Which versions of thethreadingassistant are malicious?

The following PyPI versions of thethreadingassistant are flagged malicious: 0.1. Treat any of these as compromised.

How do I remediate thethreadingassistant if I installed it?

thethreadingassistant 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.

I already installed thethreadingassistant — how do I know if it already compromised me?

If thethreadingassistant 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.

Is thethreadingassistant part of a known attack campaign?

Yes — thethreadingassistant is associated with the 2024-08-old-threading-assistant campaign. Packages in the same campaign often share infrastructure and payloads, so check whether any related packages are also in your dependency tree.

How do I find thethreadingassistant across my projects, lockfiles, and CI pipelines?

Search your lockfiles and build artifacts for thethreadingassistant (version 0.1).

Malicious package

thethreadingassistantPyPI

Advisory published Aug 19, 2024Updated Dec 12, 2025

thethreadingassistant is a confirmed malicious PyPI package (MAL-2024-12362) that steals credentials and exfiltrates sensitive data (malicious version 0.1). Do not install it — remove it immediately and rotate any exposed credentials.

Malicious code in thethreadingassistant (PyPI)

MAL-2024-12362

Immediate action

Remove the package, then rotate any secrets the build/runtime could reach.

pip uninstall thethreadingassistant

What this malware does

Infostealer exfiltrating cookies, history and passwords from the Google Chrome browser, as well as attempting to do a webcam photo. Data are sent to a Discord webhook. Malicious code is split over multiple files.

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

Campaign: 2024-08-old-threading-assistant

Reasons (based on the campaign):

infostealer
typosquatting

Malicious versions

1 flagged

0.1

Indicators of compromise (SHA-256)

933214ae39aa7ac178fdde217bad935d1d5eb198f5653e21a63fcce084b9aaa9

762eff7d2ce4176f6050d35736ba93b5853e8519e760522372aced785a146e59

4a0a34ab0698ce2ea2dc7b609d5f43bc7eedbac2d0e946467f37ebdf5554fcd4

Detection & response playbook

Credential / info stealer

Find it
Search your lockfiles and build artifacts for thethreadingassistant (version 0.1).
If you installed it — respond
thethreadingassistant 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 thethreadingassistant 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. thethreadingassistant on PyPI has been identified as a malicious package (version 0.1 flagged). It should be removed immediately — do not install or keep it in your dependency tree.

Campaign

2024-08-old-threading-assistant

References

bad-packages.kam193.eu

Credits

Kamil Mańkowski (kam193)

Detect & block this

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

Malware detection Runtime egress monitoring

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