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Database Entry



CoinMiner


Vendor detections: 13


Intelligence 13 IOCs YARA 6 File information Comments

SHA256 hash: 520356aeba042e45c38895485769d92293ec2072abe8188dee1fb3f995ced3e2
SHA3-384 hash: 741323b69136337ece50e7b98dc9d2ff7bd8d5a2e12c125679d8b267edd976226bf4e72a587d74b4db6be0cf724367e3
SHA1 hash: e52ec036d076267a39dbf685f20338ff1eb0a0c8
MD5 hash: 0ec5c9d3db89de00830cd917920d6ff6
humanhash: london-georgia-xray-speaker
File name:mKM65Cf6QNqeOVw9.exe
Download: download sample
Signature CoinMiner
File size:6'303'232 bytes
First seen:2026-09-14 13:27:49 UTC
Last seen:Never
File type:Executable exe
MIME type:application/x-dosexec
imphash 15596bcc7e7948f19395f593298f677a (3 x CoinMiner)
ssdeep 196608:X6qYMMmkPpPHHMAtpItuIybc81tCQYdSIevBaPS:XYMMmkxtpc2CQYAIevBaP
TLSH T1295633684FD8D963CEC4137DF86F5F984A37831851A926087068AE32435F66DEE1BB31
TrID 38.3% (.EXE) Win16 NE executable (generic) (5038/12/1)
15.6% (.ICL) Windows Icons Library (generic) (2059/9)
15.4% (.EXE) OS/2 Executable (generic) (2029/13)
15.2% (.EXE) Generic Win/DOS Executable (2002/3)
15.2% (.EXE) DOS Executable (generic) (2000/1)
Magika pebin
Reporter juroots
Tags:CoinMiner exe

Intelligence


File Origin
# of uploads :
1
# of downloads :
189
Origin country :
US US
Vendor Threat Intelligence
No detections
Malware family:
ID:
1
File name:
exe
Verdict:
Malicious activity
Analysis date:
2026-09-14 13:31:21 UTC
Tags:
uac-bypass etherhiding xmrig

Note:
ANY.RUN is an interactive sandbox that analyzes all user actions rather than an uploaded sample
Verdict:
Malicious
Score:
96.5%
Tags:
xtreme shell sage
Result
Verdict:
Malware
Maliciousness:

Behaviour
Сreating synchronization primitives
Creating a file
Launching a process
Creating a process with a hidden window
Creating a service
Launching a service
Creating a process from a recently created file
Creating a file in the Windows subdirectories
Deleting a recently created file
Creating a file in the system32 subdirectories
Enabling autorun for a service
Moving of the original file
Unauthorized injection to a system process
Adding an exclusion to Microsoft Defender
Verdict:
Malicious
File Type:
exe x64
First seen:
2026-09-14T11:00:00Z UTC
Last seen:
2026-09-14T15:23:00Z UTC
Hits:
~100
Verdict:
inconclusive
YARA:
5 match(es)
Tags:
Executable PE (Portable Executable) PE File Layout Win 64 Exe x64
Threat name:
Win64.Trojan.Ploader
Status:
Malicious
First seen:
2026-09-14 13:28:39 UTC
File Type:
PE+ (Exe)
AV detection:
28 of 38 (73.68%)
Threat level:
  5/5
Result
Malware family:
Score:
  10/10
Tags:
family:xmrig defense_evasion execution miner persistence themida trojan
Behaviour
Modifies data under HKEY_USERS
Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
Suspicious behavior: RenamesItself
Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
Suspicious use of FindShellTrayWindow
Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
Uses Task Scheduler COM API
Launches sc.exe
Drops file in System32 directory
Suspicious use of SetThreadContext
Checks whether UAC is enabled
Power Settings
Checks BIOS information in registry
Creates new service(s)
Cryptocurrency Miner
Deletes itself
Disables service(s)
Executes dropped EXE
Stops running service(s)
Themida packer
Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell
Server Software Component: Terminal Services DLL
Sets service image path in registry
Identifies VirtualBox via ACPI registry values (likely anti-VM)
XMRig Miner payload
Family: xmrig
Modifies security service
Suspicious use of NtCreateUserProcessOtherParentProcess
Unpacked files
SH256 hash:
520356aeba042e45c38895485769d92293ec2072abe8188dee1fb3f995ced3e2
MD5 hash:
0ec5c9d3db89de00830cd917920d6ff6
SHA1 hash:
e52ec036d076267a39dbf685f20338ff1eb0a0c8
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:DebuggerCheck__QueryInfo
Reference:https://github.com/naxonez/yaraRules/blob/master/AntiDebugging.yara
Rule name:dgaagas
Author:Harshit
Description:Uses certutil.exe to download a file named test.txt
Rule name:Disable_Defender
Author:iam-py-test
Description:Detect files disabling or modifying Windows Defender, Windows Firewall, or Microsoft Smartscreen
Rule name:INDICATOR_EXE_Packed_Themida
Author:ditekSHen
Description:Detects executables packed with Themida
Rule name:pe_no_import_table
Description:Detect pe file that no import table
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)

File information


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

Web download

CoinMiner

Executable exe 520356aeba042e45c38895485769d92293ec2072abe8188dee1fb3f995ced3e2

(this sample)

  
Delivery method
Distributed via web download

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