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MALICIOUS (1) campaign cataloged at 2026-02-23(2).

  1. The campaign has clearly malicious intent, like infostealers.
  2. This is just the date of creating the catalog entry. It may not reflect the date of creation of the campaign itself.

2026-02-request-httpx-4

The package contains a Telegram bot running allowing for remote access. This functionality is disclosed in the readme, but the package name clearly indicates it's either a dependency confusion attempt or it's intended to be hidden from the user in the installed environment.

Abuse categories

dependency-confusion

An attempt to exploit dependency confusion

files_exfiltration

Campaign uses files_exfiltration.

remote_commands

The package contains code to execute remote commands (probably limited to a specific set) on the victim's machine.

Packages in the campaign

campaign:2026-02-request-httpx-4