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Database Entry



CoinMiner


Vendor detections: 10


Intelligence 10 IOCs YARA 15 File information Comments

SHA256 hash: 5c4a38c19214a0de28fe2aeddfb09068af897bc20fddbf66b8ee9b2d285fbd59
SHA3-384 hash: a53c4161727a56d9741c8824471105c3de6d01fc31a46943f0ebf393a7cf554160a05f96fc0a8b5165ac88232d09e2e9
SHA1 hash: 092fd96ee382e9fe7f5b6e7a0b41fc59c02230e0
MD5 hash: 6f4c9ca8045570a420776c98440d3c7e
humanhash: blossom-massachusetts-mountain-kitten
File name:bcba4234552933d2a50fbf5878e2e4155d94f251aba99345d1d9108ea6c8a6bc
Download: download sample
Signature CoinMiner
File size:5'103'196 bytes
First seen:2026-07-16 05:14:56 UTC
Last seen:Never
File type: elf
MIME type:application/x-executable
ssdeep 98304:NXSXKhh9YG5bHVWarnzOHGynoEIvWd4+37Uu4kRHkKSXFfZQYPsOw:NXSXwxkboC4+b9X
TLSH T142367C88E793E0F0E65308F0559BDAF761301A355053F6F2EB8A6B66B4363416F0936E
telfhash t16982c1b3058ca4e96bf08547c35f7134cff6e0e71a9128f224e57cc156b2c93aa26978
TrID 50.1% (.) ELF Executable and Linkable format (Linux) (4022/12)
49.8% (.O) ELF Executable and Linkable format (generic) (4000/1)
Magika elf
Reporter abuse_ch
Tags:CoinMiner elf upx-dec


Avatar
abuse_ch
UPX decompressed file, sourced from SHA256 bcba4234552933d2a50fbf5878e2e4155d94f251aba99345d1d9108ea6c8a6bc
File size (compressed) :1'793'552 bytes
File size (de-compressed) :5'103'196 bytes
Format:linux/i386
Packed file: bcba4234552933d2a50fbf5878e2e4155d94f251aba99345d1d9108ea6c8a6bc

