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...

MAL-2026-441 Malicious code in spellcheckpy (PyPI)

--- -= Per source details. Do not edit below this line.=- Source: kam193 063d67bbc510966bb83b63d1ba79a8279cf212b9028005800d6f2f99534eec46 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-2026-3708

Malicious code in spellcheckpy PyPI...

Malicious code in spellcheckpy (PyPI)

--- -= Per source details. Do not edit below this line.=- Source: kam193 063d67bbc510966bb83b63d1ba79a8279cf212b9028005800d6f2f99534eec46 Packages contain hidden code that is effectively run during importing or using the library, and downloads second stage code. Then, a process running in...