MAL-2026-2486 Malicious code in gangomodule (PyPI)

During installation, obfuscated code validates the environment against typical sandboxing signs and attempts to download the next stages from remote sources. The remote stage is a comprehensive infostealer collecting credentials from files and process memory, especially SSH keys, and covering tracks to make the forensic analysis more difficult. Naming suggests relation with a toolkit called "Aether"

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

Campaign: 2026-04-gangomodule

Reasons (based on the campaign):

• Downloads and executes a remote malicious script.

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

• obfuscation

• infostealer

• exfiltration-credentials

• exfiltration-ssh-keys

• files-exfiltration

• exfiltration-env-variables

• exfiltration-generic

• covering-tracks