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Malicious package

virus-muertoPyPI

Malicious code in virus-muerto (PyPI) Remove it immediately and rotate any exposed credentials.

MAL-2024-6194
Immediate action
Remove the package, then rotate any secrets the build/runtime could reach.
pip uninstall virus-muerto

Malicious versions

1 flagged
1.0.0

Indicators of compromise (SHA-256)

e335ca7e8bdd8f7183e538079f651ff0562f4c4a8549e230a39ef25515fe8bd6
aaa825aa57ba36e5e652ad050e060cc1455bd8f49d1e57648308284a012950db

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 virus-muerto (version 1.0.0). O3 Security's supply-chain scanner checks every dependency against known-malicious package intelligence at install time and in CI, flagging virus-muerto across your stack and pipelines.

  2. If you installed it — respond

    Remove virus-muerto 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 virus-muerto 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 virus-muerto 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. virus-muerto on PyPI has been identified as a malicious package (version 1.0.0 flagged). It should be removed immediately — do not install or keep it in your dependency tree.

Campaign

RLMA-2024-04998RLUA-2024-09483

Credits

  • ReversingLabs · finder

Detect & block this

O3 blocks virus-muerto-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.

virus-muerto (PyPI) malicious package — MAL-2024-6194 | O3 Security