Malicious code in spip-pth-demo (PyPI)

--- -= Per source details. Do not edit below this line.=- Source: amazon-inspector bb61035c28fe642903fac1b2776b2593c1611831ce5553e63ef8b09a77e414c9 The package installs a suspicious-demo.pth file into site-packages via setup.py's datafiles="", "suspicious-demo.pth". Python auto-processes.pth file...

MAL-2026-4770 Malicious code in spip-pth-demo (PyPI)

--- -= Per source details. Do not edit below this line.=- Source: amazon-inspector bb61035c28fe642903fac1b2776b2593c1611831ce5553e63ef8b09a77e414c9 The package installs a suspicious-demo.pth file into site-packages via setup.py's datafiles="", "suspicious-demo.pth". Python auto-processes.pth file...

MAL-2026-3252 Malicious code in gauth-client (PyPI)

--- -= Per source details. Do not edit below this line.=- Source: kam193 aea1fab5eb3b9422c65232e53e79eb71ba3436355601cd61e7a7b0177779df4e Package impersonates Google and attempts to exfiltrate various credential files. It also setups PTH file for automated start during Python initialization. In t...

Metasploit Wrap-Up 01/09/2026

RISC-V Payloads This week brings more RISC-V payloads from community member bcoles. One provides a new adapter which allows RISC-V payloads to be converted to commands and delivered as a Metasploit fetch-payload. The second is a classic bind shell, offering the user interactive connectivity to th...

Python Site-Specific Hook Persistence

This Metasploit module leverages Python's startup mechanism, where some files can be automatically processed during the initialization of the Python interpreter. One of those files are startup hooks site-specific, dist-packages. If these files are present in site-specific or dist-packages...