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Database Entry



CoinMiner


Vendor detections: 16


Intelligence 16 IOCs YARA 3 File information Comments

SHA256 hash: 3afca0f0f28a8e8a57ea459ec7bbc8ec03082e8c818b521687c36e9375fef784
SHA3-384 hash: 3a8a9986bf3560d43e61716fe2b7478fcaa3cfab762ecf0adf3321d837d0b070f3e0d9b87e6bc0ccd689305a0f023200
SHA1 hash: e15944099f6fcc275a4d584411e1a1d25f08f90f
MD5 hash: 93ae08f02238e69cb17f93c247b93528
humanhash: vegan-emma-uniform-failed
File name:file
Download: download sample
Signature CoinMiner
File size:11'264 bytes
First seen:2026-07-07 00:27:42 UTC
Last seen:Never
File type:Executable exe
MIME type:application/x-dosexec
imphash d9cdc56d00b82d68dd1cc6a7338127bf (3 x CoinMiner)
ssdeep 192:SgHvoF2WbrBxl+W4uT+PFJxTEZmFhvGcJb:rvoXf0luT+PFwZe
TLSH T157320729FE490331E3A488F45475439BA53D9623A393E3EBF333964E4D662449840E7F
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


Avatar
Bitsight
url: http://178.16.54.109/2

Intelligence


File Origin
# of uploads :
1
# of downloads :
246
Origin country :
US US
Vendor Threat Intelligence
No detections
Malware family:
phorpiex
ID:
1
File name:
_3afca0f0f28a8e8a57ea459ec7bbc8ec03082e8c818b521687c36e9375fef784.exe
Verdict:
Malicious activity
Analysis date:
2026-07-07 00:30:48 UTC
Tags:
phorpiex botnet loader ip-check auto coinminer miner auto-reg winring0-sys vuln-driver generic stealer xmrig

Note:
ANY.RUN is an interactive sandbox that analyzes all user actions rather than an uploaded sample
Verdict:
Malicious
Score:
99.9%
Tags:
downloader phishing 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
DNS request
Connection attempt
Sending an HTTP GET request
Connecting to a non-recommended domain
Sending a custom TCP request
Connection attempt to an infection source
Query of malicious DNS domain
Sending an HTTP GET request to an infection source
Verdict:
Malicious
Threat level:
  10/10
Confidence:
100%
Tags:
anti-debug anti-debug anti-vm crypto downloader evasive fingerprint microsoft_visual_cc phorpiex xor-url
Verdict:
Malicious
File Type:
exe x32
First seen:
2026-07-06T21:28:00Z UTC
Last seen:
2026-07-08T19:20:00Z UTC
Hits:
~1000
Gathering data
Threat name:
Win32.Worm.Phorpiex
Status:
Malicious
First seen:
2026-07-07 00:28:38 UTC
File Type:
PE (Exe)
Extracted files:
1
AV detection:
29 of 38 (76.32%)
Threat level:
  5/5
Verdict:
malicious
Label(s):
unc_loader_055 phorpiex
Similar samples:
Result
Malware family:
Score:
  10/10
Tags:
family:needle_stealer family:phorphiex family:xmrig defense_evasion discovery execution loader miner persistence spyware stealer trojan worm
Behaviour
Checks processor information in registry
Enumerates system info in registry
GoLang User-Agent
Kills process with taskkill
Modifies data under HKEY_USERS
Modifies registry class
Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
Suspicious behavior: NtCreateUserProcessBlockNonMicrosoftBinary
Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
Suspicious use of FindShellTrayWindow
Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
Browser Information Discovery
Enumerates physical storage devices
System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
System Time Discovery
Drops file in Windows directory
Launches sc.exe
Suspicious use of SetThreadContext
Adds Run key to start application
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
Detects NeedleStealer payload
Family: NeedleStealer
Family: Phorphiex, Phorpiex
Family: xmrig
Malware Config
C2 Extraction:
http://91.92.242.107/lmix/
http://178.16.55.240/nmixx/
http://178.16.55.240/nmix/
http://178.16.55.240/
http://130.12.180.190/us/
http://130.12.180.190/xxx/
http://130.12.180.190/omix/
http://130.12.180.190/corp/
http://130.12.180.135:3000/api/v2
Unpacked files
SH256 hash:
3afca0f0f28a8e8a57ea459ec7bbc8ec03082e8c818b521687c36e9375fef784
MD5 hash:
93ae08f02238e69cb17f93c247b93528
SHA1 hash:
e15944099f6fcc275a4d584411e1a1d25f08f90f
Please note that we are no longer able to provide a coverage score for Virus Total.

YARA Signatures


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Rule name:DebuggerCheck__API
Reference:https://github.com/naxonez/yaraRules/blob/master/AntiDebugging.yara
Rule name:FreddyBearDropper
Author:Dwarozh Hoshiar
Description:Freddy Bear Dropper is dropping a malware through base63 encoded powershell scrip.
Rule name:VECT_Ransomware
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.

File information


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

Web download

CoinMiner

Executable exe 3afca0f0f28a8e8a57ea459ec7bbc8ec03082e8c818b521687c36e9375fef784

(this sample)

  
Dropped by
Phorpiex
  
Delivery method
Distributed via web download

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