The "malicious" code at the end of the advisory looks like nothing more than a b...

b101010 on Sept 15, 2017 | parent | context | favorite | on: Malicious software libraries found in PyPI posing ...

The "malicious" code at the end of the advisory looks like nothing more than a beacon announcing it was installed?

  edit:
  get current working directory
  get username
  get hostname
  concatenate the last 3 together
  obfuscate(/encrypt?) this string
  send the result as a http request to 121.42.217.44 (the value of the base64 string)

julianwachholz on Sept 15, 2017 [–]

# Welcome Here! :)

# just toy, no harm :)