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Database Entry



CoinMiner


Vendor detections: 14


Intelligence 14 IOCs YARA 8 File information Comments

SHA256 hash: 3cfd3c6512de02c73f4a4ce14d9f600fab07f2f7115b88653f5dba49c3e7da98
SHA3-384 hash: e50dc462a6f5e9309154bc542f76b4b4102c385d78fcb1e3fe70a22ed5e2efa568330a763ee7dc7f4773c562a165a039
SHA1 hash: ce022766dbea3261c223125e5b290527527c26dd
MD5 hash: b15cfa8ebae212ef69637f4f6ccdbc66
humanhash: monkey-ink-autumn-winter
File name:rop.exe
Download: download sample
Signature CoinMiner
File size:1'018'880 bytes
First seen:2026-09-20 13:15:33 UTC
Last seen:Never
File type:Executable exe
MIME type:application/x-dosexec
imphash b8b4e8e858f5f52641b95fa7a3ebe407 (5 x CoinMiner)
ssdeep 24576:c3td+H6fS5z0qJkdIoOAy9n0aWQlRYog6:cb+aflqJkaoOH9nVWQ7g
TLSH T10125AE26AA520CFDC12681B0819B7E7DA763B4543E205E1B1B7DF73D2E30CF1666B618
TrID 45.6% (.EXE) Microsoft Visual C++ compiled executable (generic) (16529/12/5)
18.0% (.EXE) Win64 Executable (generic) (6522/11/2)
13.9% (.EXE) Win16 NE executable (generic) (5038/12/1)
5.6% (.ICL) Windows Icons Library (generic) (2059/9)
5.6% (.EXE) OS/2 Executable (generic) (2029/13)
Magika pebin
Reporter whack_sh
Tags:CoinMiner exe pgil SalatStealer u1sm8h

Intelligence


File Origin
# of uploads :
1
# of downloads :
142
Origin country :
US US
Vendor Threat Intelligence
No detections
Malware family:
ID:
1
File name:
exe
Verdict:
Malicious activity
Analysis date:
2026-09-20 13:30:32 UTC
Tags:
uac etherhiding miner corvusminer loader auto-reg xmrig themida fsg vmprotect upx

Note:
ANY.RUN is an interactive sandbox that analyzes all user actions rather than an uploaded sample
Result
Verdict:
Malware
Maliciousness:

