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Malicious package

httpsmovementsPyPI

Advisory published Updated

httpsmovements is a confirmed malicious PyPI package (MAL-2024-11609) that steals credentials and exfiltrates sensitive data (malicious version 1.3.5). Do not install it — remove it immediately and rotate any exposed credentials.

Malicious code in httpsmovements (PyPI)

MAL-2024-11609
Immediate action
Remove the package, then rotate any secrets the build/runtime could reach.
pip uninstall httpsmovements

What this malware does

In the invokehttp, the init.py contains obfuscated code attempting to download and run one of two executables. They are identified as malicious by VT and the tracks of Telegram URLs suggests attempting data exfiltration. The package itself looks like a copy of requests. In flophttp, using exactly the same obfuscation method, the infostealer is directly embeded into package code and exfiltrates data to a telegram channel.

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

Campaign: 2024-08-invokehttp

Reasons (based on the campaign):

  • infostealer

  • Downloads and executes a remote executable.

  • obfuscation

  • clones-real-package

Malicious versions

1 flagged
1.3.5

Indicators of compromise (SHA-256)

991798a68b3b1ec2732c4714352aa2570f74d9bd94d8855d508aa5e891845de8
bdc824c63f9129f794da1725fc9a2cde22acde14c8e72520ed92147608e4a989
1f6e48eea4c63cfcc19e892d140b0b70a48f1041c559effbaae92184fda61bc5
8b4769f9ecd55ed1184fa02eed9d62d0c0bb450d4ae69fe984d9b9a21120ac32
e4a35a76a3d00604da96e1000917a2dc69186a46ba3ef6aa24c28077ab2aa284

Detection & response playbook

Credential / info stealer
  1. Find it

    Search your lockfiles and build artifacts for httpsmovements (version 1.3.5).

  2. If you installed it — respond

    httpsmovements 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.

  3. Did it already run?

    If httpsmovements 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

No. httpsmovements on PyPI has been identified as a malicious package (version 1.3.5 flagged). It should be removed immediately — do not install or keep it in your dependency tree.

Campaign

RLMA-2024-110622024-08-invokehttpRLUA-2026-00401

References

Credits

  • Kamil Mańkowski (kam193)
  • ReversingLabs · finder

Detect & block this

O3 blocks httpsmovements-class packages before install and in CI — and if it already ran, its runtime egress monitoring catches the credential exfiltration and severs the channel.

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httpsmovements (PyPI) malicious package — MAL-2024-11609 | O3 Security