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Malicious package

news-ascii-artssPyPI

Malicious code in news-ascii-artss (PyPI) Remove it immediately and rotate any exposed credentials.

MAL-2024-5408
Immediate action
Remove the package, then rotate any secrets the build/runtime could reach.
pip uninstall news-ascii-artss

Malicious versions

2 flagged
0.1v_05

Indicators of compromise (SHA-256)

22d52d3ac8a00ead9372305b3df8aa9265ac12dabe838571ae875fa0d48c8681
377ff07f5fcdbd90696b1fa2dafb32a0a314b160eca8a71802891970efd8f69c

Detection & response playbook

Malicious package
  1. Find it

    Scan your lockfiles (package-lock.json, pnpm-lock.yaml, yarn.lock, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, etc.) and build artifacts for news-ascii-artss (2 malicious versions). O3 Security's supply-chain scanner checks every dependency against known-malicious package intelligence at install time and in CI, flagging news-ascii-artss across your stack and pipelines.

  2. If you installed it — respond

    Remove news-ascii-artss from your project and lockfile, then assume any secrets accessible to the build or runtime were exposed: rotate API keys, tokens, and credentials, and audit for unexpected outbound activity or persistence.

  3. Did it already run?

    If news-ascii-artss 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.

  4. How O3 protects you

    O3 blocks news-ascii-artss 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

No. news-ascii-artss on PyPI has been identified as a malicious package (versions 0.1, v_05 flagged). It should be removed immediately — do not install or keep it in your dependency tree.

Campaign

RLMA-2024-04190RLUA-2024-08564

Credits

  • ReversingLabs · finder

Detect & block this

O3 blocks news-ascii-artss-class packages before install and in CI — and if it already ran, its runtime egress monitoring catches the malicious outbound activity and severs the channel.

news-ascii-artss (PyPI) malicious package — MAL-2024-5408 | O3 Security