MAL-2026-6138
Malicious code in randpicker (PyPI)
Details
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## 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
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Affected packages
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