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Database Entry



CoinMiner


Vendor detections: 20


Intelligence 20 IOCs YARA 35 File information Comments

SHA256 hash: 4ccdb15f9c75cf0d5cd6660c5f444fb6fb88b0c000ea01976d3871e84cd48b9a
SHA3-384 hash: 03f71fac4a166048259296eeb5d28f28209c1d5c0041086d42823cbd0d9437807f5839e50d140ed4339920dce1d20f89
SHA1 hash: 69e839abd8d4b6847827b9916d5514eb2ab4a423
MD5 hash: d79abe59beb664d85a813423beae529e
humanhash: fillet-alanine-magazine-finch
File name:vlc_service.exe
Download: download sample
Signature CoinMiner
File size:10'158'720 bytes
First seen:2026-11-10 01:31:39 UTC
Last seen:Never
File type:Executable exe
MIME type:application/vnd.microsoft.portable-executable
imphash 7f456c4c8622d1c9c260cc52456004b8 (1 x CoinMiner)
ssdeep 98304:Rxwi3x9OZGLLHeXkiib7DK+y0AHoFID3a754z9MoeqXEZDbjw:Ae9RLCXk33e+ybhD3ayCAXODbjw
TLSH T103A6F10BF8A105FAD1EAF13085766546BB717C845B31A3DB1A84B6283F72BD0AC75738
TrID 37.0% (.EXE) Win64 Executable (generic) (6522/11/2)
28.6% (.EXE) Win16 NE executable (generic) (5038/12/1)
11.5% (.EXE) OS/2 Executable (generic) (2029/13)
11.3% (.EXE) Generic Win/DOS Executable (2002/3)
11.3% (.EXE) DOS Executable (generic) (2000/1)
Magika pebin
Reporter aachum
Tags:CoinMiner corvusminer dropped-by-RemusStealer dropped-by-WARDENStealer exe tralker-cv


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iamaachum
https://cartkee.cc/vlc_service.exe

CorvusMiner C2: https://tralker.cv/api/miners/submit

Intelligence


File Origin
# of uploads :
1
# of downloads :
189
Origin country :
PT PT
Vendor Threat Intelligence
No detections
Malware family:
ID:
1
File name:
https://cartkee.cc/vlc_service.exe
Verdict:
Malicious activity
Analysis date:
2026-11-09 18:59:11 UTC
Tags:
loader etherhiding miner susp-powershell golang xmrig

Note:
ANY.RUN is an interactive sandbox that analyzes all user actions rather than an uploaded sample
Verdict:
Malicious
Score:
90.9%
Tags:
vmdetect
Result
Verdict:
Malware
Maliciousness:

