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Malicious MAL-2025-191819

prof-qu

PyPI package · versions 2, 0.0.1

Reported Jul 25, 2025 · Updated Dec 31, 2025

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 (9f83d01100c725673d7685ad3e206d71bb2f18d371a452cd2927d1391ec02cf4)
Package silently exfiltrates user's credentials ahead of starting the promised functionality. First batch used simple code, the newer attempt to hide functionality by using compiled modules

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

Campaign: 2025-07-prof-quotex

Reasons (based on the campaign):

- action-hidden-in-lib-usage

- A Telegram webhook is used to send collected data.

- exfiltration-credentials