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MALICIOUS (1) campaign cataloged at 2026-08-19(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-rc4-secure

Package silently installs a remote executable in a way that is intentionally hidden from the user. During analysis, the code was downloading a legitimate software unrelated to provided functionality, suggesting it is a research-like demonstration.

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).

modify-system-without-consent

Campaign uses modify-system-without-consent.

remote_executable

Downloads and executes a remote executable.

Packages in the campaign

campaign:2026-08-rc4-secure