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 (e262ab4b975a2de9c0216656ca3e760d84f3cdacb526340248dd476c31ddeb0d)
Importing the module starts (through __init__.py) the code that download, extracts and starts a remote executable. This has been identified by any.run as a AsyncRAT. The VirtusTotal detection rate was originally at the edge of false positive, but increased significantly during a few hours.
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Category: MALICIOUS - The campaign has clearly malicious intent, like infostealers.
Campaign: 2025-01-asynchelpers
Reasons (based on the campaign):
- infostealer
- Downloads and executes a remote executable.
- malware
Indicators of compromise
Shown defanged and not clickable. Search any indicator to find other packages using it.
URLs
- hxxps://github[.]com/asynchelpers/asynchelpers/raw/refs/heads/main/configs/main/security_profiles/functionality[.]zip other packages →
IP addresses
- 104[.]194[.]151[.]19 other packages →