchers provide details on a previously undisclosed China-aligned APT group that we track as PlushDaemon and one of its cyberespionage operations: the supply-chain compromise in 2023 of VPN ...