Behaviour
Creating synchronization primitives
Launching a process
Using the Windows Management Instrumentation requests
Creating a file in the %AppData% subdirectories
Sending a custom TCP request
Creating a process from a recently created file
Connection attempt to an infection source
Deleting a recently created file
DNS request
Connection attempt
Sending an HTTP GET request
Creating a file in the %temp% directory
Searching for synchronization primitives
Creating a file
Query of malicious DNS domain
Sending a TCP request to an infection source
Enabling autorun by creating a file
Unauthorized injection to a system process
Verdict:
Malicious
Threat level:
  10/10
Confidence:
100%
Tags:
adaptive-context anti-debug anti-vm crypto expand fingerprint lolbin overlay packed
Result
Threat name:
Detection:
malicious
Classification:
evad.mine
Score:
100 / 100
Signature
Allocates memory in foreign processes
Antivirus detection for dropped file
Bypasses PowerShell execution policy
Drops executable to a common third party application directory
Encrypted powershell cmdline option found
Found direct / indirect Syscall (likely to bypass EDR)
Found hidden mapped module (file has been removed from disk)
Found strings related to Crypto-Mining
Joe Sandbox ML detected suspicious sample
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: Notepad Making Network Connection
Sigma detected: Suspicious Encoded PowerShell Command Line
Sigma detected: Suspicious PowerShell Encoded Command Patterns
Suricata IDS alerts for network traffic
Switches to a custom stack to bypass stack traces
System process connects to network (likely due to code injection or exploit)
Tries to detect sandboxes and other dynamic analysis tools (process name or module or function)
Unusual module load detection (module proxying)
Writes to foreign memory regions
Yara detected Xmrig cryptocurrency miner
Behaviour
Behavior Graph:
behaviorgraph top1 dnsIp2 2 Behavior Graph ID: 2002536 Sample: vlc_service.exe Startdate: 10/11/2026 Architecture: WINDOWS Score: 100 50 tralker.cv 2->50 52 pool.hashvault.pro 2->52 54 polygon.drpc.org 2->54 60 Suricata IDS alerts for network traffic 2->60 62 Malicious sample detected (through community Yara rule) 2->62 64 Antivirus detection for dropped file 2->64 66 8 other signatures 2->66 8 vlc_service.exe 5 2->8         started        12 vlc_service.exe 2->12         started        14 svchost.exe 1 1 2->14         started        signatures3 process4 dnsIp5 42 C:\Users\user\AppData\...\vlc_service.exe, PE32+ 8->42 dropped 44 C:\Users\user\...\sysctrl3131_4fd8.exe, PE32+ 8->44 dropped 76 Found strings related to Crypto-Mining 8->76 78 Encrypted powershell cmdline option found 8->78 80 Bypasses PowerShell execution policy 8->80 84 2 other signatures 8->84 17 sysctrl3131_4fd8.exe 2 8->17         started        22 powershell.exe 19 8->22         started        82 Multi AV Scanner detection for dropped file 12->82 58 127.0.0.1 unknown unknown 14->58 file6 signatures7 process8 dnsIp9 46 tralker.cv 45.92.170.28, 443, 49711 HOST-INDUSTRYGB Sweden 17->46 48 polygon.drpc.org 172.66.146.203, 443, 49710 CLOUDFLARENET-CloudflareIncUS Canada 17->48 38 C:\wildrig.exe, PE32+ 17->38 dropped 40 C:\Users\user\AppData\Local\Temp\THB228.tmp, PE32+ 17->40 dropped 68 Antivirus detection for dropped file 17->68 70 Queries sensitive video device information (via WMI, Win32_VideoController, often done to detect virtual machines) 17->70 72 Tries to detect sandboxes and other dynamic analysis tools (process name or module or function) 17->72 74 7 other signatures 17->74 24 notepad.exe 17->24         started        28 wildrig.exe 17->28         started        30 wildrig.exe 17->30         started        36 11 other processes 17->36 32 WmiPrvSE.exe 22->32         started        34 conhost.exe 22->34         started        file10 signatures11 process12 dnsIp13 56 45.32.65.138, 443, 49712 AS-VULTR-TheConstantCompanyLLCUS United States 24->56 86 System process connects to network (likely due to code injection or exploit) 24->86 88 Unusual module load detection (module proxying) 24->88 90 Antivirus detection for dropped file 28->90 92 Multi AV Scanner detection for dropped file 28->92 signatures14
Verdict:
inconclusive
YARA:
5 match(es)
Tags:
Executable PE (Portable Executable) PE Memory-Mapped (Dump)
Threat name:
Win64.Malware.AdvML
Status:
Malicious
First seen:
2026-11-10 01:32:15 UTC
File Type:
PE+ (Exe)
Extracted files:
2
AV detection:
5 of 36 (13.89%)
Threat level:
  2/5
Result
Malware family:
Score:
  10/10
Tags:
family:xmrig defense_evasion discovery miner persistence privilege_escalation
Behaviour
Checks processor information in registry
Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
Suspicious use of FindShellTrayWindow
Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
Uses Task Scheduler COM API
Reads the TCP/IP host and domain name from the registry
