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Fake Python Spellchecker Packages on PyPI Delivered Hidden Remote Access Trojan

Written By Wednesday, 28 January 2026 Add Comment



January 28, 2026 at 03:00PM

Cybersecurity researchers have discovered two malicious packages in the Python Package Index (PyPI) repository that masquerade as spellcheckers but contain functionality to deliver a remote access trojan (RAT). The packages, named spellcheckerpy and spellcheckpy, are no longer available for download, but not before they were collectively downloaded a little over 1,000 times. "Hidden inside the

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