MAL-2026-3246

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    MAL-2026-3246

    Published: 3 May 2026Last Modified: 3 May 2026

    Summary: Malicious code in win-update-helper-tool-v2 (PyPI)

    Details: Source: kam193 (251972769752a77d15c86627fe078560c49ce79a47bcc4542128386eb5362342) If run as a module, the code runs code to silently control the device via Telegram bot (execute commands, exfiltrate files). Category: MALICIOUS - The campaign has clearly malicious intent, like infostealers. Campaign: 2026-05-system-update-tool Reasons (based on the campaign): - rat - The package contains code to execute remote commands (probably limited to a specific set) on the victim's machine. - files-exfiltration - peristence-autorun - persistence - impersonation

    References: https://bad-packages.kam193.eu/pypi/package/win-update-helper-tool-v2

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: win-update-helper-tool-v2

    Purl: pkg:pypi/win-update-helper-tool-v2

    Affected ranges

    Type: N/A

    Events:

    Introduced- None
    Fixed -None

    Affected versions

    1.0.0
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