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Database Entry

CoinMiner

Vendor detections: 16

Intelligence 16 IOCs YARA 43 File information Comments

SHA256 hash:	1c8fd52d6fa54459b837faf44b8addfdaf01793406a827ae93abcdd0dc497f64
SHA3-384 hash:	19c420494dfcc4c45f2434402eb15e1d11709a8414a4f9d22cd821eafe27752d6875a91ae14d7e3ec0b700932be9e117
SHA1 hash:	b7a9e5e096a8e1b42e7d8dcd5d4ac12c01af2cbe
MD5 hash:	1f4d1005636f7c8f21df632d54745cf5
humanhash:	romeo-hydrogen-shade-papa
File name:	file
Download:	download sample
Signature	CoinMiner Create hunting rule
File size:	10'240 bytes
First seen:	2026-10-05 14:29:20 UTC
Last seen:	2026-10-06 08:56:38 UTC
File type:	exe
MIME type:	application/vnd.microsoft.portable-executable
imphash	9bd4d61f2bdd759a3539d644c013268c (4 x Phorpiex, 3 x CoinMiner)
ssdeep	192:8XM8dQBBw0/l+eLjtjVGFJxTEimFhyee:8XMyQL/0eGFwi
TLSH	T1B2222A1A6F8E4132E7914DF067F88A4E95BD64331B96B2EBF373C5990F6438484406AB
TrID	39.7% (.EXE) Win32 Executable MS Visual C++ (generic) (31206/45/13) 21.0% (.EXE) Microsoft Visual C++ compiled executable (generic) (16529/12/5) 8.3% (.DLL) Win32 Dynamic Link Library (generic) (6578/25/2) 8.3% (.EXE) Win64 Executable (generic) (6522/11/2) 6.4% (.EXE) Win16 NE executable (generic) (5038/12/1)
Magika	pebin
Reporter	Bitsight
Tags:	CoinMiner dropped-by-phorpiex exe

Bitsight

url: http://178.16.54.109/2

Intelligence

File Origin

# of uploads :

# of downloads :

215

Origin country :

Vendor Threat Intelligence

No detections

Malware family:

phorpiex

ID:

File name:

exe

Verdict:

Malicious activity

Analysis date:

2026-10-05 14:38:08 UTC

Tags:

loader phorpiex botnet auto-reg auto coinminer miner winring0-sys vuln-driver xmrig xor-url generic

Link:

https://app.any.run/tasks/c61525af-0225-43cf-bf08-f7066703d942

Note:

ANY.RUN is an interactive sandbox that analyzes all user actions rather than an uploaded sample

Detection:

n/a

Link:

https://www.capesandbox.com/analysis/90725/

Detection(s):

SecuriteInfo.com.Variant.Worm.Phorpiex.153.19794171.UNOFFICIAL

Verdict:

Malicious

Score:

99.9%

Link:

https://cyber-fortress.com/docs/result/index.php?id=6acf7d656f551121ba153718

Tags:

phorpiex injector dropper smtp

Result

Verdict:

Malware

Maliciousness:

Behaviour

Creating a file in the %temp% directory

Creating a process from a recently created file

Сreating synchronization primitives

Creating a file in the Windows directory

Enabling the 'hidden' option for recently created files

Launching a process

Creating a service

Creating a file

Launching a service

Creating a file in the Windows subdirectories

Sending a TCP request to an infection source

Searching for synchronization primitives

Loading a system driver

Changing an executable file

Using the Windows Management Instrumentation requests

Creating a window

Connection attempt

Sending an HTTP GET request

DNS request

Sending a UDP request

Connection attempt to an infection source

Enabling autorun with the standard Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run registry branch

Enabling autorun for a service

Creating a file in the mass storage device

Sending an HTTP GET request to an infection source

Unauthorized injection to a system process

Infecting executable files

Enabling threat expansion on mass storage devices

Verdict:

