coingeneratorPyPI
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coingenerator is a confirmed malicious PyPI package (MAL-2025-2948) that steals credentials and exfiltrates sensitive data (malicious version 1.0.1). Do not install it — remove it immediately and rotate any exposed credentials.
Malicious code in coingenerator (PyPI)
What this malware does
Package contains obfuscated code that exfiltrate basic data and awaits for commands from the remote server to execute them. This is a malicious copy of legitimate https://pypi.org/project/coinanalyse/ package.
Category: MALICIOUS - The campaign has clearly malicious intent, like infostealers.
Campaign: 2025-02-coinanalyze
Reasons (based on the campaign):
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backdoor
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typosquatting
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obfuscation
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clones-real-package
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crypto-related
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The package contains code to execute remote commands (probably limited to a specific set) on the victim's machine.
Malicious versions
Indicators of compromise (SHA-256)
Detection & response playbook
Credential / info stealerFind it
Search your lockfiles and build artifacts for coingenerator (version 1.0.1).
If you installed it — respond
coingenerator is built to steal secrets, so assume every credential the build or runtime could read is compromised. Remove it from your project and lockfile, then rotate ALL exposed secrets — npm/registry tokens, cloud keys, CI/CD secrets, SSH keys, and any .env values — from a known-clean machine. Audit logs for unauthorized use of those credentials.
Did it already run?
If coingenerator was installed, its post-install payload may already have run. Removing the package does not undo that — check outbound connections and credential use from the install window onward.
Frequently asked questions
Campaign
References
Credits
- Kamil Mańkowski (kam193)
- ReversingLabs · finder
Detect & block this
O3 blocks coingenerator-class packages before install and in CI — and if it already ran, its runtime egress monitoring catches the credential exfiltration and severs the channel.