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Malicious package

living-deadRubyGems

Malicious code in living-dead (RubyGems) Remove it immediately and rotate any exposed credentials.

MAL-2024-6974
Immediate action
Remove the package, then rotate any secrets the build/runtime could reach.
gem uninstall living-dead

Malicious versions

1 flagged
0.0.1

Indicators of compromise (SHA-256)

4cf7feb85561c810a7c9e9e9a57f983f7b8402d4e1093646098c15f322960401
aea4f32b04edab6e68ff6beb8109f0a8b7d308cd34970fc8b6d445dd77962ce3

Detection & response playbook

Malicious package
  1. Find it

    Scan your lockfiles (package-lock.json, pnpm-lock.yaml, yarn.lock, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, etc.) and build artifacts for living-dead (version 0.0.1). O3 Security's supply-chain scanner checks every dependency against known-malicious package intelligence at install time and in CI, flagging living-dead across your stack and pipelines.

  2. If you installed it — respond

    Remove living-dead from your project and lockfile, then assume any secrets accessible to the build or runtime were exposed: rotate API keys, tokens, and credentials, and audit for unexpected outbound activity or persistence.

  3. Did it already run?

    If living-dead 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.

  4. How O3 protects you

    O3 blocks living-dead 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. living-dead on RubyGems has been identified as a malicious package (version 0.0.1 flagged). It should be removed immediately — do not install or keep it in your dependency tree.

Campaign

RLMA-2024-05780RLUA-2024-10300

References

Credits

  • ReversingLabs · finder

Detect & block this

O3 blocks living-dead-class packages before install and in CI — and if it already ran, its runtime egress monitoring catches the malicious outbound activity and severs the channel.

living-dead (RubyGems) malicious package — MAL-2024-6974 | O3 Security