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 (e98bbfaaccc91213e80bb0a09f5081a5701cf01629ac8b82370adbbbc42178b0)
Obfuscated code downloads an encrypted binary blob, which is malware finally starting cryptomining. After starting the malware, the Python package uninstall itself and installs the legitimate package, covering tracks of the infection.
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Category: MALICIOUS - The campaign has clearly malicious intent, like infostealers.
Campaign: 2026-01-aiihttp
Reasons (based on the campaign):
- typosquatting
- Downloads and executes a remote executable.
- malware
- cryptominer
- obfuscation
- covering-tracks
Indicators of compromise
Shown defanged and not clickable. Search any indicator to find other packages using it.
URLs
- hxxps://github[.]com/ffoundation7/mscur2/raw/refs/heads/main/data_3[.]bin other packages →
- hxxps://github[.]com/ffoundation7/mscur other packages →
- hxxps://github[.]com/ffoundation7/mscur2 other packages →