Which versions of ethereium are malicious?

The following PyPI versions of ethereium are flagged malicious: 1.0.0. Treat any of these as compromised.

How do I remediate ethereium if I installed it?

ethereium is built to steal secrets, so assume every credential the build or runtime could read is compromised. Remove it from your project and lockfile, then rotate ALL exposed secrets — npm/registry tokens, cloud keys, CI/CD secrets, SSH keys, and any .env values — from a known-clean machine. Audit logs for unauthorized use of those credentials.

I already installed ethereium — how do I know if it already compromised me?

If ethereium was installed, its post-install payload may already have run. Removing the package does not undo that — check outbound connections and credential use from the install window onward.

Is ethereium part of a known attack campaign?

Yes — ethereium is associated with the RLMA-2024-08211, funcaptcha-ru campaign. Packages in the same campaign often share infrastructure and payloads, so check whether any related packages are also in your dependency tree.

How do I find ethereium across my projects, lockfiles, and CI pipelines?

Search your lockfiles and build artifacts for ethereium (version 1.0.0).

Part of a larger attack: funcaptcha-ru published 161 malicious packages. See the full campaign →

Malicious package

ethereiumPyPI

Advisory published Jun 28, 2024Updated Dec 12, 2025

ethereium is a confirmed malicious PyPI package (MAL-2024-9986) that steals credentials and exfiltrates sensitive data (malicious version 1.0.0). Do not install it — remove it immediately and rotate any exposed credentials.

Malicious code in ethereium (PyPI)

MAL-2024-9986

Immediate action

Remove the package, then rotate any secrets the build/runtime could reach.

pip uninstall ethereium

What this malware does

Category: MALICIOUS - The campaign has clearly malicious intent, like infostealers.

Campaign: funcaptcha-ru

Reasons (based on the campaign):

infostealer

Malicious versions

1 flagged

1.0.0

Indicators of compromise (SHA-256)

999c5986acecfacc14e08c656b8efa69db38f5c5b03548318dc630f8f2bbb562

200267cfddf44e3e1b9acbf8925f6940c0c21aecff6750a08665cae8089c25ef

a79b2c3d1625c6738fbff9995e446b9f32262a1c31ca37991e3902229d353af2

ab46f4f86bbd42fee959af9f92c3d2465bb9962c2546f94f44a4299474fc4552

Detection & response playbook

Credential / info stealer

Find it
Search your lockfiles and build artifacts for ethereium (version 1.0.0).
If you installed it — respond
ethereium is built to steal secrets, so assume every credential the build or runtime could read is compromised. Remove it from your project and lockfile, then rotate ALL exposed secrets — npm/registry tokens, cloud keys, CI/CD secrets, SSH keys, and any .env values — from a known-clean machine. Audit logs for unauthorized use of those credentials.
Did it already run?
If ethereium was installed, its post-install payload may already have run. Removing the package does not undo that — check outbound connections and credential use from the install window onward.

Frequently asked questions

No. ethereium on PyPI has been identified as a malicious package (version 1.0.0 flagged). It should be removed immediately — do not install or keep it in your dependency tree.

Campaign

RLMA-2024-08211funcaptcha-ru

References

Credits

Kamil Mańkowski (kam193)
ReversingLabs · finder

Detect & block this

O3 blocks ethereium-class packages before install and in CI — and if it already ran, its runtime egress monitoring catches the credential exfiltration and severs the channel.

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