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Malicious MAL-2026-1097

botbooster

PyPI package · versions 0.0.1, 0.0.2, 0.0.3

Reported Mar 1, 2026 · Updated Mar 1, 2026

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 (0ac97422a8ea78df8c5538d0dbada7aad5720510773f1855cf5e4b5a9cbc56cb)
When using the provided function, code exfiltrates the sensitive token from local settings.json to the hardcoded location.

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

Campaign: 2026-02-old-botbooster

Reasons (based on the campaign):

- exfiltration-credentials