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Malicious MAL-2026-16141

platform-telemetry-client

PyPI package · versions 1.0.0

Reported Sep 11, 2026 · Updated Sep 12, 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 (7464733f1d7353ae3aa3c9da2c60116c92298bfd84c94a6cba4e5f423cb0a0eb)
The package contains PTH file triggering the loader on every Python initialization. The loader tries to download next stage payload stored in chunks in DNS records. During analysis, the intended domain was not yet registered. The chosen name suggests relation to the campaign 2026-09-openaii.

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

Campaign: 2026-09-platform-telemetry-client

Reasons (based on the campaign):

- abuses-pth

- data-stored-in-dns

- obfuscation

Indicators of compromise

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