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Malicious MAL-2026-3248

pwn-control

PyPI package · versions 1.0

Reported May 3, 2026 · Updated Jul 9, 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 (719b4c85917a0a8bc84e7591598b0d17098dd32c8f29b5c09eb25fe1d3e079c3)
During installation, the code runs code to silently control the device via Telegram bot (execute commands, exfiltrate files).

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

Campaign: 2026-05-system-update-tool

Reasons (based on the campaign):

- rat

- The package contains code to execute remote commands (probably limited to a specific set) on the victim's machine.

- files-exfiltration

- peristence-autorun

- persistence

- impersonation