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 (cac6988c3746b27c0cc34a156657431c2a0c0c36de45c6b88a00130d30dfd66e)
Importing the module starts an obfuscated PowerShell code, which downloads and executes a remote script. On Windows, the script appears to just start the calculator. On MacOS, the file is identified as a Spark RAT by multiple vendors. Package impersonate the legitimate "python-bitget".
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Category: MALICIOUS - The campaign has clearly malicious intent, like infostealers.
Campaign: 2024-12-python-bitget-api
Reasons (based on the campaign):
- typosquatting
- obfuscation
- clones-real-package
- dependency-confusion
- crypto-related
- impersonation
- Downloads and executes a remote malicious script.
Indicators of compromise
Shown defanged and not clickable. Search any indicator to find other packages using it.
URLs
- hxxps://dl[.]dropboxusercontent[.]com/scl/fi/bkhek6zqbo0cqgboteegj/1[.]txt?rlkey=yn18m53jayba4e3m5bdi02czm&st=eh1edmf0&dl=0 other packages →
- hxxps://dl[.]dropboxusercontent[.]com/scl/fi/6hg0a8fg9m36eahv88rwo/template?rlkey=0vkaw44mh3gak6y82l4ht39zg&st=ygbc7qgh&dl=0 other packages →