octopus32

{"modified":"2026-03-19T12:23:25Z","published":"2025-05-20T18:23:54Z","schema_version":"1.7.4","id":"MAL-2025-5122","summary":"Malicious code in octopus32 (PyPI)","details":"\n---\n_-= Per source details. Do not edit below this line.=-_\n\n## Source: kam193 (15fe4c8243ee2e3d9bb59df9134466819fdcb2e151cc4d79568dc4eb2dea9ac9)\nThe obfuscated code downloads and starts a remote executable. The remote file has limited detection in VT, but contains at least code to add Defender exclusion paths.\n\n\n---\n\nCategory: MALICIOUS - The campaign has clearly malicious intent, like infostealers.\n\n\nCampaign: 2025-05-octopus32\n\n\nReasons (based on the campaign):\n\n\n - Downloads and executes a remote executable.\n\n\n - obfuscation\n","affected":[{"package":{"ecosystem":"PyPI","name":"octopus32","purl":"pkg:pypi/octopus32"},"versions":["0.1.0","0.1.1"]}],"references":[{"type":"EVIDENCE","url":"https://www.virustotal.com/gui/file/ed1e4e19d366e74a0d156e8187fa2606ed3ae74254c558d6b6af54168745b811/detection"},{"type":"WEB","url":"https://bad-packages.kam193.eu/pypi/package/octopus32"}],"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/"]},{"name":"ReversingLabs","type":"FINDER","contact":["https://www.reversinglabs.com"]}],"database_specific":{"iocs":{"urls":["https://github.com/portunaa/ProtonPP/raw/refs/heads/main/LastActivity.exe","https://raw.githubusercontent.com/portunaa/ProtonPP/refs/heads/main/LastActivity.exe"]},"malicious-packages-origins":[{"source":"reversing-labs","sha256":"af892547bb44db0db1c2f36d380f9ed5e5bee3186ae5653cdd57a96cec1d3e15","import_time":"2025-06-18T15:06:02.042915446Z","id":"RLMA-2025-03019","modified_time":"2025-06-18T10:15:15Z","versions":["0.1.0","0.1.1"]},{"source":"kam193","sha256":"9bf3c65a50bb5637482dc1208f78981469231e937d80cd001b107631773b83d8","import_time":"2025-12-02T22:30:55.37274958Z","id":"pypi/2025-05-octopus32/octopus32","modified_time":"2025-05-20T18:23:54Z","ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"}]}]},{"source":"kam193","sha256":"15fe4c8243ee2e3d9bb59df9134466819fdcb2e151cc4d79568dc4eb2dea9ac9","import_time":"2025-12-02T23:07:18.398719347Z","id":"pypi/2025-05-octopus32/octopus32","modified_time":"2025-05-20T18:23:54Z","ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"}]}]},{"source":"kam193","sha256":"f41ad619fe0ac436fbed48ada79e2542cfc50f0b7f87adce88dd9dd03542ed6e","import_time":"2025-12-10T21:38:57.616327458Z","id":"pypi/2025-05-octopus32/octopus32","modified_time":"2025-05-20T18:23:54Z","versions":["0.1.0","0.1.1"]},{"source":"reversing-labs","sha256":"6acc58b795f3887a16933c00a5414ebac8b3d29e309135a2eebdaccc8a015a9e","import_time":"2026-03-19T12:20:09.395424332Z","id":"RLUA-2026-00567","modified_time":"2026-03-18T12:16:37Z"}]}}