MAL-2024-11562 Malicious code in cometlogger (PyPI)

Malicious package Published
Package
cometlogger
Registry
PyPI

What is MAL-2024-11562?

MAL-2024-11562 is a malicious package in cometlogger, published on 24 Nov 2024.

Official description

Multi-purpose infostealer, including grabbing cookies, files, information from cryptowallets; injecting code into discord application. This package is a builder for the actual malware


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

Campaign: 2024-11-cometlogger

Reasons (based on the campaign):

  • infostealer

  • files-exfiltration

  • peristence-autorun

  • clipboard-stealing

  • exfiltration-generic

  • exfiltration-crypto

  • exfiltration-browser-data

  • The package contains code to detect if it is running in a sandbox environment.

What should I do about MAL-2024-11562?

Remove the package from your dependencies and lockfiles, then rotate any secrets on machines where it was installed.

Sources

Also known as SNYK-PYTHON-COMETLOGGER-8549369.

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