On December 5th, 2023, FortiGuard’s AI-driven OSS malware detection system identified three intriguing PyPI (Python Package Index) packages.
These packages, upon initial use, deploy a CoinMiner executable on Linux devices. Leveraging our historical malware database, Fortinet researchers noted that the indicators of compromise (IoCs) for these packages bear a resemblance to the “culturestreak” PyPI package discovered earlier this September.
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Source: Fortinet