Malicious

Threat level:

10/10

Confidence:

100%

Tags:

anti-debug anti-debug anti-vm crypto evasive explorer fingerprint lolbin microsoft_visual_cc

Link:

https://www.filescan.io/uploads/6ac3b47c19e6344cc9a9eece/reports/1417b004-f081-4706-9db6-80aa53ddfaf0/overview

Verdict:

Malicious

Labled as:

Worm.Phorpiex.Generic

Link:

https://www.hybrid-analysis.com/sample/1c8fd52d6fa54459b837faf44b8addfdaf01793406a827ae93abcdd0dc497f64

Verdict:

Malicious

File Type:

exe x32

First seen:

2026-10-05T11:10:00Z UTC

Last seen:

2026-10-07T04:07:00Z UTC

Hits:

~100

Link:

https://opentip.kaspersky.com/1c8fd52d6fa54459b837faf44b8addfdaf01793406a827ae93abcdd0dc497f64/results?tab=lookup

Verdict:

Unknown

Link:

https://analyze.intezer.com/analyses/284372e7-b79e-4b1d-ace2-431b6c13994e

Score:

100%

Verdict:

Malware

File Type:

Link:

https://malprob.io/report/1c8fd52d6fa54459b837faf44b8addfdaf01793406a827ae93abcdd0dc497f64

Verdict:

inconclusive

YARA:

4 match(es)

Tags:

Executable PE (Portable Executable) PE File Layout Win 32 Exe x86

Link:

https://app.malva.re/file/1f4d1005636f7c8f21df632d54745cf5

Detection:

phorpiex

Link:

https://mwdb.cert.pl/sample/1c8fd52d6fa54459b837faf44b8addfdaf01793406a827ae93abcdd0dc497f64/

Threat name:

Win32.Worm.Phorpiex

Status:

Malicious

First seen:

2026-10-05 14:30:29 UTC

File Type:

PE (Exe)

Extracted files:

AV detection:

29 of 38 (76.32%)

Threat level:

5/5

Detection(s):

Suspicious file

Link:

https://check.spamhaus.org/check/?searchterm=dsh5kllpuvcftobx7l2excw57wxqc6jua2ucplutvpg5bxcjp5sa._file

Verdict:

malicious

Label(s):

KnotRansomware

Phorpiex

unc_loader_055

Link:

https://reports.threatray.com/6bc94454-1b04-458c-9dfb-ac11ae2b9281

Result

Malware family:

xmrig

Score:

10/10

Tags:

family:phorphiex family:xmrig defense_evasion discovery execution loader miner persistence spyware stealer trojan worm

Link:

https://tria.ge/reports/261005-rvbghsytax/

Behaviour

Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses

Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken

Suspicious use of FindShellTrayWindow

Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory

Enumerates physical storage devices

Executes a command shell one-liner

Reads the TCP/IP host and domain name from the registry

System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery

Drops file in Windows directory

Launches sc.exe

Suspicious use of SetThreadContext

Adds Run key to start application

Enumerates connected drives

Creates new service(s)

Executes dropped EXE

Reads user/profile data of web browsers

Stops running service(s)

Downloads MZ/PE file

XMRig Miner payload

Family: Phorphiex, Phorpiex

Family: xmrig

Malware Config

C2 Extraction:

178.16.54.109

Unpacked files

SH256 hash:

1c8fd52d6fa54459b837faf44b8addfdaf01793406a827ae93abcdd0dc497f64

MD5 hash:

1f4d1005636f7c8f21df632d54745cf5

SHA1 hash:

b7a9e5e096a8e1b42e7d8dcd5d4ac12c01af2cbe

Link:

https://www.unpac.me/results/db9e5883-12e2-479c-8803-f27769717b25/

Malware family:

Phorpiex

Verdict:

Malicious

Link:

https://www.vmray.com/analyses/_mb/1c8fd52d6fa5/report/overview.html

Please note that we are no longer able to provide a coverage score for Virus Total.

