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Malicious MAL-2026-1226

qwery-core

PyPI package · versions 1.0.0, 1.0.1, 1.0.2, 1.0.3, 1.0.4, 1.0.5, 1.0.6, 1.0.7

Reported Mar 3, 2026 · Updated Mar 3, 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 (c4861116d64db41be8bae04818ecc9f3542fe4bc30055d57588f6f23c11149f3)
Obfuscated downloader of encrypted code, compiled to native binary. The remote URL has to be provided to the binary. Likely impersonates legitimate npm library

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

Campaign: 2026-02-qwery-core

Reasons (based on the campaign):

- obfuscation

- Downloads and executes a remote malicious script.

- impersonation

Indicators of compromise

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

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