MAL-2024-12362 Malicious code in thethreadingassistant (PyPI)
Malicious package
Published
MAL-2024-12362 is a malicious package: thethreadingassistant (PyPI). Every version was published to cause harm.
Task:
1. Search this repository's dependency manifests and lockfiles for the package, including transitive dependencies.
2. If it is present, remove it, regenerate the lockfile with the project's package manager, and replace whatever it was used for.
3. List any CI runners, developer machines or containers that installed it, so their secrets can be rotated.
4. If the package is not used anywhere, say so and change nothing.
Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/MAL-2024-12362/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/MAL-2024-12362/index.md)
- Package
- thethreadingassistant
- Registry
- PyPI
What is MAL-2024-12362?
MAL-2024-12362 is a malicious package in thethreadingassistant, published on 19 Aug 2024.
Official description
Infostealer exfiltrating cookies, history and passwords from the Google Chrome browser, as well as attempting to do a webcam photo. Data are sent to a Discord webhook. Malicious code is split over multiple files.
Category: MALICIOUS - The campaign has clearly malicious intent, like infostealers.
Campaign: 2024-08-old-threading-assistant
Reasons (based on the campaign):
infostealer
typosquatting
What should I do about MAL-2024-12362?
Remove the package from your dependencies and lockfiles, then rotate any secrets on machines where it was installed.