MAL-2025-191689 Malicious code in backtradingbot (PyPI)

Running the installed entry point downloads and executes remote code. During the analysis, the code was switching to websockets, adding a startup script and downloading next stages, which finally looked for browser and crypto wallet data. Currently, they seem not to attempt exfiltration of very sensitive data but rather a presence of different webbrowsers and wallets.

It uses the same remote domain as campaign 2025-07-db-indicator, but significantly different payload.

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

Campaign: 2025-07-backtradingbot

Reasons (based on the campaign):

• Downloads and executes a remote malicious script.

• peristence-autorun

• exfiltration-browser-data

• The package contains code to exfiltrate basic data from the system, like IP or username. It has a limited risk.

• crypto-related