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 (1af6bb35b7731df522c58205dc15fd6f54a91770353f372a1649e9bb7020dff6)
Code hidden in setup.py downloads and executes multi-stage malicious code. Encrypted code from Github downloads a batch script, which then downloads and starts a next executable, which appears to be some kind of infostealer.
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Category: MALICIOUS - The campaign has clearly malicious intent, like infostealers.
Campaign: 2025-02-novatwo
Reasons (based on the campaign):
- Downloads and executes a remote executable.
- obfuscation
- malware
Indicators of compromise
Shown defanged and not clickable. Search any indicator to find other packages using it.
URLs
- hxxps://raw[.]githubusercontent[.]com/sandraajvab/a/refs/heads/main/x[.]txt other packages →
- hxxps://audacityrecorder[.]org/suhub other packages →
- hxxps://audacityrecorder[.]org/donald other packages →