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: amazon-inspector (e0b7d2fa2d2e401d5ca6c2cc4bb07964a955afa5e532e3947fdcfd6395570dd6)
On import, kotoraka decodes base64-obfuscated filesystem paths pointing at the user's Monero wallet directory (Windows: C:\Users\<user>\Documents\Monero; Linux: /home/<user>/Monero), terminates any running `feather` or `monero` processes to release file locks, archives the wallet directory into a zip, and uploads it to the Telegram Bot API (api.telegram.org sendDocument) using a hardcoded bot token and chat_id (-5357046713). The Telegram bot token and target paths are stored as base64 literals decoded at runtime. The declared purpose of the package (an HTTP speed-up library) is unrelated to the actual behavior. The exfiltration fires as a top-level side effect of `import kotoraka`, with no user interaction.
Source: kam193 (e9ba78f7ee9a259fc6e518295fe3d0217c83808bbdf0fff2107883cb3cf50b3c)
During import, the package exfiltrates cryptocurrency wallet files.
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Category: MALICIOUS - The campaign has clearly malicious intent, like infostealers.
Campaign: 2026-08-kotanku
Reasons (based on the campaign):
- exfiltration-crypto
- uses-telegram-bot