WASP malware puts a sting in Python developers
The Phylum analysts identified the malicious payload as W4SP, noting the attackers had created 29 copies of popular PyPI software packages in a campaign that started in October. Check Point researchers detected the use of steganography – hiding code in other files – to infect PyPI users through open source projects on GitHub.
"The malware is targeted at stealing all the victim's Discord accounts, passwords, crypto wallets, credit cards, and other interesting files on the victim's PC, sending them back to the attacker through a hard-coded Discord webhook address," Harush wrote. Other code is then fetched to ensure persistence through multiple reboots and to deliver the polymorphic malware, where different code is introduced after every second or third-stage URL download, according to Harush. He added that it's the first time he's seen polymorphic malware used in software supply chain attacks.
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