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Malicious package

ar_serialize-helpersRubyGems

Malicious code in ar_serialize-helpers (RubyGems) Remove it immediately and rotate any exposed credentials.

MAL-2024-6668
Immediate action
Remove the package, then rotate any secrets the build/runtime could reach.
gem uninstall ar_serialize-helpers

Malicious versions

1 flagged
1.2.1

Indicators of compromise (SHA-256)

18c3a3e8b7f9de43bba97c193045acfcb291192f4edd28fdbfdcefa6050a494c
a890afff79ae8a12ba8760fb3dff1432ed0e0ad4471a2d0b2ddca2dce13fbf34

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 ar_serialize-helpers (version 1.2.1). O3 Security's supply-chain scanner checks every dependency against known-malicious package intelligence at install time and in CI, flagging ar_serialize-helpers across your stack and pipelines.

  2. If you installed it — respond

    Remove ar_serialize-helpers 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 ar_serialize-helpers 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 ar_serialize-helpers 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. ar_serialize-helpers on RubyGems has been identified as a malicious package (version 1.2.1 flagged). It should be removed immediately — do not install or keep it in your dependency tree.

Campaign

RLMA-2024-05474RLUA-2024-09993

References

Credits

  • ReversingLabs · finder

Detect & block this

O3 blocks ar_serialize-helpers-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.

ar_serialize-helpers (RubyGems) malicious package — MAL-2024-6668 | O3 Security