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pypi · Malicious package advisory

Malware

octopus32

MAL-2025-5122

Malicious code in octopus32 (PyPI)

Details


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## Source: kam193 (15fe4c8243ee2e3d9bb59df9134466819fdcb2e151cc4d79568dc4eb2dea9ac9)
The obfuscated code downloads and starts a remote executable. The remote file has limited detection in VT, but contains at least code to add Defender exclusion paths.


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


Campaign: 2025-05-octopus32


Reasons (based on the campaign):


 - Downloads and executes a remote executable.


 - obfuscation

Compromised versions (2)

  • 0.1.0
  • 0.1.1

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