Intelligence


File Origin
# of uploads :
1
# of downloads :
76
Origin country :
NL NL
Vendor Threat Intelligence
Verdict:
Likely Malicious
Threat level:
  7.5/10
Confidence:
100%
Tags:
base64 expand gcc lolbin rust
Verdict:
Malicious
Uses P2P?:
false
Uses anti-vm?:
false
Architecture:
x86
Packer:
not packed
Botnet:
unknown
Number of open files:
0
Number of processes launched:
1
Processes remaning?
false
Remote TCP ports scanned:
not identified
Behaviour
no suspicious findings
Botnet C2s
TCP botnet C2(s):
not identified
UDP botnet C2(s):
not identified
Verdict:
Malicious
File Type:
elf.32.le
First seen:
2026-07-16T03:36:00Z UTC
Last seen:
2026-07-16T04:17:00Z UTC
Hits:
~10000
Result
Threat name:
Detection:
malicious
Classification:
troj.spyw.mine
Score:
100 / 100
Signature
Antivirus / Scanner detection for submitted sample
Connects to many ports of the same IP (likely port scanning)
Executes the "crontab" command typically for achieving persistence
Executes the "iptables" command to insert, remove and/or manipulate rules
Found strings related to Crypto-Mining
Malicious sample detected (through community Yara rule)
Multi AV Scanner detection for submitted file
Opens /sys/class/net/* files useful for querying network interface information
Sample tries to persist itself using cron
Uses known network protocols on non-standard ports
Yara detected Xmrig cryptocurrency miner
Behaviour
Behavior Graph:
behaviorgraph top1 dnsIp2 2 Behavior Graph ID: 1943277 Sample: bcba4234552933d2a50fbf5878e... Startdate: 16/07/2026 Architecture: LINUX Score: 100 45 195.224.210.7 WAVENET-AS5413GB United Kingdom 2->45 47 88.66.228.35 VODANETInternationalIP-BackboneofVodafoneDE Germany 2->47 49 98 other IPs or domains 2->49 51 Malicious sample detected (through community Yara rule) 2->51 53 Antivirus / Scanner detection for submitted sample 2->53 55 Multi AV Scanner detection for submitted file 2->55 57 3 other signatures 2->57 9 bcba4234552933d2a50fbf5878e2e4155d94f251aba99345d1d9108ea6c8a6bc.elf 2->9         started        signatures3 process4 signatures5 65 Found strings related to Crypto-Mining 9->65 12 bcba4234552933d2a50fbf5878e2e4155d94f251aba99345d1d9108ea6c8a6bc.elf 9->12         started        process6 signatures7 67 Opens /sys/class/net/* files useful for querying network interface information 12->67 15 bcba4234552933d2a50fbf5878e2e4155d94f251aba99345d1d9108ea6c8a6bc.elf sh 12->15         started        17 bcba4234552933d2a50fbf5878e2e4155d94f251aba99345d1d9108ea6c8a6bc.elf sh 12->17         started        19 bcba4234552933d2a50fbf5878e2e4155d94f251aba99345d1d9108ea6c8a6bc.elf sh 12->19         started        21 bcba4234552933d2a50fbf5878e2e4155d94f251aba99345d1d9108ea6c8a6bc.elf 12->21         started        process8 process9 23 sh crontab 15->23         started        27 sh crontab 15->27         started        29 sh 15->29         started        31 sh iptables 17->31         started        33 sh iptables 17->33         started        41 2 other processes 17->41 35 sh iptables 19->35         started        37 sh iptables 19->37         started        39 bcba4234552933d2a50fbf5878e2e4155d94f251aba99345d1d9108ea6c8a6bc.elf 21->39         started        file10 43 /var/spool/cron/crontabs/tmp.1w06ve, ASCII 23->43 dropped 59 Sample tries to persist itself using cron 23->59 61 Executes the "crontab" command typically for achieving persistence 23->61 63 Executes the "iptables" command to insert, remove and/or manipulate rules 35->63 signatures11
Threat name:
Linux.Coinminer.XMRig
Status:
Malicious
First seen:
2026-07-16 05:16:42 UTC
File Type:
ELF32 Little (Exe)
AV detection:
13 of 36 (36.11%)
Threat level:
  4/5
Result
Malware family:
Score:
  10/10
Tags:
family:xmrig antivm defense_evasion discovery execution linux miner persistence privilege_escalation
Behaviour
Enumerates kernel/hardware configuration
Reads runtime system information
Changes its process name
Checks CPU configuration
Reads CPU attributes
Checks hardware identifiers (DMI)
Creates/modifies Cron job
Enumerates running processes
Reads hardware information
Reads network interface configuration
Creates Raw socket
Flushes firewall rules
Contacts a large (313163) amount of remote hosts
Creates a large amount of network flows
Please note that we are no longer able to provide a coverage score for Virus Total.

YARA Signatures


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Rule name:BLOWFISH_Constants
Author:phoul (@phoul)
Description:Look for Blowfish constants
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:DetectEncryptedVariants
Author:Zinyth
Description:Detects 'encrypted' in ASCII, Unicode, base64, or hex-encoded
Rule name:enterpriseapps2
Author:Tim Brown @timb_machine
Description:Enterprise apps
Rule name:enterpriseunix2
Author:Tim Brown @timb_machine
Description:Enterprise UNIX
Rule name:Linux_Cryptominer_Camelot_b8552fff
Author:Elastic Security
Rule name:MD5_Constants
Author:phoul (@phoul)
Description:Look for MD5 constants
Rule name:miner_lin_xmrig_strings
Author:Sekoia.io
Description:Detects XMRig ELF
Rule name:RANSOMWARE
Author:ToroGuitar
Rule name:RIPEMD160_Constants
Author:phoul (@phoul)
Description:Look for RIPEMD-160 constants
Rule name:setsockopt
Author:Tim Brown @timb_machine
Description:Hunts for setsockopt() red flags
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:TH_Generic_MassHunt_Linux_Malware_2026_CYFARE
Author:CYFARE
Description:Generic Linux malware mass-hunt rule - 2026
Reference:https://cyfare.net/
Rule name:unixredflags3
Author:Tim Brown @timb_machine
Description:Hunts for UNIX red flags

File information


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CoinMiner

elf 5c4a38c19214a0de28fe2aeddfb09068af897bc20fddbf66b8ee9b2d285fbd59

(this sample)

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