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Malicious MAL-2026-498

instascan-pro

PyPI package · versions 1.0.0

Reported Jan 24, 2026 · Updated Jan 24, 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 (94d76fe0beb67ab3d875d659dac44b4650be6b8f5bbb4b43635c0fc2fa7b4af9)
The package contains a module prepared to collect and exfiltrate user's files.

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

Campaign: 2026-01-instascan-pro

Reasons (based on the campaign):

- exfiltration-generic

- files-exfiltration