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Malicious package

ascii-pressRubyGems

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

MAL-2024-6690
Immediate action
Remove the package, then rotate any secrets the build/runtime could reach.
gem uninstall ascii-press

Malicious versions

1 flagged
0.5.2

Indicators of compromise (SHA-256)

ba95cb1dadb856cf64364c85232d606b7ebb7d2ad81866d75d72b38aa2efcb20
e1b6f0dc9023c69b6b524e0a90a3bd9e5dcf315625555cfa0ba91c0c114b7983

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 ascii-press (version 0.5.2). O3 Security's supply-chain scanner checks every dependency against known-malicious package intelligence at install time and in CI, flagging ascii-press across your stack and pipelines.

  2. If you installed it — respond

    Remove ascii-press 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 ascii-press 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 ascii-press 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. ascii-press on RubyGems has been identified as a malicious package (version 0.5.2 flagged). It should be removed immediately — do not install or keep it in your dependency tree.

Campaign

RLMA-2024-05496RLUA-2024-10015

References

Credits

  • ReversingLabs · finder

Detect & block this

O3 blocks ascii-press-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.

ascii-press (RubyGems) malicious package — MAL-2024-6690 | O3 Security