win-update-helper-tool-v2

{"modified":"2026-05-03T12:34:26Z","published":"2026-05-03T12:32:29Z","schema_version":"1.7.4","id":"MAL-2026-3246","summary":"Malicious code in win-update-helper-tool-v2 (PyPI)","details":"\n---\n_-= Per source details. Do not edit below this line.=-_\n\n## Source: kam193 (251972769752a77d15c86627fe078560c49ce79a47bcc4542128386eb5362342)\nIf run as a module, the code runs code to silently control the device via Telegram bot (execute commands, exfiltrate files).\n\n\n---\n\nCategory: MALICIOUS - The campaign has clearly malicious intent, like infostealers.\n\n\nCampaign: 2026-05-system-update-tool\n\n\nReasons (based on the campaign):\n\n\n - rat\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 - files-exfiltration\n\n\n - peristence-autorun\n\n\n - persistence\n\n\n - impersonation\n","affected":[{"package":{"ecosystem":"PyPI","name":"win-update-helper-tool-v2"},"versions":["1.0.0"]}],"references":[{"type":"WEB","url":"https://bad-packages.kam193.eu/pypi/package/win-update-helper-tool-v2"}],"credits":[{"name":"Kamil Mańkowski (kam193)","type":"REPORTER","contact":["https://github.com/kam193","https://bad-packages.kam193.eu/"]}],"database_specific":{"malicious-packages-origins":[{"id":"pypi/2026-05-system-update-tool/win-update-helper-tool-v2","import_time":"2026-05-03T12:50:01.21104587Z","modified_time":"2026-05-03T12:34:26.459368Z","sha256":"251972769752a77d15c86627fe078560c49ce79a47bcc4542128386eb5362342","source":"kam193","versions":["1.0.0"]}]}}