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Malicious MAL-2026-2233

lightmock

PyPI package · versions 0.1.0

Reported Mar 26, 2026 · Updated Mar 26, 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 (a3c7924362f935b55a808e1ede8ffea2dbc96326b853dc00d7ede36c002ff63c)
Clone of a legitimate package. During import, heavily obfuscate code downloads next stages and finally exfiltrates sensitive data, including data from web browsers.

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

Campaign: 2026-03-lightmock

Reasons (based on the campaign):

- clones-real-package

- obfuscation

- infostealer

- exfiltration-browser-data

- exfiltration-crypto

- Downloads and executes a remote malicious script.

Indicators of compromise

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

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