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Researchers Uncover Malware in Fake Discord PyPI Package Downloaded 11,500+ Times

Researchers Uncover Malware in Fake Discord PyPI Package Downloaded 11,500+ Times

May 7, 2025/in General News

Cybersecurity researchers have discovered a malicious package on the Python Package Index (PyPI) repository that masquerades as a seemingly harmless Discord-related utility but incorporates a remote access trojan.
The package in question is discordpydebug, which was uploaded to PyPI on March 21, 2022. It has been downloaded 11,574 times and continues to be available on the open-source registry.

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