automatic-octo-inventionPyPI

The package ships an 8.6 MB stripped ELF binary at automatic_octo_invention/claw (sha256 f6fe45f8fe9081987505af31f0249021a65b558af514f2e4e37340fb3182805f) with no source, no build metadata, and no documentation beyond the package name. The console-script entry point (cli.py) chmods the bundled start.sh executable and invokes it via subprocess; start.sh in turn chmods and runs ./claw --host 45.151.62.119:3361 --user prl1p2jan4d... — a bare-IP endpoint on a non-standard port with a fixed 62-character wallet-shaped user identifier. The argument shape matches XMRig-family cryptocurrency miners. The package's README and description do not disclose mining, do not name the destination, and present the tool under a generic name; the wrapper's only function is to make the opaque native binary runnable with these hardcoded arguments. Running the advertised CLI redirects the host's CPU and network to an author-chosen destination without disclosure. The harm fires when the user invokes the installed CLI rather than at pip install time, but the shipped binary is opaque and its network destination is a bare-IP author endpoint tied to a fixed wallet identifier.

In this campaign, packages use names similar to popular services (e.g. Kimi AI) to deploy cryptominer.

Category: MALICIOUS - The campaign has clearly malicious intent, like infostealers.

Campaign: 2026-07-kimichat

Reasons (based on the campaign):

• cryptominer