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MALICIOUS (1) campaign cataloged at 2026-08-23(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.

2026-08-mlflow-otel-instrumentor

During installation package downloads and executes an executable. The remote executable appears to be broken but suggests intentions for persistence via systemd services, cryptocurrency mining and propagating over the network. Campaign shows some similarities with 2026-08-boto4

Abuse categories

cryptominer

Campaign uses cryptominer.

network-scan

Campaign uses network-scan.

persistence

Campaign uses persistence.

remote_executable

Downloads and executes a remote executable.

typosquatting

The package name is an typosquatting variant of a popular package.

worm

Campaign uses worm.

References

Referenced resources may include blog posts about the campaign, malware analysis, sandbox reports, or other relevant information.

URLs with payloads, characteristic domains, C&C IPs, repositories with malicious code, etc.

  • hxxps://file.freestorage-04.bond/files/2026/8/23/10fef88e-73a5-4262-90b8-6585724390e6/boto3_utils.elf?srl=3wyvEAZhXsu6vRNBWi1bug&exp=1787506002

Packages in the campaign

campaign:2026-08-mlflow-otel-instrumentor