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 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 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?

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

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

Malicious package

etheriumPyPI

Advisory published Jun 28, 2024Updated Dec 12, 2025

etherium is a confirmed malicious PyPI package (MAL-2024-9996) 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 etherium (PyPI)

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

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