MAL-2026-3698 Malicious code in trickery (PyPI)

Package contains code to install a backdoor - and additionally to a user-controlled backdoor, it also installs the second, with own C2 server. It's not automatically activated. Once started, it can execute commands from C2 and exfiltrate data.

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

Campaign: 2025-06-old-trickery

Reasons (based on the campaign):

• backdoor

• files-exfiltration

• peristence-autorun

• Downloads and executes a remote malicious script.

• The package contains code to execute remote commands (probably limited to a specific set) on the victim's machine.