MAL-2026-498

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    MAL-2026-498

    Published: 24 Jan 2026Last Modified: 24 Jan 2026

    Summary: Malicious code in instascan-pro (PyPI)

    Details: Source: kam193 (94d76fe0beb67ab3d875d659dac44b4650be6b8f5bbb4b43635c0fc2fa7b4af9) The package contains a module prepared to collect and exfiltrate user's files. Category: MALICIOUS - The campaign has clearly malicious intent, like infostealers. Campaign: 2026-01-instascan-pro Reasons (based on the campaign): - exfiltration-generic - files-exfiltration

    References: https://bad-packages.kam193.eu/pypi/package/instascan-pro

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: instascan-pro

    Purl: pkg:pypi/instascan-pro

    Affected ranges

    Type: N/A

    Events:

    Introduced- None
    Fixed -None

    Affected versions

    1.0.0