Fake Python Spellchecker Packages on PyPI Delivered Hidden Remote Access Trojan

Cybersecurity researchers have discovered two malicious packages in the Python Package Index PyPI repository that masquerade as spellcheckers but contain functionality to deliver a remote access trojan RAT. The packages, named spellcheckerpy and spellcheckpy , are no longer available on PyPI, but...

Malicious code in spellcheckerpy (PyPI)

--- -= Per source details. Do not edit below this line.=- Source: kam193 79cc4c6495567fe7659e9e4bb5964727bf95cfc9f78d32209937d73457bd476b Packages contain hidden code that is effectively run during importing or using the library, and downloads second stage code. Then, a process running in...

MAL-2026-375 Malicious code in spellcheckerpy (PyPI)

--- -= Per source details. Do not edit below this line.=- Source: kam193 79cc4c6495567fe7659e9e4bb5964727bf95cfc9f78d32209937d73457bd476b Packages contain hidden code that is effectively run during importing or using the library, and downloads second stage code. Then, a process running in...

EUVD-2026-3496

Malicious code in spellcheckerpy PyPI...