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: kam193 (45ad705b0505a09a4123e74a68d03c4a16dd91604a6d9ab323eb0d776320f68a)
In the invokehttp, the __init__.py contains obfuscated code attempting to download and run one of two executables. They are identified as malicious by VT and the tracks of Telegram URLs suggests attempting data exfiltration. The package itself looks like a copy of requests.
In flophttp, using exactly the same obfuscation method, the infostealer is directly embeded into package code and exfiltrates data to a telegram channel.
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Category: MALICIOUS - The campaign has clearly malicious intent, like infostealers.
Campaign: 2024-08-invokehttp
Reasons (based on the campaign):
- infostealer
- Downloads and executes a remote executable.
- obfuscation
- clones-real-package
Indicators of compromise
Shown defanged and not clickable. Search any indicator to find other packages using it.
URLs
- hxxps://github[.]com/user-attachments/files/16791956/marshal[.]txt other packages →
- hxxps://github[.]com/user-attachments/files/16791996/trezznor[.]txt other packages →