{"id":"MAL-2026-3615","summary":"Malicious code in ai-spellcheckers (PyPI)","details":"\n---\n_-= Per source details. Do not edit below this line.=-_\n\n## Source: kam193 (205425d7a8407b8bed958a99660e2ec74e21f9b0e1427659529636347333c5c9)\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":"2026-05-12T19:16:57.751981Z","published":"2026-05-12T18:21:01Z","database_specific":{"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"]},"malicious-packages-origins":[{"versions":["1.0.0"],"import_time":"2026-05-12T19:11:27.60866556Z","modified_time":"2026-05-12T18:21:01.882154Z","source":"kam193","sha256":"205425d7a8407b8bed958a99660e2ec74e21f9b0e1427659529636347333c5c9","id":"pypi/2025-11-spellcheckers/ai-spellcheckers"}]},"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/ai-spellcheckers"}],"affected":[{"package":{"name":"ai-spellcheckers","ecosystem":"PyPI","purl":"pkg:pypi/ai-spellcheckers"},"versions":["1.0.0"],"database_specific":{"source":"https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages/blob/main/osv/malicious/pypi/ai-spellcheckers/MAL-2026-3615.json"}}],"schema_version":"1.7.5","credits":[{"name":"Kamil Mańkowski (kam193)","contact":["https://github.com/kam193","https://bad-packages.kam193.eu/"],"type":"REPORTER"}]}