Behaviour
Сreating synchronization primitives
Creating a window
Creating a file
Enabling the 'hidden' option for recently created files
Creating a file in the %temp% directory
Moving a recently created file
Creating a process from a recently created file
Creating a process with a hidden window
DNS request
Connection attempt
Sending a custom TCP request
Using the Windows Management Instrumentation requests
Sending an HTTP POST request
Sending an HTTP GET request
Launching cmd.exe command interpreter
Enabling autorun
Adding exclusions to Windows Defender
Adding an exclusion to Microsoft Defender
Unauthorized injection to a system process
Verdict:
Malicious
Threat level:
  10/10
Confidence:
100%
Tags:
anti-debug mingw packed reconnaissance
Verdict:
Malicious
Labled as:
Win64/Agent_AGeneric.RDG trojan
Result
Threat name:
Detection:
malicious
Classification:
troj.evad.mine
Score:
100 / 100
Signature
Adds a directory exclusion to Windows Defender
Adds extensions / path to Windows Defender exclusion list (Registry)
Antivirus detection for dropped file
Bypasses PowerShell execution policy
Creates an undocumented autostart registry key
Detected VMProtect packer
Found direct / indirect Syscall (likely to bypass EDR)
Found hidden mapped module (file has been removed from disk)
Found strings related to Crypto-Mining
Hides that the sample has been downloaded from the Internet (zone.identifier)
Joe Sandbox ML detected suspicious sample
Loading BitLocker PowerShell Module
Malicious sample detected (through community Yara rule)
Maps a DLL or memory area into another process
Modifies the context of a thread in another process (thread injection)
Multi AV Scanner detection for dropped file
Multi AV Scanner detection for submitted file
PE file contains section with special chars
Queries sensitive video device information (via WMI, Win32_VideoController, often done to detect virtual machines)
Sigma detected: Powershell Base64 Encoded MpPreference Cmdlet
Suricata IDS alerts for network traffic
Suspicious powershell command line found
Switches to a custom stack to bypass stack traces
Unusual module load detection (module proxying)
Uses known network protocols on non-standard ports
Writes to foreign memory regions
Yara detected Xmrig cryptocurrency miner
Behaviour
Behavior Graph:
behaviorgraph top1 dnsIp2 2 Behavior Graph ID: 1975312 Sample: rop.exe Startdate: 20/09/2026 Architecture: WINDOWS Score: 100 35 polygon.drpc.org 2->35 45 Suricata IDS alerts for network traffic 2->45 47 Malicious sample detected (through community Yara rule) 2->47 49 Antivirus detection for dropped file 2->49 51 8 other signatures 2->51 9 rop.exe 5 15 2->9         started        signatures3 process4 file5 27 C:\Users\user\AppData\...\imgcacheej3.exe.tmp, PE32+ 9->27 dropped 29 C:\Users\user\...\imgcacheej3.exe (copy), PE32+ 9->29 dropped 31 C:\Users\user\AppData\Local\...\xql6op.exe, PE32+ 9->31 dropped 53 Creates an undocumented autostart registry key 9->53 55 Found strings related to Crypto-Mining 9->55 57 Adds extensions / path to Windows Defender exclusion list (Registry) 9->57 59 Hides that the sample has been downloaded from the Internet (zone.identifier) 9->59 13 imgcacheej3.exe 2 9->13         started        signatures6 process7 dnsIp8 37 polygon.drpc.org 104.18.10.59, 443, 49720 CLOUDFLARENET-CloudflareIncUS Canada 13->37 39 92.119.164.93, 49722, 49723, 5050 LAINwelovelaincatsandtheworldwidewebDE Netherlands 13->39 33 C:\Users\user\AppData\Local\Temp\TH6DB7.tmp, PE32+ 13->33 dropped 61 Queries sensitive video device information (via WMI, Win32_VideoController, often done to detect virtual machines) 13->61 63 Suspicious powershell command line found 13->63 65 Found strings related to Crypto-Mining 13->65 67 8 other signatures 13->67 18 powershell.exe 23 13->18         started        21 cmd.exe 13->21         started        file9 signatures10 process11 signatures12 41 Loading BitLocker PowerShell Module 18->41 23 WmiPrvSE.exe 18->23         started        25 conhost.exe 18->25         started        43 Unusual module load detection (module proxying) 21->43 process13
Verdict:
inconclusive
YARA:
4 match(es)
Tags:
Executable PE (Portable Executable) PE File Layout Win 64 Exe x64
Threat name:
Win64.Malware.Heuristic
Status:
Malicious
First seen:
2026-09-19 15:04:54 UTC
File Type:
PE+ (Exe)
Extracted files:
2
AV detection:
20 of 36 (55.56%)
Threat level:
  2/5
Result
Malware family:
Score:
  10/10
Tags:
family:xmrig defense_evasion discovery execution miner persistence privilege_escalation themida upx
Behaviour
Checks processor information in registry
Delays execution with timeout.exe
Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
Suspicious use of FindShellTrayWindow
Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
Executes a command shell one-liner
Discovers running processes
Suspicious use of SetThreadContext
UPX packed file
Creates a file in the Startup directory
Executes dropped EXE
Registers new Windows logon scripts automatically executed at logon.
Themida packer
Adds policy Run key to start application
Badlisted process makes network request
Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell
Downloads MZ/PE file
XMRig Miner payload
Family: xmrig
Suspicious use of NtCreateUserProcessOtherParentProcess
Unpacked files
SH256 hash:
3cfd3c6512de02c73f4a4ce14d9f600fab07f2f7115b88653f5dba49c3e7da98
MD5 hash:
b15cfa8ebae212ef69637f4f6ccdbc66
SHA1 hash:
ce022766dbea3261c223125e5b290527527c26dd
Please note that we are no longer able to provide a coverage score for Virus Total.

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:Check_OutputDebugStringA_iat
Rule name:DebuggerCheck__API
Reference:https://github.com/naxonez/yaraRules/blob/master/AntiDebugging.yara
Rule name:golang_bin_JCorn_CSC846
Author:Justin Cornwell
Description:CSC-846 Golang detection ruleset
Rule name:pe_detect_tls_callbacks
Rule name:SEH__vectored
Reference:https://github.com/naxonez/yaraRules/blob/master/AntiDebugging.yara
Rule name:ThreadControl__Context
Reference:https://github.com/naxonez/yaraRules/blob/master/AntiDebugging.yara
Rule name:TH_AntiVM_MassHunt_Win_Malware_2026_CYFARE
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: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 3cfd3c6512de02c73f4a4ce14d9f600fab07f2f7115b88653f5dba49c3e7da98

(this sample)

  
Delivery method
Distributed via web download

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