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Database Entry



CoinMiner


Vendor detections: 16


Intelligence 16 IOCs YARA 11 File information Comments

SHA256 hash: 8912a860fea905932645a87fb22455057e7fee4aa6f64a3cf0a2ef28e810f6ae
SHA3-384 hash: 28591ee6c85c0c9ca3b8e3005858e788f9077e5f8c5aec1b089e0affa25f3d1ecdb89043cf562babcdd4f2d088a9b761
SHA1 hash: 5c70471cb9b4278052561db539b2004fa02b2e90
MD5 hash: c8de9399c22a91d81bc9ecbe502556c1
humanhash: montana-king-march-double
File name:SecuriteInfo.com.Win64.RATX-gen.29355.29242
Download: download sample
Signature CoinMiner
File size:4'064'256 bytes
First seen:2024-07-08 12:26:46 UTC
Last seen:2024-07-08 13:18:47 UTC
File type:Executable exe
MIME type:application/x-dosexec
imphash c649ef76c1d994ec09239b9e02a88158 (2 x NanoCore, 1 x CoinMiner, 1 x AsyncRAT)
ssdeep 49152:JOb699GhOeeYrHhxNg0Dobuh9CY501gFji3o8SIP1qJ5+BXldQJmnt7wBHQ:L9vYrdnfsSIAJYBXlVwBw
Threatray 135 similar samples on MalwareBazaar
TLSH T1F516AE16E3E805D4E46BD634CA6AC733D2B1B89A0631C78B0924D3465F77A928F7B731
TrID 72.7% (.CPL) Windows Control Panel Item (generic) (57583/11/19)
13.2% (.EXE) Win64 Executable (generic) (10523/12/4)
6.3% (.EXE) Win16 NE executable (generic) (5038/12/1)
2.5% (.EXE) OS/2 Executable (generic) (2029/13)
2.5% (.EXE) Generic Win/DOS Executable (2002/3)
Reporter SecuriteInfoCom
Tags:CoinMiner exe

Intelligence


File Origin
# of uploads :
2
# of downloads :
356
Origin country :
FR FR
Vendor Threat Intelligence
Malware family:
asyncrat
ID:
1
File name:
8912a860fea905932645a87fb22455057e7fee4aa6f64a3cf0a2ef28e810f6ae.exe
Verdict:
Malicious activity
Analysis date:
2024-07-08 12:29:30 UTC
Tags:
rat asyncrat remote miner loader xmrig

Note:
ANY.RUN is an interactive sandbox that analyzes all user actions rather than an uploaded sample
Verdict:
Malicious
Score:
99.1%
Tags:
Execution Static Stealth Nekark
Result
Verdict:
Malware
Maliciousness:

