7 Malicious PyPI Packages Abuse Gmail’s SMTP Protocol to Execute Malicious Commands

 A sophisticated software supply chain attack leveraging Python Package Index (PyPI) repositories to deploy malware using Google’s SMTP infrastructure as a command-and-control mechanism.  The campaign involved seven malicious packages – Coffin-Codes-Pro, Coffin-Codes-NET2, Coffin-Codes-NET, Coffin-Codes-2022, Coffin2022, Coffin-Grave, and cfc-bsb – which collectively amassed over 55,000 downloads before being removed.  Sophisticated Tunneling Technique The malicious packages operate […]

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