httpz-requestsPyPI
httpz-requests is a confirmed malicious PyPI package (MAL-2026-14130) that steals credentials and exfiltrates sensitive data (malicious versions 1.8.0, 1.9.0, 1.10.0…). Do not install it — remove it immediately and rotate any exposed credentials.
Malicious code in httpz-requests (PyPI)
What this malware does
The package provides Telegram-based remote access to the machine it runs on. It was deliberately created and used to hack other machines, exfiltrate files and credentials. This package automatically ensures persistence and starts a malicious process on import.
Category: MALICIOUS - The campaign has clearly malicious intent, like infostealers.
Campaign: 2026-08-httpz-requests
Reasons (based on the campaign):
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files-exfiltration
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rat
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persistence
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uses-telegram-bot
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obfuscation
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native-extension
Malicious versions
Indicators of compromise (SHA-256)
Detection & response playbook
Credential / info stealerFind it
Scan your lockfiles (package-lock.json, pnpm-lock.yaml, yarn.lock, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, etc.) and build artifacts for httpz-requests (34 malicious versions). O3 Security's supply-chain scanner checks every dependency against known-malicious package intelligence at install time and in CI, flagging httpz-requests across your stack and pipelines.
If you installed it — respond
httpz-requests 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 httpz-requests was ever installed, its post-install/runtime payload may have already executed. O3's L7 egress monitoring and runtime eBPF sensors detect the credential exfiltration or command-and-control callback after install and block the malicious outbound channel, so you catch and contain the actual compromise — not just the presence of the package.
How O3 protects you
O3 blocks httpz-requests before install through its supply-chain scanner, and if it has already run, detects and severs the exfiltration or C2 callback at runtime through L7 egress monitoring and eBPF.
Frequently asked questions
Campaign
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Credits
- Kamil Mańkowski (kam193) · reporter
Detect & block this
O3 blocks httpz-requests-class packages before install and in CI — and if it already ran, its runtime egress monitoring catches the credential exfiltration and severs the channel.