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MAL-2026-237

Malicious code in formater (PyPI)

Details

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## Source: kam193 (71f6a751b5ff98dceeee5863086a2d9988640b93d96ccef9d50fb0d0d1dd116c) During importing the package automatically downloads a script that uses a Telegram bot to perform remote control over the computer

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

Campaign: 2025-10-speedd-testing-bot

Reasons (based on the campaign):

- typosquatting

- Downloads and executes a remote malicious script.

- rat

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Affected packages

PyPI / formater

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References