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Malicious MAL-2025-191821

prof-qux

PyPI package · versions 0.0.2, 0.0.1, 0.0.3, 0.0.4

Reported Jul 26, 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 (5b87af8d8f13bd43c1cf3490ea551b8d60fe05a482875597ef2fe5d2c200ca19)
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