diff --git a/monkey/infection_monkey/exploit/shellshock.py b/monkey/infection_monkey/exploit/shellshock.py
index f9548b6bf..edec8018e 100644
--- a/monkey/infection_monkey/exploit/shellshock.py
+++ b/monkey/infection_monkey/exploit/shellshock.py
@@ -228,7 +228,6 @@ class ShellShockExploiter(HostExploiter):
         Checks if which urls exist
         :return: Sequence of URLs to try and attack
         """
-        import requests
         attack_path = 'http://'
         if is_https:
             attack_path = 'https://'
diff --git a/monkey/infection_monkey/exploit/web_rce.py b/monkey/infection_monkey/exploit/web_rce.py
index 0f489d0a6..f5db3e92f 100644
--- a/monkey/infection_monkey/exploit/web_rce.py
+++ b/monkey/infection_monkey/exploit/web_rce.py
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ class WebRCE(HostExploiter):
         Method that creates a dictionary of configuration values for exploit
         :return: configuration dict
         """
-        exploit_config = dict()
+        exploit_config = {}
 
         # dropper: If true monkey will use dropper parameter that will detach monkey's process and try to copy
         # it's file to the default destination path.
diff --git a/monkey/infection_monkey/network/network_scanner.py b/monkey/infection_monkey/network/network_scanner.py
index 6abf409ad..95277b4b9 100644
--- a/monkey/infection_monkey/network/network_scanner.py
+++ b/monkey/infection_monkey/network/network_scanner.py
@@ -113,7 +113,7 @@ class NetworkScanner(object):
         :return: Victim or None if victim isn't alive
         """
         LOG.debug("Scanning target address: %r", victim)
-        if any([scanner.is_host_alive(victim) for scanner in self.scanners]):
+        if any(scanner.is_host_alive(victim) for scanner in self.scanners):
             LOG.debug("Found potential target_ip: %r", victim)
             return victim
         else:
diff --git a/monkey/infection_monkey/network/tools.py b/monkey/infection_monkey/network/tools.py
index 049b30838..99b21d81c 100644
--- a/monkey/infection_monkey/network/tools.py
+++ b/monkey/infection_monkey/network/tools.py
@@ -139,7 +139,7 @@ def check_tcp_ports(ip, ports, timeout=DEFAULT_TIMEOUT, get_banner=False):
             timeout = int(round(timeout))  # clamp to integer, to avoid checking input
             sockets_to_try = possible_ports[:]
             connected_ports_sockets = []
-            while (timeout >= 0) and len(sockets_to_try):
+            while (timeout >= 0) and sockets_to_try:
                 sock_objects = [s[1] for s in sockets_to_try]
 
                 _, writeable_sockets, _ = select.select(sock_objects, sock_objects, sock_objects, 0)
diff --git a/monkey/infection_monkey/system_info/windows_cred_collector/pypykatz_handler.py b/monkey/infection_monkey/system_info/windows_cred_collector/pypykatz_handler.py
index cba4c330a..35ff67678 100644
--- a/monkey/infection_monkey/system_info/windows_cred_collector/pypykatz_handler.py
+++ b/monkey/infection_monkey/system_info/windows_cred_collector/pypykatz_handler.py
@@ -67,8 +67,8 @@ def _get_windows_cred(pypykatz_cred: PypykatzCredential):
 
 
 def _hash_to_string(hash_: Any):
-    if type(hash_) == str:
+    if type(hash_) is str:
         return hash_
-    if type(hash_) == bytes:
+    if type(hash_) is bytes:
         return binascii.hexlify(bytearray(hash_)).decode()
     raise Exception(f"Can't convert hash_ to string, unsupported hash_ type {type(hash_)}")
diff --git a/monkey/infection_monkey/utils/plugins/pluginTests/BadImport.py b/monkey/infection_monkey/utils/plugins/pluginTests/BadImport.py
index d28a91a89..1377d75be 100644
--- a/monkey/infection_monkey/utils/plugins/pluginTests/BadImport.py
+++ b/monkey/infection_monkey/utils/plugins/pluginTests/BadImport.py
@@ -1,5 +1,3 @@
-from infection_monkey.utils.plugins.pluginTests.PluginTestClass import \
-    TestPlugin  # noqa: F401
 
 
 class SomeDummyPlugin:
diff --git a/monkey/monkey_island/cc/resources/monkey.py b/monkey/monkey_island/cc/resources/monkey.py
index 0962e6dd5..cd570903d 100644
--- a/monkey/monkey_island/cc/resources/monkey.py
+++ b/monkey/monkey_island/cc/resources/monkey.py
@@ -87,20 +87,18 @@ class Monkey(flask_restful.Resource):
         parent = monkey_json.get('parent')
         parent_to_add = (monkey_json.get('guid'), None)  # default values in case of manual run
         if parent and parent != monkey_json.get('guid'):  # current parent is known
-            exploit_telem = [x for x in
-                             mongo.db.telemetry.find({'telem_category': {'$eq': 'exploit'},
+            exploit_telem = list(mongo.db.telemetry.find({'telem_category': {'$eq': 'exploit'},
                                                       'data.result': {'$eq': True},
                                                       'data.machine.ip_addr': {'$in': monkey_json['ip_addresses']},
-                                                      'monkey_guid': {'$eq': parent}})]
+                                                      'monkey_guid': {'$eq': parent}}))
             if 1 == len(exploit_telem):
                 parent_to_add = (exploit_telem[0].get('monkey_guid'), exploit_telem[0].get('data').get('exploiter'))
             else:
                 parent_to_add = (parent, None)
         elif (not parent or parent == monkey_json.get('guid')) and 'ip_addresses' in monkey_json:
-            exploit_telem = [x for x in
-                             mongo.db.telemetry.find({'telem_category': {'$eq': 'exploit'},
+            exploit_telem = list(mongo.db.telemetry.find({'telem_category': {'$eq': 'exploit'},
                                                       'data.result': {'$eq': True},
-                                                      'data.machine.ip_addr': {'$in': monkey_json['ip_addresses']}})]
+                                                      'data.machine.ip_addr': {'$in': monkey_json['ip_addresses']}}))
 
             if 1 == len(exploit_telem):
                 parent_to_add = (exploit_telem[0].get('monkey_guid'), exploit_telem[0].get('data').get('exploiter'))
diff --git a/monkey/monkey_island/cc/services/edge/displayed_edge.py b/monkey/monkey_island/cc/services/edge/displayed_edge.py
index f7a0664bf..9b9509ea6 100644
--- a/monkey/monkey_island/cc/services/edge/displayed_edge.py
+++ b/monkey/monkey_island/cc/services/edge/displayed_edge.py
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ class DisplayedEdgeService:
     @staticmethod
     def services_to_displayed_services(services, for_report=False):
         if for_report:
-            return [x for x in services]
+            return list(services)
         else:
             return [x + ": " + (services[x]['name'] if 'name' in services[x] else 'unknown') for x in services]
 
diff --git a/monkey/monkey_island/cc/services/telemetry/processing/scan.py b/monkey/monkey_island/cc/services/telemetry/processing/scan.py
index 43446126c..70675c995 100644
--- a/monkey/monkey_island/cc/services/telemetry/processing/scan.py
+++ b/monkey/monkey_island/cc/services/telemetry/processing/scan.py
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 from monkey_island.cc.database import mongo
 from monkey_island.cc.models import Monkey
-from monkey_island.cc.services.edge.edge import EdgeService
 from monkey_island.cc.services.node import NodeService
 from monkey_island.cc.services.telemetry.processing.utils import \
     get_edge_by_scan_or_exploit_telemetry