{"id":"MAL-2025-193012","summary":"Malicious code in gridifies (PyPI)","details":"\n---\n_-= Per source details. Do not edit below this line.=-_\n\n## Source: kam193 (5b003711060bdfd51eddae8b2ec6fc00313aee8bb480e9017b5ad5d03dbf567c)\nPackages contain hidden code that is effectively run during importing or using the library, and downloads second stage code. Then, a process running in background periodically connects to a remote host and waits for next code to execute\n\n\n---\n\nCategory: MALICIOUS - The campaign has clearly malicious intent, like infostealers.\n\n\nCampaign: 2025-11-spellcheckers\n\n\nReasons (based on the campaign):\n\n\n - obfuscation\n\n\n - Downloads and executes a remote malicious script.\n\n\n - The package contains code to execute remote commands (probably limited to a specific set) on the victim's machine.\n","modified":"2026-03-13T06:51:02.464331Z","published":"2026-02-06T14:04:11Z","database_specific":{"malicious-packages-origins":[{"id":"pypi/2025-11-spellcheckers/gridifies","import_time":"2026-02-06T14:20:46.383989597Z","modified_time":"2025-11-15T18:48:30Z","ranges":[{"events":[{"introduced":"0"}],"type":"ECOSYSTEM"}],"sha256":"5b003711060bdfd51eddae8b2ec6fc00313aee8bb480e9017b5ad5d03dbf567c","source":"kam193"},{"id":"pypi/2025-11-spellcheckers/gridifies","import_time":"2026-02-06T14:48:00.469827606Z","modified_time":"2025-11-15T18:48:30Z","sha256":"8cf42cf5ba4deade66ef734e9cc075f6ffbab494b6f6a8006cf0a019886bec7e","source":"kam193","versions":["1.0.2"]},{"id":"pypi/2025-11-spellcheckers/gridifies","import_time":"2026-02-14T18:47:25.009892599Z","modified_time":"2026-02-06T14:04:11.34588Z","sha256":"351e3733e5f7f100d60926e0d4a8bac5ff5fc9f6f67876871715a0e676e1f1f0","source":"kam193","versions":["1.0.2"]},{"import_time":"2026-03-11T10:47:48.518944493Z","modified_time":"2026-02-06T14:04:11.34588Z","sha256":"c5c8be3854290cae0c1c2858a01a2e82a21880d916abeb9de8fc41e2562d40a9","source":"kam193","versions":["1.0.2"],"id":"pypi/2025-11-spellcheckers/gridifies"}],"iocs":{"domains":["dothebest.store","searchbox.info","updatenet.work"],"urls":["https://dothebest.store/allow/inform.php","https://dothebest.store/refresh.php","https://searchbox.info/prefer.php","https://updatenet.work/settings/history.php","https://dothebest.store/allow"]}},"references":[{"type":"WEB","url":"https://helixguard.ai/blog/malicious-spellcheckers-2025-11-19"},{"type":"WEB","url":"https://www.aikido.dev/blog/malicious-pypi-packages-spellcheckpy-and-spellcheckerpy-deliver-python-rat"},{"type":"WEB","url":"https://bad-packages.kam193.eu/pypi/package/gridifies"}],"affected":[{"package":{"name":"gridifies","ecosystem":"PyPI","purl":"pkg:pypi/gridifies"},"versions":["1.0.2"],"database_specific":{"source":"https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages/blob/main/osv/malicious/pypi/gridifies/MAL-2025-193012.json"}}],"schema_version":"1.7.5","credits":[{"name":"Kamil Mańkowski (kam193)","contact":["https://github.com/kam193","https://bad-packages.kam193.eu/"],"type":"REPORTER"}]}