{"id":"MAL-2025-1977","summary":"Malicious code in hellohackers (PyPI)","details":"\n---\n_-= Per source details. Do not edit below this line.=-_\n\n## Source: kam193 (63788f1f3223270be7955b619eb09fa7e7f401084e4332ed732d33b522782a37)\nFile contains a metapreter beacon that runs in the setup.py. Analysed version uses a local IP as the target.\n\n\n---\n\nCategory: MALICIOUS - The campaign has clearly malicious intent, like infostealers.\n\n\nCampaign: 2025-02-hellohackers\n\n\nReasons (based on the campaign):\n\n\n - The package contains code to create a reverse shell, allowing an attacker to execute any commands on the victim's machine.\n","modified":"2026-03-19T12:53:43.172360Z","published":"2025-02-05T13:44:52Z","database_specific":{"malicious-packages-origins":[{"id":"RLMA-2025-01218","import_time":"2025-03-03T15:07:15.298407434Z","modified_time":"2025-03-03T13:44:56Z","sha256":"c2de01c21a8aa72a0ad26f9f27c1f3897622d0264fd4017c067256ce42d533af","source":"reversing-labs","versions":["0.0.0"]},{"modified_time":"2025-02-05T13:44:52Z","ranges":[{"events":[{"introduced":"0"}],"type":"ECOSYSTEM"}],"sha256":"9e3856f0b40aa18b9020c86248b2322cdcccf971a35bcf2f502cf25d2d38720b","source":"kam193","id":"pypi/2025-02-hellohackers/hellohackers","import_time":"2025-12-02T22:30:55.239959972Z"},{"source":"kam193","id":"pypi/2025-02-hellohackers/hellohackers","import_time":"2025-12-02T23:07:18.262402433Z","modified_time":"2025-02-05T13:44:52Z","ranges":[{"events":[{"introduced":"0"}],"type":"ECOSYSTEM"}],"sha256":"63788f1f3223270be7955b619eb09fa7e7f401084e4332ed732d33b522782a37"},{"id":"pypi/2025-02-hellohackers/hellohackers","import_time":"2025-12-10T21:38:57.524980642Z","modified_time":"2025-02-05T13:44:52Z","sha256":"d39a526ef9f55702e95ae7871404e884b47fe089c1d11a5aa131114a756435be","source":"kam193","versions":["0.0.0"]},{"id":"RLUA-2026-00382","import_time":"2026-03-19T12:19:51.217923033Z","modified_time":"2026-03-18T12:14:34Z","sha256":"aa2161662c602b5ffae5248792acb5bab83240fd1faf38ac3b270fbedb2352ca","source":"reversing-labs"}]},"references":[{"type":"WEB","url":"https://bad-packages.kam193.eu/pypi/package/hellohackers"}],"affected":[{"package":{"name":"hellohackers","ecosystem":"PyPI","purl":"pkg:pypi/hellohackers"},"versions":["0.0.0"],"database_specific":{"source":"https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages/blob/main/osv/malicious/pypi/hellohackers/MAL-2025-1977.json"}}],"schema_version":"1.7.5","credits":[{"name":"Kamil Mańkowski (kam193)","contact":["https://github.com/kam193","https://bad-packages.kam193.eu/"]},{"name":"Kamil Mańkowski (kam193)","contact":["https://github.com/kam193","https://bad-packages.kam193.eu/"],"type":"REPORTER"},{"name":"ReversingLabs","contact":["https://www.reversinglabs.com"],"type":"FINDER"}]}