What are Python virtual environments? A virtual environment is a way to have multiple, parallel instances of the Python interpreter, each with different sets of packages and different configurations.

The PyPI package flood is just the latest in a string of attacks on public repositories with the intent to plant malicious code.

Multiple open source software packages on the Python Package Index (PyPI) repository were found to be malicious, likely compromising thousands of devices, experts have warned.

Python Development Master taps new features in Python to manage a project’s packages without the overhead imposed by a virtual environment.