MAL-2025-1985

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    MAL-2025-1985

    Published: 2 Feb 2025Last Modified: 19 Mar 2026

    Summary: Malicious code in novatwo (PyPI)

    Details: Source: kam193 (1af6bb35b7731df522c58205dc15fd6f54a91770353f372a1649e9bb7020dff6) Code hidden in setup.py downloads and executes multi-stage malicious code. Encrypted code from Github downloads a batch script, which then downloads and starts a next executable, which appears to be some kind of infostealer. Category: MALICIOUS - The campaign has clearly malicious intent, like infostealers. Campaign: 2025-02-novatwo Reasons (based on the campaign): - Downloads and executes a remote executable. - obfuscation - malware

    References: https://tria.ge/250202-13vd2askfn, https://www.virustotal.com/gui/file/775dfface00c9bac01640dd7b36b01102759389e122c19b3062cecdee45946aa/detection, https://bad-packages.kam193.eu/pypi/package/novatwo

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: novatwo

    Purl: pkg:pypi/novatwo

    Affected ranges

    Type: N/A

    Events:

    Introduced- None
    Fixed -None

    Affected versions

    0.1
    MAL-2025-1985 | CVE-DB