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Malicious MAL-2024-11565

crypto-regex-checker

PyPI package · versions 1.6.7, 1.6.8, 1.6.9, 1.7.1, 1.7.2, 1.7.3, 1.7.4, 1.7.5

Reported Oct 7, 2024 · Updated Mar 19, 2026

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 (a849790638e062a67e51026ebcd7d23b06a5cb901a1b74ce74bcf09762511538)
Inside the library there is a part running code hidden in the attached image, which then exfiltrate user-provided data, downloads and install next stage code, exfiltrate TXT files and finally installs infostealers - Lumma and a custom one. Arround L110

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Category: MALICIOUS - The campaign has clearly malicious intent, like infostealers.

Campaign: 2024-10-fake-usreagent

Reasons (based on the campaign):

- infostealer

- files-exfiltration

- clipboard-stealing

- obfuscation

- clones-real-package

- action-hidden-in-lib-usage

Indicators of compromise

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

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