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
First seen on thehackernews.com
Jump to article: thehackernews.com/2026/01/fake-python-spellchecker-packages-on.html
![]()

