AI Analysis
Final verdict: SUSPICIOUS
The package nfctester v0.0.37 has moderate risks due to potential obfuscation and low-effort metadata, suggesting possible malicious intent.
- Obfuscation risk of 6/10
- Metadata risk of 7/10
Per-check LLM notes
- Network: No network calls suggest the package does not engage in external communications, which is normal unless specific network functions are expected.
- Shell: No shell executions indicate the package is not running external commands, reducing the risk of malicious activities.
- Obfuscation: The presence of encoded byte strings may indicate obfuscation techniques used to hide the purpose of certain commands.
- Credentials: No clear patterns indicative of credential harvesting were detected.
- Metadata: The package shows signs of low effort and may be newly created for suspicious purposes.
Heuristic Checks
Outbound Network Calls
No suspicious network call patterns found
Code Obfuscation
score 2.0
Found 1 obfuscation pattern(s)
t(self): wake_cmd = b'\x55\x55\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\xFF\x03\xFD\xD4\x14\x01\x17\x00' self.transport.write(wake_cmd) time.sleep(
Shell / Subprocess Execution
No shell execution patterns detected
Credential Harvesting
No credential harvesting patterns detected
Typosquatting
No typosquatting candidates detected
Registered Email Domain
No author email provided
Suspicious Page Links
All external links appear legitimate
Git Repository History
No GitHub repository linked
No GitHub repository link found
Maintainer History
score 8.0
4 maintainer concern(s) found
Package uploaded less than 24 hours ago (2026-06-05T02:04:54.000Z)Author name is missing or very shortAuthor "" appears to have only 1 package on PyPI (new or inactive account)Package has no PyPI classifiers (low effort / metadata quality)