Threat name:

Phorpiex

Score:

0.80

Link:

https://yomi.yoroi.company/submissions/1c8fd52d6fa54459b837faf44b8addfdaf01793406a827ae93abcdd0dc497f64

YARA Signatures

MalwareBazaar uses YARA rules from several public and non-public repositories, such as YARAhub and Malpedia. Those are being matched against malware samples uploaded to MalwareBazaar as well as against any suspicious process dumps they may create. Please note that only results from TLP:CLEAR rules are being displayed.

Rule name:	BLOWFISH_Constants Create hunting rule
Author:	phoul (@phoul)
Description:	Look for Blowfish constants

Rule name:	CP_Script_Inject_Detector Create hunting rule
Author:	DiegoAnalytics
Description:	Detects attempts to inject code into another process across PE, ELF, Mach-O binaries

Rule name:	DebuggerCheck__API Create hunting rule
Reference:	https://github.com/naxonez/yaraRules/blob/master/AntiDebugging.yara

Rule name:	DebuggerCheck__QueryInfo Create hunting rule
Reference:	https://github.com/naxonez/yaraRules/blob/master/AntiDebugging.yara

Rule name:	DebuggerException__SetConsoleCtrl Create hunting rule
Reference:	https://github.com/naxonez/yaraRules/blob/master/AntiDebugging.yara

Rule name:	DetectEncryptedVariants Create hunting rule
Author:	Zinyth
Description:	Detects 'encrypted' in ASCII, Unicode, base64, or hex-encoded

Rule name:	golang_bin_JCorn_CSC846 Create hunting rule
Author:	Justin Cornwell
Description:	CSC-846 Golang detection ruleset

Rule name:	ldpreload Create hunting rule
Author:	xorseed
Reference:	https://stuff.rop.io/

Rule name:	MacOS_Cryptominer_Xmrig_241780a1 Create hunting rule
Author:	Elastic Security

Rule name:	MALWARE_Win_CoinMiner02 Create hunting rule
Author:	ditekSHen
Description:	Detects coinmining malware

Rule name:	MAL_XMR_Miner_May19_1 Create hunting rule
Author:	Florian Roth (Nextron Systems)
Description:	Detects Monero Crypto Coin Miner
Reference:	https://www.guardicore.com/2019/05/nansh0u-campaign-hackers-arsenal-grows-stronger/

Rule name:	MAL_XMR_Miner_May19_1_RID2E1B Create hunting rule
Author:	Florian Roth
Description:	Detects Monero Crypto Coin Miner
Reference:	https://www.guardicore.com/2019/05/nansh0u-campaign-hackers-arsenal-grows-stronger/

Rule name:	MD5_Constants Create hunting rule
Author:	phoul (@phoul)
Description:	Look for MD5 constants

Rule name:	Mimikatz_Generic Create hunting rule
Author:	Still
Description:	attempts to match all variants of Mimikatz

Rule name:	Multi_Cryptominer_Xmrig_f9516741 Create hunting rule
Author:	Elastic Security

Rule name:	pe_detect_tls_callbacks Create hunting rule

Rule name:	RANSOMWARE Create hunting rule
Author:	ToroGuitar

Rule name:	rig_win64_xmrig_6_13_1_xmrig Create hunting rule
Author:	yarGen Rule Generator
Description:	rig_win64 - file xmrig.exe
Reference:	https://github.com/Neo23x0/yarGen

Rule name:	RIPEMD160_Constants Create hunting rule
Author:	phoul (@phoul)
Description:	Look for RIPEMD-160 constants

Rule name:	SEH__vectored Create hunting rule
Reference:	https://github.com/naxonez/yaraRules/blob/master/AntiDebugging.yara

Rule name:	SHA1_Constants Create hunting rule
Author:	phoul (@phoul)
Description:	Look for SHA1 constants

