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TeamPCP Plants WAV Steganography Credential Stealer in telnyx PyPI Package

Part of the TeamPCP story · 99 articles · 14 outlets · since 9 Feb

On March 27, 2026, TeamPCP injected a WAV steganography-based credential stealer into two releases of the telnyx Python SDK on PyPI, specifically versions 4.87.1 and 4.87.2. The telnyx package had been downloaded 742,000 times in the 30 days before the compromise, meaning many environments would have pulled a malicious release during upgrade.

The attack encrypts stolen data with AES-256-CBC and RSA-4096 and exfiltrates it via a tar[.]gz payload to a C2 server at 83.142.209[.]203:8080, using WAV-delivered payloads named ring tone[.]wav for Linux/macOS and hangup[.]wav for Windows. Windows victims receive a persistent drop in the Startup folder as msbuild.exe, guarded by a 12-hour lock file to avoid reinstallation, with the Windows binary fetched from hangup[.]wav decoded at runtime.

The campaign is attributed to TeamPCP based on signals including a shared RSA-4096 key and a tpcp.tar[.]gz exfiltration signature, linking it to a broader litellm-related activity observed three days earlier.

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Fri 3 Jul · 12:02 UTCInfosecurityWarning Over “Industrialized” Cyber-Attacks After Ransomware Gang Partners With TeamPCP
Sat 4 Jul · 03:10 UTCSecurityOnlineFBI Warns TeamPCP Supply Chain Hack Hits Trivy, KICS Tools
Sat 4 Jul · 08:42 UTCSecurity AffairsFBI warns TeamPCP hijacks dev tools to steal cloud credentials
Thu 6 Aug · 14:41 UTCInfosecurityTeamPCP’s 2020 cryptojacking now fuels supply chain attacks
Fri 7 Aug · 08:00 UTCThe Hacker NewsTeamPCP fuels Redis supply chain attacks exposing new threats
Wed 12 Aug · 22:11 UTCArs TechnicaLiteLLM supply chain breach exposes Microsoft, Amazon, Cisco credentials
Thu 13 Aug · 17:21 UTCStepSecurityTeam PCP leaks 78k CI/CD secrets from 2,186 firms in five days
Fri 14 Aug · 12:07 UTCSecurityWeekTeamPCP compromises LiteLLM through poisoned Trivy scanner
Mon 17 Aug · 18:21 UTCSecurity AffairsTeamPCP compromises LiteLLM, leaking keys at Microsoft, Deloitte
Sun 23 Aug · 23:01 UTCStepSecurityTeam PCP breach exposes 78k secrets in open source supply chain
Thu 27 Aug · 11:45 UTCKrebs on SecurityAustralian Police Arrest Two Suspects in TeamPCP Cybercrime Case
Thu 27 Aug · 12:50 UTCDataBreachesAustralian police arrest duo over TeamPCP supply chain attacks
Thu 27 Aug · 12:50 UTCThe Hacker NewsAlleged TeamPCP Hackers Charged in Australia Over Major Supply Chain Attacks
Thu 27 Aug · 13:25 UTCSecurityWeekAustralian police arrest two linked to TeamPCP cybercrime ring
Thu 27 Aug · 14:31 UTCSecurity AffairsAustralian Police Charge Two in Global Open Source Malware Plot
Fri 28 Aug · 08:01 UTCSecurityOnlineAustralian Police Arrest TeamPCP Duo Over NPM Sandworm Malware
Fri 28 Aug · 11:50 UTCArs TechnicaAustralian Police Bust TeamPCP Supply Chain Hackers
Tue 8 Sep · 15:43 UTCThe Hacker NewsTeamPCP Uses Autonomous AI Agents to Scale Credential Theft Attacks
Sun 20 Sep · 11:22 UTCArs TechnicaGoogle Infiltrated TeamPCP as Supply Chain Campaign Hit 1,000 Firms
Mon 21 Sep · 06:21 UTCSecurityOnlineMandiant Infiltrated TeamPCP Chat and Helped Revoke Stolen Credentials
Mon 21 Sep · 11:01 UTCSecurityWeekCrowdSec Reveals GitHub Source Code Theft Linked to TanStack Attack

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