Which versions of ethherium are malicious?

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

How do I remediate ethherium if I installed it?

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

If ethherium 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 ethherium part of a known attack campaign?

Yes — ethherium is associated with the RLMA-2024-08242, 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 ethherium across my projects, lockfiles, and CI pipelines?

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

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

Malicious package

ethheriumPyPI

Advisory published Jun 28, 2024Updated Dec 12, 2025

ethherium is a confirmed malicious PyPI package (MAL-2024-10015) 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 ethherium (PyPI)

MAL-2024-10015

Immediate action

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

pip uninstall ethherium

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)

fb3db4bdfba973dfad287b06a018e648e26b0a32eff599d3f64b685d452e02a3

a01f62fc65e58e15a393e8ebf694e8ef863e206fc7f03a26be786d9d13e7a57d

11d23331d9a8301fb44960d0abae73ee5e0e174c0738eb316ae537247b5a8794

f3483601e9f833b23e344cb024cd17e00f13c6cdc872c5542e5ba128a1f78e59

Detection & response playbook

Credential / info stealer

Find it
Search your lockfiles and build artifacts for ethherium (version 1.0.0).
If you installed it — respond
ethherium 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 ethherium 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. ethherium 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-2024-08242funcaptcha-ru

References

Credits

Kamil Mańkowski (kam193)
ReversingLabs · finder

Detect & block this

O3 blocks ethherium-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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