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Malicious MAL-2025-191889

telepycore

PyPI package · versions 2.0.4, 2.0.2, 2.0.5, 2.0.7, 2.0.6, 1.0.1, 2.0.1, 1.5.2, 1.5.3

Reported Apr 30, 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 (c3dcd0a2a8162a703ef9d7b90566e4c55116a7f4f4d3b8759ca0d2640acd4ee4)
Package can only be used (requires additional triggering) to install a remote executable, ensure it starts on logon and name mimic network service. Though different versions contain different executables, they are mostly identified as malicious by multiple AVs and sandboxes, highlighting adding Defender exclusions and downloading further executables.

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

Campaign: 2025-04-telepycore

Reasons (based on the campaign):

- peristence-autorun

- Downloads and executes a remote executable.

Indicators of compromise

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

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