Behaviour
Searching for the window
Creating a process with a hidden window
Creating a file
Launching a process
Сreating synchronization primitives
Connection attempt
Sending a custom TCP request
Using the Windows Management Instrumentation requests
Sending an HTTP GET request
Creating a file in the %temp% directory
Creating a process from a recently created file
Searching for synchronization primitives
DNS request
Connecting to a cryptocurrency mining pool
Creating a service
Launching a service
Loading a system driver
Creating a window
Running batch commands
Enabling autorun for a service
Launching a tool to kill processes
Adding an exclusion to Microsoft Defender
Unauthorized injection to a system process
Verdict:
Likely Malicious
Threat level:
  7.5/10
Confidence:
100%
Tags:
anti-debug fingerprint microsoft_visual_cc packed
Result
Verdict:
MALICIOUS
Details
Windows PE Executable
Found a Windows Portable Executable (PE) binary. Depending on context, the presence of a binary is suspicious or malicious.
Result
Threat name:
AsyncRAT, Nbminer, Xmrig
Detection:
malicious
Classification:
troj.evad.mine
Score:
100 / 100
Signature
Adds a directory exclusion to Windows Defender
AI detected suspicious sample
Allocates memory in foreign processes
Antivirus detection for dropped file
DNS related to crypt mining pools
Drops PE files to the user root directory
Found direct / indirect Syscall (likely to bypass EDR)
Found malware configuration
Found strings related to Crypto-Mining
Hides threads from debuggers
Injects a PE file into a foreign processes
Loading BitLocker PowerShell Module
Machine Learning detection for dropped file
Malicious sample detected (through community Yara rule)
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
Overwrites code with unconditional jumps - possibly settings hooks in foreign process
PE file contains section with special chars
Performs DNS TXT record lookups
Queries sensitive video device information (via WMI, Win32_VideoController, often done to detect virtual machines)
Query firmware table information (likely to detect VMs)
Sigma detected: Potential Crypto Mining Activity
Sigma detected: Powershell Base64 Encoded MpPreference Cmdlet
Sigma detected: Suspicious Script Execution From Temp Folder
Sigma detected: Xmrig
Snort IDS alert for network traffic
Tries to detect debuggers (CloseHandle check)
Tries to detect sandboxes and other dynamic analysis tools (process name or module or function)
Tries to detect virtualization through RDTSC time measurements
Tries to evade analysis by execution special instruction (VM detection)
Writes to foreign memory regions
Yara detected AntiVM3
Yara detected AsyncRAT
Yara detected Nbminer
Yara detected Xmrig cryptocurrency miner
Behaviour
Behavior Graph:
behaviorgraph top1 dnsIp2 2 Behavior Graph ID: 1469103 Sample: SecuriteInfo.com.Win64.RATX... Startdate: 08/07/2024 Architecture: WINDOWS Score: 100 59 xmr-eu1.nanopool.org 2->59 61 lhr3.nbminer.com 2->61 63 lhr.nbminer.com 2->63 77 Snort IDS alert for network traffic 2->77 79 Sigma detected: Xmrig 2->79 81 Found malware configuration 2->81 87 12 other signatures 2->87 9 SecuriteInfo.com.Win64.RATX-gen.29355.29242.exe 3 2->9         started        13 svchost.exe 2->13         started        signatures3 83 DNS related to crypt mining pools 59->83 85 Performs DNS TXT record lookups 63->85 process4 file5 55 SecuriteInfo.com.W...gen.29355.29242.exe, PE32+ 9->55 dropped 57 SecuriteInfo.com.W...exe:Zone.Identifier, ASCII 9->57 dropped 113 Found strings related to Crypto-Mining 9->113 115 Drops PE files to the user root directory 9->115 117 Tries to detect sandboxes and other dynamic analysis tools (process name or module or function) 9->117 119 5 other signatures 9->119 15 RegSvcs.exe 14 5 9->15         started        20 powershell.exe 23 9->20         started        22 conhost.exe 9->22         started        signatures6 process7 dnsIp8 67 185.216.214.217, 49708, 49711, 5858 SERVERDISCOUNTERserverdiscountercomDE Germany 15->67 51 C:\Users\user\AppData\...\WinCPUOptimizer.exe, PE32+ 15->51 dropped 53 C:\Users\user\AppData\...53vSoundAPI.exe, PE32+ 15->53 dropped 69 Queries sensitive video device information (via WMI, Win32_VideoController, often done to detect virtual machines) 15->69 71 Found strings related to Crypto-Mining 15->71 73 Adds a directory exclusion to Windows Defender 15->73 24 NvSoundAPI.exe 1 15->24         started        27 WinCPUOptimizer.exe 1 15->27         started        30 cmd.exe 15->30         started        32 powershell.exe 7 15->32         started        75 Loading BitLocker PowerShell Module 20->75 34 WmiPrvSE.exe 20->34         started        36 conhost.exe 20->36         started        file9 signatures10 process11 dnsIp12 97 Multi AV Scanner detection for dropped file 24->97 99 Overwrites code with unconditional jumps - possibly settings hooks in foreign process 24->99 101 Tries to evade analysis by execution special instruction (VM detection) 24->101 111 3 other signatures 24->111 38 NvSoundAPI.exe 1 24->38         started        41 conhost.exe 24->41         started        65 163.172.154.142, 14433, 49712 OnlineSASFR United Kingdom 27->65 103 Antivirus detection for dropped file 27->103 105 Query firmware table information (likely to detect VMs) 27->105 107 Machine Learning detection for dropped file 27->107 109 Found strings related to Crypto-Mining 27->109 43 conhost.exe 27->43         started        45 conhost.exe 30->45         started        47 taskkill.exe 30->47         started        49 conhost.exe 32->49         started        signatures13 process14 signatures15 89 Overwrites code with unconditional jumps - possibly settings hooks in foreign process 38->89 91 Tries to detect debuggers (CloseHandle check) 38->91 93 Hides threads from debuggers 38->93 95 Found direct / indirect Syscall (likely to bypass EDR) 38->95
Threat name:
Win64.Backdoor.Asyncrat
Status:
Malicious
First seen:
2024-07-08 00:12:22 UTC
File Type:
PE+ (Exe)
Extracted files:
1
AV detection:
17 of 38 (44.74%)
Threat level:
  5/5
Result
Malware family:
Score:
  10/10
Tags:
family:asyncrat family:xmrig botnet:default execution miner rat
Behaviour
Checks processor information in registry
Kills process with taskkill
Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
Suspicious use of FindShellTrayWindow
Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
Suspicious use of NtSetInformationThreadHideFromDebugger
Suspicious use of SetThreadContext
Executes dropped EXE
Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell
Downloads MZ/PE file
AsyncRat
XMRig Miner payload
xmrig
Malware Config
C2 Extraction:
185.216.214.217:5858
Unpacked files
SH256 hash:
8912a860fea905932645a87fb22455057e7fee4aa6f64a3cf0a2ef28e810f6ae
MD5 hash:
c8de9399c22a91d81bc9ecbe502556c1
SHA1 hash:
5c70471cb9b4278052561db539b2004fa02b2e90
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__API
Reference:https://github.com/naxonez/yaraRules/blob/master/AntiDebugging.yara
Rule name:DebuggerCheck__MemoryWorkingSet
Author:Fernando Mercês
Description:Anti-debug process memory working set size check
Reference:http://www.gironsec.com/blog/2015/06/anti-debugger-trick-quicky/
Rule name:Disable_Defender
Author:iam-py-test
Description:Detect files disabling or modifying Windows Defender, Windows Firewall, or Microsoft Smartscreen
Rule name:NET
Author:malware-lu
Rule name:RIPEMD160_Constants
Author:phoul (@phoul)
Description:Look for RIPEMD-160 constants
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:ThreadControl__Context
Reference:https://github.com/naxonez/yaraRules/blob/master/AntiDebugging.yara

