# Cybercriminals pose as "helpful" Stack Overflow users to push malware

**URL:** <https://community.openenergymonitor.org/t/cybercriminals-pose-as-helpful-stack-overflow-users-to-push-malware/26221>\
**Category:** Labs\
**Created:** [31 May 2024 14:41 UTC](https://community.openenergymonitor.org/t/cybercriminals-pose-as-helpful-stack-overflow-users-to-push-malware/26221 "2024-05-31T14:41:24Z")\
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**Author:** ![Robert.Wall](https://community.openenergymonitor.org/user_avatar/community.openenergymonitor.org/robert.wall/32/38246_2.png) [@Robert.Wall](https://community.openenergymonitor.org/u/Robert.Wall)\
**Post date:** [31 May 2024 14:41 UTC](https://community.openenergymonitor.org/t/cybercriminals-pose-as-helpful-stack-overflow-users-to-push-malware/26221/1 "2024-05-31T14:41:25Z")

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This might concern some users:

[https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/cybercriminals-pose-as-helpful-stack-overflow-users-to-push-malware/](https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/cybercriminals-pose-as-helpful-stack-overflow-users-to-push-malware/)

“Cybercriminals are abusing Stack Overflow in an interesting approach to spreading malware—answering users’ questions by promoting a malicious PyPi package that installs Windows information-stealing malware.”