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Malicious package

alephant_publisherRubyGems

Malicious code in alephant_publisher (RubyGems) Remove it immediately and rotate any exposed credentials.

MAL-2024-6547
Immediate action
Remove the package, then rotate any secrets the build/runtime could reach.
gem uninstall alephant_publisher

Malicious versions

1 flagged
0.6.10

Indicators of compromise (SHA-256)

7cd6f77f3233ab82ce42797e33a1b8101b860aba12c00c0214d96b2a34054757
312ce293f93208ef53a5a65a3738fc1e03df0fd7bfcb6a327d3df704bf4bd78a

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 alephant_publisher (version 0.6.10). O3 Security's supply-chain scanner checks every dependency against known-malicious package intelligence at install time and in CI, flagging alephant_publisher across your stack and pipelines.

  2. If you installed it — respond

    Remove alephant_publisher 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 alephant_publisher 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 alephant_publisher 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. alephant_publisher on RubyGems has been identified as a malicious package (version 0.6.10 flagged). It should be removed immediately — do not install or keep it in your dependency tree.

Campaign

RLMA-2024-05353RLUA-2024-09872

References

Credits

  • ReversingLabs · finder

Detect & block this

O3 blocks alephant_publisher-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.

alephant_publisher (RubyGems) malicious package — MAL-2024-6547 | O3 Security