File information


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

Web download

CoinMiner

Executable exe 8912a860fea905932645a87fb22455057e7fee4aa6f64a3cf0a2ef28e810f6ae

(this sample)

  
Delivery method
Distributed via web download

BLint


The following table provides more information about this file using BLint. BLint is a Binary Linter to check the security properties, and capabilities in executables.

Findings
IDTitleSeverity
CHECK_AUTHENTICODEMissing Authenticodehigh
CHECK_DLL_CHARACTERISTICSMissing dll Security Characteristics (GUARD_CF)high
Reviews
IDCapabilitiesEvidence
AUTH_APIManipulates User AuthorizationADVAPI32.dll::CreateWellKnownSid
ADVAPI32.dll::RevertToSelf
ADVAPI32.dll::GetSecurityDescriptorLength
SECURITY_BASE_APIUses Security Base APIADVAPI32.dll::AdjustTokenPrivileges
ADVAPI32.dll::DuplicateTokenEx
ADVAPI32.dll::GetTokenInformation
ADVAPI32.dll::GetWindowsAccountDomainSid
WIN32_PROCESS_APICan Create Process and ThreadsKERNEL32.dll::CreateProcessA
ADVAPI32.dll::OpenProcessToken
ADVAPI32.dll::OpenThreadToken
ADVAPI32.dll::SetThreadToken
KERNEL32.dll::VirtualAllocExNuma
KERNEL32.dll::CloseHandle
WIN_BASE_APIUses Win Base APIKERNEL32.dll::TerminateProcess
KERNEL32.dll::DeleteVolumeMountPointW
KERNEL32.dll::LoadLibraryExW
KERNEL32.dll::GetVolumeInformationW
KERNEL32.dll::GetSystemInfo
WIN_BASE_EXEC_APICan Execute other programsKERNEL32.dll::AllocConsole
KERNEL32.dll::FreeConsole
KERNEL32.dll::GetConsoleOutputCP
KERNEL32.dll::GetConsoleWindow
WIN_BASE_IO_APICan Create FilesKERNEL32.dll::CopyFileExW
KERNEL32.dll::CreateDirectoryW
KERNEL32.dll::CreateFileW
KERNEL32.dll::DeleteFileW
KERNEL32.dll::MoveFileExW
KERNEL32.dll::ReplaceFileW
WIN_BASE_USER_APIRetrieves Account InformationADVAPI32.dll::LookupPrivilegeValueW
WIN_BCRYPT_APICan Encrypt Filesbcrypt.dll::BCryptDecrypt
bcrypt.dll::BCryptDestroyKey
bcrypt.dll::BCryptEncrypt
bcrypt.dll::BCryptGenRandom
bcrypt.dll::BCryptImportKey
bcrypt.dll::BCryptOpenAlgorithmProvider
WIN_REG_APICan Manipulate Windows RegistryADVAPI32.dll::RegCreateKeyExW
ADVAPI32.dll::RegDeleteKeyExW
ADVAPI32.dll::RegOpenKeyExW
ADVAPI32.dll::RegQueryInfoKeyW
ADVAPI32.dll::RegQueryValueExW
ADVAPI32.dll::RegSetValueExW
ADVAPI32.dll::RegSetValueExA

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