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Database Entry



Miniduke


Vendor detections: 14


Intelligence 14 IOCs YARA 7 File information Comments

SHA256 hash: f79d53b259ccbd8c269cc4c9d5bb82b220b7d901c5b753efa430a639d3f86068
SHA3-384 hash: 550e6ea707d3c68f736868adf54d7fcbff1570fa2165567c6ae5ecc1a6f658ff6fecd27bfd65e9f94a96855a0d685410
SHA1 hash: 220e09544ffc355a64c55a0a36324bcf8732645c
MD5 hash: 1cad41bf65b650f5e4dde011c0cdf4e0
humanhash: dakota-utah-maine-cola
File name:svchost.exe
Download: download sample
Signature Miniduke
File size:178'688 bytes
First seen:2025-11-23 09:32:48 UTC
Last seen:Never
File type:Executable exe
MIME type:application/x-dosexec
imphash edf0659abd5188c18e493cb2537cb8d9 (38 x Miniduke)
ssdeep 3072:KZ/LhS0rKgHq+rFLIwgoovufDUbZTgYIWJkfy5Se:+/LhS0rKE/FLITo9mxIWWfs
Threatray 14 similar samples on MalwareBazaar
TLSH T146048E3533F580B1E53316B46DF1AB72967EBC384A71858B9BA41F6F2A346918339307
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 :
70
Origin country :
IE IE
Vendor Threat Intelligence
Malware family:
n/a
ID:
1
File name:
2025-11-21_1cad41bf65b650f5e4dde011c0cdf4e0_amadey_cosmicduke_elex_glassworm_smoke-loader_tofsee.exe
Verdict:
No threats detected
Analysis date:
2025-11-23 10:16:13 UTC
Tags:
n/a

Note:
ANY.RUN is an interactive sandbox that analyzes all user actions rather than an uploaded sample
Verdict:
Malicious
Score:
99.9%
Tags:
cosmicduke miniduke
Result
Verdict:
Malware
Maliciousness:

Behaviour
Searching for synchronization primitives
Launching the default Windows debugger (dwwin.exe)
Sending a custom TCP request
Verdict:
Malicious
Threat level:
  10/10
Confidence:
100%
Tags:
adaptive-context anti-debug base64 cmd cosmicduke crypto evasive explorer fingerprint keylogger locky lolbin microsoft_visual_cc miniduke zusy
Verdict:
Malicious
File Type:
exe x32
First seen:
2025-11-19T21:37:00Z UTC
Last seen:
2025-11-19T21:56:00Z UTC
Hits:
~10
Detections:
HEUR:Backdoor.Win32.CosmicDuke.gen HEUR:Trojan.Win32.Miniduke.b
Verdict:
inconclusive
YARA:
5 match(es)
Tags:
Executable PDB Path PE (Portable Executable) PE File Layout Win 32 Exe x86
Verdict:
Malicious
Threat:
Backdoor.Win32.CosmicDuke
Threat name:
Win32.Backdoor.MiniDuke
Status:
Malicious
First seen:
2025-11-20 01:58:00 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:
f79d53b259ccbd8c269cc4c9d5bb82b220b7d901c5b753efa430a639d3f86068
MD5 hash:
1cad41bf65b650f5e4dde011c0cdf4e0
SHA1 hash:
220e09544ffc355a64c55a0a36324bcf8732645c
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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