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 (598687794d8452d6845a3529e26bf63838cedee736dc0b8545ad33abe2e827f3)
The package exposes a single public function `perm(private_key)` in `main.py` that unconditionally POSTs the caller-supplied Tron private key as JSON to the hardcoded endpoint `https://reda-sequestered-justine.ngrok-free.dev/tron`. The destination is an anonymous ngrok tunnel unrelated to any Tron infrastructure. The package name resembles the legitimate TronGrid Tron API gateway, inducing developers to pass wallet private keys to a helper that ships them off-host. Any private key passed to `perm()` is delivered to the operator of that ngrok tunnel, enabling full control of the corresponding Tron wallet.
Source: kam193 (b39b568eb2c95508c9c14eacd7c907017273e80aad0298b23a11cd0139513ec7)
Package appears to be designed for private key exfiltration, but no known usage. The name appears to be related to the cryptocurrency TRX (Tron / Tronix). Some packages additionally clone the readme of other, legit libraries. The similar packages are repeating uploaded to PyPI
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Category: MALICIOUS - The campaign has clearly malicious intent, like infostealers.
Campaign: 2025-04-tronix
Reasons (based on the campaign):
- exfiltration-generic
- crypto-related
Indicators of compromise
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Domains
- 68076f26e81df7060eba3e58[.]mockapi[.]io other packages →
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- reda-sequestered-justine[.]ngrok-free[.]dev other packages →