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requests-x64

MAL-2025-1992

Malicious code in requests-x64 (PyPI)

Details


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## Source: kam193 (996690f6aae3ce7456b45309072e2b12f5afda24b2f58e7f66b004c1f2b99872)
Code in setup.py attempts to silently download and execute an executable. The file contains a malware


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


Campaign: 2025-02-requests-x64


Reasons (based on the campaign):


 - Downloads and executes a remote executable.

Compromised versions (1)

  • 2.0.0

Any computer that installed or ran a compromised version should be considered fully compromised. Rotate every secret on that machine from a clean environment.