MALICIOUS (1) campaign cataloged at 2026-10-29(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.
2026-10-bq-helix-recon¶
Package places PTH/sitecustomize files triggering execution of malicious code on every Python startup. The code then collects information from the environment, including credential files, environment variables, data from cloud metadata endpoints, and finally exfiltrates them.
Abuse categories¶
abuses-pth
The package uses .pth files, sitecustomize or usercustomize modules to execute malicious code during Python startup, even without importing the package code manually.
exfiltration_cloud_tokens
Campaign uses exfiltration_cloud_tokens.
exfiltration_credentials
The package attempts to steal credentials, like passwords or API keys.
exfiltration_env_variables
Campaign uses exfiltration_env_variables.
exfiltration_generic
Campaign uses exfiltration_generic.
IoCs & related URLs¶
URLs with payloads, characteristic domains, C&C IPs, repositories with malicious code, etc.
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hxxp://34.45.253.92:8080/bq-helix-recon-6ade983e -
34.45.253.92