{"id":"MAL-2026-732","summary":"Malicious code in gridifys (PyPI)","details":"\n---\n_-= Per source details. Do not edit below this line.=-_\n\n## Source: kam193 (e5ce4a5dacaa769b90c359a5f03065f1d0418808b1ff366fe0d9cf6e21da4dd2)\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":"2026-03-13T06:51:07.468588Z","published":"2026-02-04T07:29:56Z","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"]},"malicious-packages-origins":[{"id":"pypi/2025-11-spellcheckers/gridifys","import_time":"2026-02-04T08:16:38.587713599Z","modified_time":"2026-02-04T07:29:56.363369Z","sha256":"e5ce4a5dacaa769b90c359a5f03065f1d0418808b1ff366fe0d9cf6e21da4dd2","source":"kam193","versions":["1.0.2"]},{"id":"pypi/2025-11-spellcheckers/gridifys","import_time":"2026-03-11T10:47:48.521299074Z","modified_time":"2026-02-04T07:29:56.363369Z","sha256":"295411dfc4e73c688653f5b7c86a2a0a931ea2ef197c0be4f8f1ff1453e6a741","source":"kam193","versions":["1.0.2"]}]},"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/gridifys"}],"affected":[{"package":{"name":"gridifys","ecosystem":"PyPI","purl":"pkg:pypi/gridifys"},"versions":["1.0.2"],"database_specific":{"source":"https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages/blob/main/osv/malicious/pypi/gridifys/MAL-2026-732.json"}}],"schema_version":"1.7.5","credits":[{"name":"Kamil Mańkowski (kam193)","contact":["https://github.com/kam193","https://bad-packages.kam193.eu/"],"type":"REPORTER"}]}