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Malicious MAL-2026-18224

brookworker

PyPI package · versions 0.1.0

Reported Oct 23, 2026 · Updated Oct 29, 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: amazon-inspector (6fa8f50bb0987926fc5691a191a0622aec1da809cdce6246c63de73cd679f7c2)
The package brookworker 0.1.0 was examined and no credential theft, install-time or import-time code execution, outbound network beacons, dropper behavior, backdoor, silent-relay, or self-propagation mechanisms were identified in its shipped files. No lifecycle hooks or build-backend network I/O were observed.

Source: kam193 (b5143967b27cd16bb4d28cbef2272599e90443b5f651a57e8f42d32c2e8b4ce2)
This campaign consists of similar loader packages, which provide executing code from a given URL. While they do not contain the malicious payload and the usage remains unknown, they are clearly a coordinated campaign to place multiple deceptive ways to load malicious code.

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

Campaign: 2026-10-voice-synthesis-profiles

Reasons (based on the campaign):

- other

- Downloads and executes a remote malicious script.