{"id":"MAL-2026-17712","summary":"Malicious code in ig-gox (PyPI)","details":"\n---\n_-= Per source details. Do not edit below this line.=-_\n\n## Source: kam193 (780638a0747103eb44a85312a2cfb552981e498655f638c5baf86eb4a5f74042)\nPackage hides obfuscated code aimed to avoid analysis and downloading the remote stage. The remote code is used to abuse Instagram service for mass fake account registration.\n\n\n---\n\nCategory: MALICIOUS - The campaign has clearly malicious intent, like infostealers.\n\n\nCampaign: 2026-10-ig-gox\n\n\nReasons (based on the campaign):\n\n\n - The package contains code to detect if it is running in a sandbox environment.\n\n\n - obfuscation\n\n\n - Downloads and executes a remote malicious script.\n\n\n - abusing-3rd-api\n","modified":"2026-10-09T10:00:25.355891798Z","published":"2026-10-09T09:21:11Z","database_specific":{"iocs":{"domains":["goxtools.shop"]},"malicious-packages-origins":[{"id":"pypi/2026-10-ig-gox/ig-gox","import_time":"2026-10-09T09:47:28.468553955Z","modified_time":"2026-10-09T09:21:11.264724Z","sha256":"780638a0747103eb44a85312a2cfb552981e498655f638c5baf86eb4a5f74042","source":"kam193","versions":["1.0.0"]}]},"references":[{"type":"WEB","url":"https://bad-packages.kam193.eu/pypi/package/ig-gox"}],"affected":[{"package":{"name":"ig-gox","ecosystem":"PyPI","purl":"pkg:pypi/ig-gox"},"versions":["1.0.0"],"database_specific":{"source":"https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages/blob/main/osv/malicious/pypi/ig-gox/MAL-2026-17712.json"}}],"schema_version":"1.9.0","credits":[{"name":"Kamil Mańkowski (kam193)","contact":["https://github.com/kam193","https://bad-packages.kam193.eu/"],"type":"REPORTER"}]}