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  "affected": [
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        "ecosystem": "PyPI",
        "name": "timekeeper-verifier",
        "purl": "pkg:pypi/timekeeper-verifier"
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    {
      "contact": [
        "https://github.com/kam193",
        "https://bad-packages.kam193.eu/"
      ],
      "name": "Kamil Ma\u0144kowski (kam193)"
    },
    {
      "contact": [
        "https://github.com/kam193",
        "https://bad-packages.kam193.eu/"
      ],
      "name": "Kamil Ma\u0144kowski (kam193)",
      "type": "REPORTER"
    },
    {
      "contact": [
        "https://www.reversinglabs.com"
      ],
      "name": "ReversingLabs",
      "type": "FINDER"
    }
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  "database_specific": {
    "iocs": {
      "domains": [
        "checktimeserver.org",
        "aliyun-sdk-requests.xyz"
      ],
      "urls": [
        "https://api.checktimeserver.org/",
        "https://api.aliyun-sdk-requests.xyz/"
      ]
    },
    "malicious-packages-origins": [
      {
        "id": "RLMA-2025-02542",
        "import_time": "2025-04-25T09:36:48.887586289Z",
        "modified_time": "2025-04-23T16:06:46Z",
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        "source": "reversing-labs",
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      },
      {
        "id": "pypi/2025-02-alicloud-client/timekeeper-verifier",
        "import_time": "2025-12-02T22:30:55.6504489Z",
        "modified_time": "2025-02-25T18:18:21Z",
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        "source": "kam193"
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        "id": "pypi/2025-02-alicloud-client/timekeeper-verifier",
        "import_time": "2025-12-02T23:07:18.693188627Z",
        "modified_time": "2025-02-25T18:18:21Z",
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        "source": "kam193"
      },
      {
        "id": "pypi/2025-02-alicloud-client/timekeeper-verifier",
        "import_time": "2025-12-10T21:38:57.878135783Z",
        "modified_time": "2025-02-25T18:18:21Z",
        "sha256": "82c37c5db80adcf285cdf43663d4e49d0d77ea76f9d07372bbffcca5d8333fd7",
        "source": "kam193",
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  "details": "\n---\n_-= Per source details. Do not edit below this line.=-_\n\n## Source: kam193 (3a20fe9fed2445d097ddfd628d59e1b8149913aec4915c112cacfa9fb7cdfc6e)\nThis campaign is built from two parts:\n1) packages named like time-check-server, snapshot-photo contain an innocent-looking code that sends \"date\" to a remote server,\n2) packages named like alicloud-client are clones of legit aliyun-python-sdk-core package, with a small change in the client.py code, where it imports the time-check-server and calls it, but instead of a date, the credentials to the cloud are exfiltrated. There are also variations with AWS clients\n\nApparently, the campaign started at least 2 years ago with the snapshot-photo package containing the same functionality as the newer time-check-server (see https://github.com/pypi-data/pypi-mirror-238/blob/code/packages/snapshot-photo/snapshot_photo-0.0.3-py3-none-any.whl/snapshot_photo/date_format.py).\n\n\n---\n\nCategory: MALICIOUS - The campaign has clearly malicious intent, like infostealers.\n\n\nCampaign: 2025-02-alicloud-client\n\n\nReasons (based on the campaign):\n\n\n - clones-real-package\n\n\n - action-hidden-in-lib-usage\n\n\n - The malicious code is intentionally included in a dependency of the package\n\n\n - exfiltration-cloud-tokens\n",
  "id": "MAL-2025-3475",
  "modified": "2025-12-11T09:27:54Z",
  "published": "2025-02-25T18:18:21Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://github.com/pypi-data/pypi-mirror-238/blob/code/packages/snapshot-photo/snapshot_photo-0.0.3-py3-none-any.whl/snapshot_photo/date_format.py"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://x.com/ReversingLabs/status/1900198602242204003"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://thehackernews.com/2025/03/malicious-pypi-packages-stole-cloud.html"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://bad-packages.kam193.eu/pypi/package/timekeeper-verifier"
    }
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  "schema_version": "1.7.4",
  "summary": "Malicious code in timekeeper-verifier (PyPI)"
}