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Malicious MAL-2026-6138

randpicker

PyPI package · versions 0.1.0

Reported Jun 18, 2026 · Updated Jun 18, 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 (378d07b700aa25d356594d7b1c42db107def3dbd1cce734e4c1c50b411048eb6)
When calling the `Email` function, the code creates a backdoor script and attempts to achieve persistence. The script connects to a Telegram bot and awaits commands to execute.

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

Campaign: 2026-06-old-randpicker

Reasons (based on the campaign):

- action-hidden-in-lib-usage

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

- backdoor

- uses-telegram-bot

- persistence

- peristence-autorun