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MAL-2026-14130

Malicious code in httpz-requests (PyPI)

Details

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## Source: kam193 (38eff923106836997e28de6d7173a1553da126be230b341fe64f0c4c215769a2) The package provides Telegram-based remote access to the machine it runs on. It was deliberately created and used to hack other machines, exfiltrate files and credentials. This package automatically ensures persistence and starts a malicious process on import.

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

Campaign: 2026-08-httpz-requests

Reasons (based on the campaign):

- files-exfiltration

- rat

- persistence

- uses-telegram-bot

- obfuscation

- native-extension

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Affected packages

PyPI / httpz-requests

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References