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Malicious MAL-2026-444

terminalbrush

PyPI package · versions 0.1, 0.2.4

Reported Jan 21, 2026 · Updated Jan 21, 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 (35e06fb41f9c1a4f082cf49a72dec89fc5b4d2f6580b97e527d291d50807b801)
Package downloads an executable, places it distinguished as a Python binary and starts it. At the time of analysis, the URL was no longer active, so it was not possible to confirm the exact behaviour.

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

Campaign: 2026-01-old-terminalbrush

Reasons (based on the campaign):

- Downloads and executes a remote executable.

Indicators of compromise

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