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Malicious MAL-2023-6065

selfencodevmcontrol

PyPI package · all versions

Reported Feb 25, 2023 · Updated Aug 24, 2023

If this package is installed

Remove it, treat the machine (or CI runner) as compromised, and rotate every secret, token and key it could access — from a different, clean machine.

Details

Source: checkmarx (8a912c6195d784a10391a99bfd7456722a6cc77416fbc5f2209ef7ba316a6b42)
EsqueleSquad group published nearly 6000 malicious PyPi and NPM packages, executing spyware and information-stealing malware

Indicators of compromise

Shown defanged and not clickable. Search any indicator to find other packages using it.

URLs

  • hxxps://dl[.]dropbox[.]com/s/tpykidpdjz99202/esquele[.]exe other packages →
  • hxxps://cdn[.]discordapp[.]com/attachments/1090710876639744062/1102575056925761587/bypass2[.]ps1 other packages →