Which versions of ethherum are malicious?

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

How do I remediate ethherum if I installed it?

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

If ethherum 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 ethherum part of a known attack campaign?

Yes — ethherum is associated with the RLMA-2024-08243, 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 ethherum 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 ethherum (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 ethherum across your stack and pipelines.

Malicious package

ethherumPyPI

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

MAL-2024-10016

Immediate action

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

pip uninstall ethherum

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)

31a63d7dbb0acfe2efb7f230f71c901d0c8e700057708ed20fb8ef01278d0363

57fc0f5e8e505cbf8ea16c572c9fbcd1a659d362761832c8845ad64f240b9cee

09e4bd568ed9a4333dacb1a455a225dddfc4b58990ab58f9ea7ab92784723c61

f13485ac576a1865c24773fedab200d6172dcf960b005a890cd050a4c305351b

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 ethherum (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 ethherum across your stack and pipelines.
If you installed it — respond
ethherum 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 ethherum 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 ethherum 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. ethherum 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-2024-08243funcaptcha-ru

References

Credits

Kamil Mańkowski (kam193)
ReversingLabs · finder

Detect & block this

O3 blocks ethherum-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