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      "name": "Kamil Ma\u0144kowski (kam193)",
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  "details": "\n---\n_-= Per source details. Do not edit below this line.=-_\n\n## Source: kam193 (063d67bbc510966bb83b63d1ba79a8279cf212b9028005800d6f2f99534eec46)\nPackages contain hidden code that is effectively run during importing or using the library, and downloads second stage code. Then, a process running in background periodically connects to a remote host and waits for next code to execute\n\n\n---\n\nCategory: MALICIOUS - The campaign has clearly malicious intent, like infostealers.\n\n\nCampaign: 2025-11-spellcheckers\n\n\nReasons (based on the campaign):\n\n\n - obfuscation\n\n\n - Downloads and executes a remote malicious script.\n\n\n - The package contains code to execute remote commands (probably limited to a specific set) on the victim\u0027s machine.\n",
  "id": "MAL-2026-441",
  "modified": "2026-01-27T18:50:00Z",
  "published": "2026-01-21T08:10:26Z",
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    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://helixguard.ai/blog/malicious-spellcheckers-2025-11-19"
    },
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  "summary": "Malicious code in spellcheckpy (PyPI)"
}