Rule name:	SHA512_Constants Create hunting rule
Author:	phoul (@phoul)
Description:	Look for SHA384/SHA512 constants

Rule name:	TH_AntiVM_MassHunt_Win_Malware_2026_CYFARE Create hunting rule
Author:	CYFARE
Description:	Detects Windows malware employing anti-VM / anti-sandbox evasion techniques across VMware, VirtualBox, Hyper-V, QEMU, Xen, and generic sandbox environments
Reference:	https://cyfare.net/

Rule name:	TigerRAT_pe_yaraify Create hunting rule
Author:	hunts-yara-code
Description:	YARAify-tightened byte rule from 9 sample(s) -- VERIFY hits

Rule name:	VECT_Ransomware Create hunting rule
Author:	Mustafa Bakhit
Description:	Detects activity associated with VECT ransomware. This includes registry modifications and deletions, execution of system and defense-evasion commands, suspicious API usage, mutex creation, file and memory manipulation, ransomware note generation, anti-debugging and anti-analysis techniques, and embedded cryptographic constants (SHA256) characteristic of this malware family. Designed for threat intelligence and malware detection environments.

Rule name:	WHIRLPOOL_Constants Create hunting rule
Author:	phoul (@phoul)
Description:	Look for WhirlPool constants

Rule name:	Windows_Cryptominer_Generic_f53cfb9b Create hunting rule
Author:	Elastic Security

Rule name:	Win_FakeInstaller_PythonShellcodeLoader_Crepectl_2026 Create hunting rule
Author:	SixHands
Description:	Detects the analyzed fake installer sample using .key config, XOR key, and Python/fiber shellcode loader traits

Rule name:	WIN_Malware_CoinMiner_ForgeAuto_882cd879 Create hunting rule
Author:	Marjoriefort
Description:	Detects CoinMiner (pe, etat binaire)

Rule name:	WIN_Malware_Fantom_ForgeAuto_98e6f354_Extrait Create hunting rule
Author:	Marjoriefort
Description:	Detects Fantom (pe, etat extrait)

Rule name:	WIN_Malware_PythonStealer_ForgeAuto_b24cb5bd Create hunting rule
Author:	Marjoriefort
Description:	Detects PythonStealer (pe, etat binaire)

Rule name:	WIN_Malware_Unknown_ForgeAuto_125525a3 Create hunting rule
Author:	Marjoriefort
Description:	Detects Unknown (pe, etat binaire)

Rule name:	WIN_Malware_Unknown_ForgeAuto_2ffc3572 Create hunting rule
Author:	Marjoriefort
Description:	Detects Unknown (pe, etat binaire)

Rule name:	WIN_Malware_Unknown_ForgeAuto_30f84f37 Create hunting rule
Author:	Marjoriefort
Description:	Detects Unknown (pe, etat binaire)

Rule name:	WIN_Malware_Unknown_ForgeAuto_74566f98 Create hunting rule
Author:	Marjoriefort
Description:	Detects Unknown (pe, etat binaire)

Rule name:	WIN_Malware_Unknown_ForgeAuto_79234c04 Create hunting rule
Author:	Marjoriefort
Description:	Detects Unknown (pe, etat binaire)

Rule name:	XMRIG_Monero_Miner Create hunting rule
Author:	Florian Roth (Nextron Systems)
Description:	Detects Monero mining software
Reference:	https://github.com/xmrig/xmrig/releases

Rule name:	xmrig_v1 Create hunting rule
Author:	RandomMalware

File information

The table below shows additional information about this malware sample such as delivery method and external references.

Web download

CoinMiner

exe 1c8fd52d6fa54459b837faf44b8addfdaf01793406a827ae93abcdd0dc497f64

(this sample)

Dropped by

Phorpiex

Delivery method

Distributed via web download

Cape

https://www.capesandbox.com/analysis/90725/

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