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Malicious MAL-2026-2628

svchost

PyPI package · versions 0.1.0

Reported Apr 14, 2026 · Updated Apr 14, 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 (a56926028e7e253a1ffb3ba27d6514a5cbc6b23964d7e1094846a895dd322656)
Code exfiltrates sensitive crypto wallet's files and sets up a keylogger trying to catch the password to the wallet

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

Campaign: 2026-04-pckg-sv

Reasons (based on the campaign):

- crypto-related

- keylogger

- exfiltration-crypto

- persistence