{"id":"MAL-2026-1371","summary":"Malicious code in collecters (PyPI)","details":"\n---\n_-= Per source details. Do not edit below this line.=-_\n\n## Source: kam193 (c17c6bb947662d942c27cdf7ca9572536ea97f7864070648eb417277cad2e71e)\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":"2026-03-14T04:19:22.200164Z","published":"2026-03-12T15:25:30Z","database_specific":{"malicious-packages-origins":[{"import_time":"2026-03-12T15:50:29.418326178Z","id":"pypi/2025-11-spellcheckers/collecters","modified_time":"2026-03-12T15:25:30.093549Z","versions":["1.0.1"],"sha256":"c17c6bb947662d942c27cdf7ca9572536ea97f7864070648eb417277cad2e71e","source":"kam193"}],"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","https://dothebest.store/k/bag.php"]}},"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/collecters"}],"affected":[{"package":{"name":"collecters","ecosystem":"PyPI","purl":"pkg:pypi/collecters"},"versions":["1.0.1"],"database_specific":{"source":"https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages/blob/main/osv/malicious/pypi/collecters/MAL-2026-1371.json"}}],"schema_version":"1.7.5","credits":[{"name":"Kamil Mańkowski (kam193)","contact":["https://github.com/kam193","https://bad-packages.kam193.eu/"],"type":"REPORTER"}]}