MALICIOUS (1) campaign cataloged at 2025-08-12(2).
- The campaign has clearly malicious intent, like infostealers.
- This is just the date of creating the catalog entry. It may not reflect the date of creation of the campaign itself.
2025-08-kertash¶
When using methods from the package, it downloads an obfuscated code from Github and puts it in multiple localisation. While it appears that this code is used to perform action user requested, deobfuscation reveals exfiltrating user's data instead.
Abuse categories¶
action-hidden-in-lib-usage
The malicious action is hidden in the code and starts when user interacts with it (e.g. during class initialization or by exfiltrating given credentials).
exfiltration_generic
Campaign uses exfiltration_generic.
obfuscation
Code uses obfuscation techniques to hide its true purpose.
webhook:telegram
A Telegram webhook is used to send collected data.
IoCs & related URLs¶
URLs with payloads, characteristic domains, C&C IPs, repositories with malicious code, etc.
hxxps://raw.githubusercontent.com/0xPwnme/kertash/refs/heads/main/kertash.py