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Database Entry



Miniduke


Vendor detections: 11


Intelligence 11 IOCs YARA 7 File information Comments

SHA256 hash: 770a9e9571902adb118864974b3a175a92de88841ecafe44d23f519f9c92f22e
SHA3-384 hash: 63db4c5328fc3893467c19df8b8aa0d18d923850d1adaa5dc0b2d5939244857b99e636ebb2e4ebce204dd08ff8804ca6
SHA1 hash: 70999e9af8df163530889ebbecc80d203caf1402
MD5 hash: b657c9a5d453e406b91b87cc85345691
humanhash: iowa-green-cup-washington
File name:svchost.exe
Download: download sample
Signature Miniduke
File size:178'688 bytes
First seen:2025-11-23 09:24:27 UTC
Last seen:Never
File type:Executable exe
MIME type:application/x-dosexec
imphash edf0659abd5188c18e493cb2537cb8d9 (38 x Miniduke)
ssdeep 3072:KZ/LhS0rKgHq+rFLIwgoovufDUbZiYIWJkLW5Se:+/LhS0rKE/FLITo9mjIWWLI
Threatray 26 similar samples on MalwareBazaar
TLSH T144049E3533F580B1E53316B46DF1AB72967EBC384A71858B9BA41B6F2E346918339307
TrID 47.3% (.EXE) Win32 Executable MS Visual C++ (generic) (31206/45/13)
15.9% (.EXE) Win64 Executable (generic) (10522/11/4)
9.9% (.DLL) Win32 Dynamic Link Library (generic) (6578/25/2)
7.6% (.EXE) Win16 NE executable (generic) (5038/12/1)
6.8% (.EXE) Win32 Executable (generic) (4504/4/1)
Magika pebin
Reporter Hexastrike
Tags:exe miniduke

Intelligence


File Origin
# of uploads :
1
# of downloads :
12
Origin country :
IE IE
Vendor Threat Intelligence
Gathering data
Result
Verdict:
Malware
Maliciousness:

Behaviour
Searching for synchronization primitives
Launching the default Windows debugger (dwwin.exe)
DNS request
Connection attempt
Verdict:
Likely Malicious
Threat level:
  7.5/10
Confidence:
100%
Tags:
adaptive-context anti-debug base64 cmd crypto evasive explorer fingerprint keylogger lolbin microsoft_visual_cc
Result
Gathering data
Verdict:
inconclusive
YARA:
5 match(es)
Tags:
Executable PDB Path PE (Portable Executable) PE File Layout Win 32 Exe x86
Threat name:
Win32.Backdoor.MiniDuke
Status:
Malicious
First seen:
2025-11-22 11:09:21 UTC
File Type:
PE (Exe)
AV detection:
30 of 36 (83.33%)
Threat level:
  5/5
Result
Malware family:
n/a
Score:
  3/10
Tags:
discovery
Behaviour
Program crash
System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
Verdict:
Malicious
Tags:
apt Win.Trojan.Zusy-9876296-0
YARA:
detect_apt_APT29
Unpacked files
SH256 hash:
770a9e9571902adb118864974b3a175a92de88841ecafe44d23f519f9c92f22e
MD5 hash:
b657c9a5d453e406b91b87cc85345691
SHA1 hash:
70999e9af8df163530889ebbecc80d203caf1402
Detections:
win_cosmicduke_w0 win_cosmicduke_auto
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YARA Signatures


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Rule name:DebuggerCheck__API
Reference:https://github.com/naxonez/yaraRules/blob/master/AntiDebugging.yara
Rule name:DetectEncryptedVariants
Author:Zinyth
Description:Detects 'encrypted' in ASCII, Unicode, base64, or hex-encoded
Rule name:detect_apt_APT29
Author:@malgamy12
Description:detect_APT32_malware
Rule name:golang_bin_JCorn_CSC846
Author:Justin Cornwell
Description:CSC-846 Golang detection ruleset
Rule name:RANSOMWARE
Author:ToroGuitar
Rule name:win_cosmicduke_auto
Author:Felix Bilstein - yara-signator at cocacoding dot com
Description:Detects win.cosmicduke.
Rule name:win_cosmicduke_w0
Author:@malgamy12
Description:detect cosmicduke

File information


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