Suspicious use of SetThreadContext
Obfuscated Files or Information: Command Obfuscation
Executes dropped EXE
Downloads MZ/PE file
Family: xmrig
Suspicious use of NtCreateUserProcessOtherParentProcess
XMRig Miner payload
Malware Family:
n/a
Verdict:
Malicious
Tags:
injector loader evasion privilege_escalation
YARA:
n/a
Unpacked files
SH256 hash:
4ccdb15f9c75cf0d5cd6660c5f444fb6fb88b0c000ea01976d3871e84cd48b9a
MD5 hash:
d79abe59beb664d85a813423beae529e
SHA1 hash:
69e839abd8d4b6847827b9916d5514eb2ab4a423
Detections:
INDICATOR_SUSPICIOUS_VM_Evasion_MACAddrComb
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:command_and_control
Author:CD_R0M_
Description:This rule searches for common strings found by malware using C2. Based on a sample used by a Ransomware group
Rule name:CP_Script_Inject_Detector
Author:DiegoAnalytics
Description:Detects attempts to inject code into another process across PE, ELF, Mach-O binaries
Rule name:data_manipulation
Author:Serhii Kocherhan
Description:Detects data manipulation routines including XOR encoding, Base64 references, and RC4 PRGA encryption
Rule name:DebuggerCheck__QueryInfo
Reference:https://github.com/naxonez/yaraRules/blob/master/AntiDebugging.yara
Rule name:DebuggerException__ConsoleCtrl
Reference:https://github.com/naxonez/yaraRules/blob/master/AntiDebugging.yara
Rule name:DebuggerException__SetConsoleCtrl
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:DetectGoMethodSignatures
Author:Wyatt Tauber
Description:Detects Go method signatures in unpacked Go binaries
Rule name:detect_powershell
Author:daniyyell
Description:Detects suspicious PowerShell activity related to malware execution
Rule name:exploit_any_poppopret
Author:Jeff White [karttoon@gmail.com] @noottrak
Description:Identify POP -> POP -> RET opcodes for quick ROP Gadget creation in target binaries.
Rule name:FreddyBearDropper
Author:Dwarozh Hoshiar
Description:Freddy Bear Dropper is dropping a malware through base63 encoded powershell scrip.
Rule name:GoBinTest
Rule name:golang_binary_string
Description:Golang strings present
Rule name:golang_bin_JCorn_CSC846
Author:Justin Cornwell
Description:CSC-846 Golang detection ruleset
Rule name:INDICATOR_SUSPICIOUS_VM_Evasion_MACAddrComb
Author:ditekSHen
Description:Detects executables referencing virtualization MAC addresses
Rule name:pe_detect_tls_callbacks
Rule name:ProgramLanguage_Golang
Author:albertzsigovits
Description:Application written in Golang programming language
Rule name:RANSOMWARE
Author:ToroGuitar
Rule name:RemusStealer_GoPayload
Author:burger
Description:Detects RemusStealer Go-compiled payload
Rule name:RIPEMD160_Constants
Author:phoul (@phoul)
Description:Look for RIPEMD-160 constants
Rule name:SCRIPT_Dropper_Unknown_ForgeAuto_aaa464f7
Author:Marjoriefort
Description:Detects Unknown (script_js, etat binaire)
Rule name:SEH__vectored
Reference:https://github.com/naxonez/yaraRules/blob/master/AntiDebugging.yara
Rule name:SHA1_Constants
Author:phoul (@phoul)
Description:Look for SHA1 constants
Rule name:SHA512_Constants
Author:phoul (@phoul)
Description:Look for SHA384/SHA512 constants
Rule name:Suspicious_Golang_Binary
Author:Tim Machac
Description:Triage: Golang-compiled binary with suspicious OS/persistence/network strings (not family-specific)
Rule name:Suspicious_Process
Author:Security Research Team
Description:Suspicious process creation
Rule name:Sus_CMD_Powershell_Usage
Author:XiAnzheng
Description:May Contain(Obfuscated or no) Powershell or CMD Command that can be abused by threat actor(can create FP)
Rule name:ThreadControl__Context
Reference:https://github.com/naxonez/yaraRules/blob/master/AntiDebugging.yara
Rule name:vmdetect
Author:nex
Description:Possibly employs anti-virtualization techniques
Rule name:WIN_Malware_Fantom_ForgeAuto_98e6f354_Extrait
Author:Marjoriefort
Description:Detects Fantom (pe, etat extrait)
Rule name:WIN_Malware_PythonStealer_ForgeAuto_b24cb5bd
Author:Marjoriefort
Description:Detects PythonStealer (pe, etat binaire)
Rule name:WIN_Malware_Unknown_ForgeAuto_2ffc3572
Author:Marjoriefort
Description:Detects Unknown (pe, etat binaire)
Rule name:WIN_Malware_Unknown_ForgeAuto_30f84f37
Author:Marjoriefort
Description:Detects Unknown (pe, etat binaire)
Rule name:WIN_Malware_Unknown_ForgeAuto_6717780a_Extrait
Author:Marjoriefort
Description:Detects Unknown (pe, etat extrait)
Rule name:WIN_Sample_Unique_69354b41
Author:Marjoriefort
Description:Specimen unique (soumission Bazaar) - strings distinctifs propres au sample
Reference:69354b41e10daf03d3f3af881b32d5c0fec56b1cfe96629fd4c5263413a42854.exe

File information


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

Web download

CoinMiner

Executable exe 4ccdb15f9c75cf0d5cd6660c5f444fb6fb88b0c000ea01976d3871e84cd48b9a

(this sample)

  
Dropped by
RemusStealer
  
Dropped by
WARDENStealer
  
Delivery method
Distributed via web download

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