kdewebhelper

{"modified":"2025-12-31T02:45:15Z","published":"2025-11-20T22:25:56Z","schema_version":"1.7.4","id":"MAL-2025-191772","summary":"Malicious code in kdewebhelper (PyPI)","details":"\n---\n_-= Per source details. Do not edit below this line.=-_\n\n## Source: kam193 (da8701a407522875f63d2aaa28d27194fe8e2faa4d7782fd66639f224ae62dcd)\nImporting the module connects to a Telegram bot and provides its operator with abilities to execute commands, exfiltrate and encrypt data. The target group seems to be KDE developers, according to the package description\n\n\n---\n\nCategory: MALICIOUS - The campaign has clearly malicious intent, like infostealers.\n\n\nCampaign: 2025-11-kdewebhelper\n\n\nReasons (based on the campaign):\n\n\n - exfiltration-generic\n\n\n - The package contains code to execute remote commands (probably limited to a specific set) on the victim's machine.\n\n\n - exfiltration-credentials\n\n\n - rat\n","affected":[{"package":{"ecosystem":"PyPI","name":"kdewebhelper"},"versions":["1.5.0","1.0.0"]}],"references":[{"type":"WEB","url":"https://bad-packages.kam193.eu/pypi/package/kdewebhelper"}],"credits":[{"name":"Kamil Mańkowski (kam193)","contact":["https://github.com/kam193","https://bad-packages.kam193.eu/"]},{"name":"Kamil Mańkowski (kam193)","type":"REPORTER","contact":["https://github.com/kam193","https://bad-packages.kam193.eu/"]}],"database_specific":{"iocs":{"urls":["https://github.com/Caspia-n/kdewebhelper"]},"malicious-packages-origins":[{"source":"kam193","sha256":"3fbce0ccdeb2130c43ff49cb4bf2ac3afe3510ea087d8b6d874ecbeea06a17a0","import_time":"2025-12-02T22:30:55.294905358Z","id":"pypi/2025-11-kdewebhelper/kdewebhelper","modified_time":"2025-11-20T22:25:56.069928Z","versions":["1.5.0","1.0.0"]},{"source":"kam193","sha256":"da8701a407522875f63d2aaa28d27194fe8e2faa4d7782fd66639f224ae62dcd","import_time":"2025-12-02T23:07:18.319998696Z","id":"pypi/2025-11-kdewebhelper/kdewebhelper","modified_time":"2025-11-20T22:25:56.069928Z","versions":["1.5.0","1.0.0"]},{"source":"kam193","sha256":"a4319bd914e8731bf099ad4fd307100cce319b54525c3b1730d49009e29af63a","import_time":"2025-12-30T22:39:04.114355376Z","id":"pypi/2025-11-kdewebhelper/kdewebhelper","modified_time":"2025-11-20T22:25:56.069928Z","versions":["1.0.0","1.5.0"]}]}}