Which versions of etherium are malicious?

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

How do I remediate etherium if I installed it?

etherium 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 etherium — how do I know if it already compromised me?

If etherium was ever installed, its post-install/runtime payload may have already executed. O3's L7 egress monitoring and runtime eBPF sensors detect the credential exfiltration or command-and-control callback after install and block the malicious outbound channel, so you catch and contain the actual compromise — not just the presence of the package.

Is etherium part of a known attack campaign?

Yes — etherium is associated with the RLMA-2024-08221, 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 etherium across my projects, lockfiles, and CI pipelines?

Scan your lockfiles (package-lock.json, pnpm-lock.yaml, yarn.lock, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, etc.) and build artifacts for etherium (version 1.0.0). O3 Security's supply-chain scanner checks every dependency against known-malicious package intelligence at install time and in CI, flagging etherium across your stack and pipelines.

Malicious package

etheriumPyPI

Malicious code in etherium (PyPI) Remove it immediately and rotate any exposed credentials.

MAL-2024-9996

Immediate action

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

pip uninstall etherium

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)

ae8d2565f8ca89ab8b89e2d56528f4c4f59e1f05f7c20f4591800663987e9808

c090333e7aa62172981ec060d5bcbd97348b7fa0f3dc4dbcc2f23a533737b787

d3ad87c1be7c19dd88b2138293f26a896a939122c92b5ace92c0513536fc276d

3618f1fe08e0a6fa60b75eb3904730cc6d4116c5604842b43acd2e1fc3aad8f8

Detection & response playbook

Credential / info stealer

Find it
Scan your lockfiles (package-lock.json, pnpm-lock.yaml, yarn.lock, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, etc.) and build artifacts for etherium (version 1.0.0). O3 Security's supply-chain scanner checks every dependency against known-malicious package intelligence at install time and in CI, flagging etherium across your stack and pipelines.
If you installed it — respond
etherium 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 etherium was ever installed, its post-install/runtime payload may have already executed. O3's L7 egress monitoring and runtime eBPF sensors detect the credential exfiltration or command-and-control callback after install and block the malicious outbound channel, so you catch and contain the actual compromise — not just the presence of the package.
How O3 protects you
O3 blocks etherium before install through its supply-chain scanner, and if it has already run, detects and severs the exfiltration or C2 callback at runtime through L7 egress monitoring and eBPF.

Frequently asked questions

No. etherium 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-2024-08221funcaptcha-ru

References

Credits

Kamil Mańkowski (kam193)
ReversingLabs · finder

Detect & block this

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

Malware detection Runtime egress monitoring