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: google-open-source-security (762292d92c617c287b3c6b54f7c4a8b8630e7dd893b40dd05bade462fec7ca26)
This package is malicious and typosquating the legitimate pyspellchecker library.
This package will deploy a remote-access trojan that allows the attacker full
control of the victim's host.
Source: kam193 (d88deb1f1ae46e472c6b11ee1f67a1625ed092c81dc62ce54491c775e719748e)
Packages contain hidden code that is effectively run during importing or using the library, and downloads second stage code. Then, a process running in background periodically connects to a remote host and waits for next code to execute
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Category: MALICIOUS - The campaign has clearly malicious intent, like infostealers.
Campaign: 2025-11-spellcheckers
Reasons (based on the campaign):
- obfuscation
- Downloads and executes a remote malicious script.
- The package contains code to execute remote commands (probably limited to a specific set) on the victim's machine.
Indicators of compromise
Shown defanged and not clickable. Search any indicator to find other packages using it.
Domains
- dothebest[.]store other packages →
URLs
- dothebest[.]store/allow/inform[.]php other packages →
- dothebest[.]store/refresh[.]php other packages →