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Database Entry



CoinMiner


Vendor detections: 17


Intelligence 17 IOCs YARA 33 File information Comments

SHA256 hash: 8a2747987dfdd3a901246b568c3e104d7cbd9ab89038ef570191db53dc8da5db
SHA3-384 hash: b61aaa123750450797e8eff47e9ba065c564bb49a66fa89c6d2b88caf74fae99cd906cc84ccf3fcf213b8095a630fdf8
SHA1 hash: dafd02a3c388ad1f7d9a86373c5b1618a7793396
MD5 hash: c4e36186c92489db377cd3fd0bed4b37
humanhash: mexico-winter-whiskey-earth
File name:hawk.exe
Download: download sample
Signature CoinMiner
File size:8'773'120 bytes
First seen:2026-09-28 06:13:36 UTC
Last seen:Never
File type:Executable exe
MIME type:application/x-dosexec
imphash 5b4b74d1d7353cb9912d28d6bead004b (1 x CoinMiner)
ssdeep 98304:yBfl2zwzwp2MRsCPp9LCBVEDb+F7qr3S4PtBrj5kmXQZxnQ/Dc662ba4s5YHaKZn:i2uZxQc6fba4oU75W4h9yc7
TLSH T1FD968D17F7E540E8C86AC178C6569233E7B1B8595330B6EB26A4D7391F33AD05A3E720
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 BlinkzSec
Tags:CoinMiner

Intelligence


File Origin
# of uploads :
1
# of downloads :
96
Origin country :
US US
Vendor Threat Intelligence
No detections
Malware family:
ID:
1
File name:
exe
Verdict:
Malicious activity
Analysis date:
2026-09-28 06:18:33 UTC
Tags:
xmrig

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
Using the Windows Management Instrumentation requests
Creating a file in the %temp% directory
Launching cmd.exe command interpreter
Creating a process with a hidden window
Searching for synchronization primitives
DNS request
Connecting to a cryptocurrency mining pool
Connection attempt
Sending a custom TCP request
Connection attempt to an infection source
Sending an HTTP POST request to an infection source
Unauthorized injection to a system process
Adding an exclusion to Microsoft Defender
Sending an HTTP GET request to an infection source
Verdict:
Malicious
Threat level:
  10/10
Confidence:
100%
Tags:
anti-debug anti-vm crypto crypto explorer fingerprint fingerprint hacktool lolbin packed reconnaissance
Verdict:
Malicious
Labled as:
Dump:Generic.Application.CoinMiner.1
Verdict:
Malicious
File Type:
exe x64
First seen:
2026-09-28T04:20:00Z UTC
Last seen:
2026-09-29T19:06:00Z UTC
Hits:
~100
Verdict:
inconclusive
YARA:
5 match(es)
Tags:
Executable PDB Path PE (Portable Executable) PE File Layout Win 64 Exe x64
Threat name:
Win64.Trojan.Generic
Status:
Suspicious
First seen:
2026-09-28 06:09:23 UTC
File Type:
PE+ (Exe)
Extracted files:
9
AV detection:
21 of 24 (87.50%)
Threat level:
  5/5
Result
Malware family:
Score:
  10/10
Tags:
family:xmrig defense_evasion discovery execution miner privilege_escalation
Behaviour
Checks processor information in registry
Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
Suspicious use of FindShellTrayWindow
Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
Reads the TCP/IP host and domain name from the registry
Suspicious use of SetThreadContext
Enumerates connected drives
Badlisted process makes network request
Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell
XMRig Miner payload
Family: xmrig
Suspicious use of NtCreateUserProcessOtherParentProcess
Unpacked files
SH256 hash:
8a2747987dfdd3a901246b568c3e104d7cbd9ab89038ef570191db53dc8da5db
MD5 hash:
c4e36186c92489db377cd3fd0bed4b37
SHA1 hash:
dafd02a3c388ad1f7d9a86373c5b1618a7793396
Detections:
win_hopeless_w0 XMRig
SH256 hash:
517b5dbf5a6e6eead7c678ba7811a8f1f9398ced5ad4ded8199765e0eb40c40e
MD5 hash:
b3cda94db1d3aa2c221a66f34cea2874
SHA1 hash:
365a77eaefb24891d201f1fcbe25686baf414bdf
Detections:
XMRig MALWARE_Win_CoinMiner02 MAL_XMR_Miner_May19_1 XMRIG_Monero_Miner
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: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: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:DebuggerCheck__QueryInfo
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:golang_bin_JCorn_CSC846
Author:Justin Cornwell
Description:CSC-846 Golang detection ruleset
Rule name:MacOS_Cryptominer_Xmrig_241780a1
Author:Elastic Security
Rule name:MALWARE_Win_CoinMiner02
Author:ditekSHen
Description:Detects coinmining malware
Rule name:MAL_XMR_Miner_May19_1
Author:Florian Roth (Nextron Systems)
Description:Detects Monero Crypto Coin Miner
Reference:https://www.guardicore.com/2019/05/nansh0u-campaign-hackers-arsenal-grows-stronger/
Rule name:MAL_XMR_Miner_May19_1_RID2E1B
Author:Florian Roth
Description:Detects Monero Crypto Coin Miner
Reference:https://www.guardicore.com/2019/05/nansh0u-campaign-hackers-arsenal-grows-stronger/
Rule name:MD5_Constants
Author:phoul (@phoul)
Description:Look for MD5 constants
Rule name:Multi_Cryptominer_Xmrig_f9516741
Author:Elastic Security
Rule name:pe_detect_tls_callbacks
Rule name:RANSOMWARE
Author:ToroGuitar
Rule name:rig_win64_xmrig_6_13_1_xmrig
Author:yarGen Rule Generator
Description:rig_win64 - file xmrig.exe
Reference:https://github.com/Neo23x0/yarGen
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:SHA512_Constants
Author:phoul (@phoul)
Description:Look for SHA384/SHA512 constants
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:WHIRLPOOL_Constants
Author:phoul (@phoul)
Description:Look for WhirlPool constants
Rule name:Windows_Cryptominer_Generic_f53cfb9b
Author:Elastic Security
Rule name:Win_FakeInstaller_PythonShellcodeLoader_Crepectl_2026
Author:SixHands
Description:Detects the analyzed fake installer sample using .key config, XOR key, and Python/fiber shellcode loader traits
Rule name:XMRIG_Monero_Miner
Author:Florian Roth (Nextron Systems)
Description:Detects Monero mining software
Reference:https://github.com/xmrig/xmrig/releases
Rule name:xmrig_v1
Author:RandomMalware

File information


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

Web download

CoinMiner

Executable exe 8a2747987dfdd3a901246b568c3e104d7cbd9ab89038ef570191db53dc8da5db

(this sample)

  
Delivery method
Distributed via web download

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