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Malicious MAL-2026-5093

h4xupdate

PyPI package · versions 0.0.1

Reported May 31, 2026 · Updated May 31, 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 (0de4da975d7b071824607be751a9ea0fb13e409eaef58d1cc0628263d5dea700)
Package contains a remote control tool taking orders from a hardcoded Telegram bot. The authorship impersonate legitimate company.

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

Campaign: 2026-05-h4xupdate

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

- impersonation