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Malicious MAL-2026-3211

pycryptcore

PyPI package · versions 0.1.0, 0.1.1, 0.1.5, 0.2.5

Reported May 1, 2026 · Updated May 1, 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 (3337f9433143a04e30ce5881c7786f787cc882c983ed5e68b22f60fd79f2a0dd)
Typosquatting package that automatically exfiltrates files to a Telegram channel on importing.

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

Campaign: 2026-05-pycryptcore

Reasons (based on the campaign):

- typosquatting

- files-exfiltration