MAL-2025-4219
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MAL-2025-4219
Published: 11 May 2025Last Modified: 19 Mar 2026
Summary: Malicious code in free-internet-dns (PyPI)
Details: Source: kam193 (80f5bbcb50f9c9699a083711bb4d59905b49a198ddcd8c95425030d01d6a45e5) Installing the package installs a backdoor (a qsocket.io) and automatically uploads access credentials (from the output of the qsocket client) to the remote server. Category: MALICIOUS - The campaign has clearly malicious intent, like infostealers. Campaign: 2025-05-free-internet-dns Reasons (based on the campaign): - backdoor - The package contains code to create a reverse shell, allowing an attacker to execute any commands on the victim's machine.
Affected packages
Package
Name: free-internet-dns
Purl: pkg:pypi/free-internet-dns
Affected ranges
Type: N/A
Events:
Introduced- None
Fixed -None
Affected versions
0.1.0
