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CoinMiner


Vendor detections: 9


Intelligence 9 IOCs YARA 1 File information Comments
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SHA256 hash: 90435b7caea8537e71c7ca50d1738155f77aa82d6e8011bfbddc337113b8b364
SHA3-384 hash: 388bac97a011c0e27261c3705ae0ac1a1defa2a8cc133c498802aeeb3d7558756a0bd44e483d883f60816bd4fa264f8f
SHA1 hash: c579747028070e0a546b1bd9e2f7f138788eae3f
MD5 hash: acd1b9725447033ebec6cabb271b0e75
humanhash: three-harry-fix-hotel
File name:Apex.exe
Download: download sample
Signature CoinMiner
Create hunting rule
File size:4'593'664 bytes
First seen:2022-02-06 22:15:57 UTC
Last seen:2022-02-06 23:34:15 UTC
File type:Executable exe
MIME type:application/x-dosexec
imphash 84bb1ac192dd1d591766b467b12ade64 (8 x CoinMiner, 5 x DCRat, 2 x RedLineStealer)
ssdeep 98304:A5hcmZH94IEqANKOtn9IHdwORM/FZI/GIhAPfigl3NRVce5WnZ:AHbREqAN1XwdwORM9I9CPfi2R
Threatray 422 similar samples on MalwareBazaar
TLSH T1DE2633C0C31B53AEE84899BB03BA51594BAEEE65DB91C0510B0072FFF47A195377B239
File icon (PE):PE icon
dhash icon 08b4b26949cccc33 (1 x CoinMiner)
Reporter Anonymous
Tags:CoinMiner exe

Intelligence

File Origin
# of uploads :
2
# of downloads :
254
Origin country :
n/a
Vendor Threat Intelligence
Malware family:
n/a
ID:
1
File name:
Apex.exe
Verdict:
No threats detected
Analysis date:
2022-02-06 22:25:24 UTC
Tags:
n/a
Link:
https://app.any.run/tasks/bdb39842-3115-4393-ab25-5ffd9a78a096

Note:
ANY.RUN is an interactive sandbox that analyzes all user actions rather than an uploaded sample
Detection:
EnigmaStub
Create hunting rule
Link:
https://www.capesandbox.com/analysis/233816/
Detection(s):
PUA.Win.Packer.EnigmaProtector-19
Create hunting rule

PUA.Win.Packer.EnigmaProtector-1
Create hunting rule

PUA.Win.Packer.EnigmaProtector-9852682-0
Create hunting rule

Result
Verdict:
Malware
Maliciousness:

Behaviour
Сreating synchronization primitives
Creating a file in the %temp% directory
Creating a process from a recently created file
Running batch commands
Searching for the window
Launching a process
Using the Windows Management Instrumentation requests
DNS request
Creating a file in the %AppData% subdirectories
Creating a file
Creating a process with a hidden window
Unauthorized injection to a recently created process
Enabling autorun by creating a file
Verdict:
Malicious
Threat level:
  10/10
Confidence:
100%
Tags:
enigma packed zpevdo
Link:
https://www.filescan.io/uploads/620048a89046890c53b1bea9/reports/1812d7ac-7176-4726-a296-25f13ec8a60b/overview
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.
Malware family:
CoinMiner
Create hunting rule
Verdict:
Malicious
Link:
https://analyze.intezer.com/analyses/a8a913a8-5106-4975-be19-670ebd2be3c7
Result
Threat name:
Xmrig
Create hunting rule
Detection:
malicious
Classification:
troj.evad.mine
Score:
100 / 100
Link:
https://www.joesandbox.com/analysis/934840
Signature
Antivirus / Scanner detection for submitted sample
Antivirus detection for dropped file
Detected unpacking (changes PE section rights)
Encrypted powershell cmdline option found
Found strings related to Crypto-Mining
Hides threads from debuggers
Machine Learning detection for dropped file
Machine Learning detection for sample
Multi AV Scanner detection for dropped file
Multi AV Scanner detection for submitted file
PE file has nameless sections
Potential dropper URLs found in powershell memory
Sigma detected: Suspicious Svchost Process
Tries to evade analysis by execution special instruction which cause usermode exception
Uses schtasks.exe or at.exe to add and modify task schedules
Yara detected Xmrig cryptocurrency miner
Behaviour
Behavior Graph:
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behaviorgraph top1 signatures2 2 Behavior Graph ID: 567318 Sample: Apex.exe Startdate: 06/02/2022 Architecture: WINDOWS Score: 100 75 Antivirus detection for dropped file 2->75 77 Antivirus / Scanner detection for submitted sample 2->77 79 Multi AV Scanner detection for dropped file 2->79 81 8 other signatures 2->81 10 Apex.exe 3 2->10         started        14 services32.exe 2 2->14         started        process3 file4 71 C:\Users\user\AppData\...\syn conhost.exe, PE32+ 10->71 dropped 73 C:\Users\user\AppData\Local\Temp\Apex.exe, PE32+ 10->73 dropped 99 Detected unpacking (changes PE section rights) 10->99 101 Tries to evade analysis by execution special instruction which cause usermode exception 10->101 103 Hides threads from debuggers 10->103 16 syn conhost.exe 4 10->16         started        19 Apex.exe 1 10->19         started        105 Antivirus detection for dropped file 14->105 107 Multi AV Scanner detection for dropped file 14->107 109 Machine Learning detection for dropped file 14->109 22 cmd.exe 14->22         started        signatures5 process6 file7 67 C:\Users\user\AppData\...\services32.exe, PE32+ 16->67 dropped 24 cmd.exe 16->24         started        26 cmd.exe 1 16->26         started        29 svchost.exe 16->29         started        31 cmd.exe 1 16->31         started        83 Multi AV Scanner detection for dropped file 19->83 33 conhost.exe 19->33         started        85 Encrypted powershell cmdline option found 22->85 35 conhost.exe 22->35         started        37 powershell.exe 22->37         started        39 powershell.exe 22->39         started        signatures8 process9 signatures10 41 services32.exe 24->41         started        44 conhost.exe 24->44         started        95 Encrypted powershell cmdline option found 26->95 46 powershell.exe 24 26->46         started        48 powershell.exe 18 26->48         started        50 conhost.exe 26->50         started        97 Uses schtasks.exe or at.exe to add and modify task schedules 29->97 52 conhost.exe 29->52         started        54 schtasks.exe 1 29->54         started        process11 file12 69 C:\Users\user\AppData\...\sihost64.exe, PE32+ 41->69 dropped 56 sihost64.exe 41->56         started        59 cmd.exe 41->59         started        process13 signatures14 87 Antivirus detection for dropped file 56->87 89 Multi AV Scanner detection for dropped file 56->89 91 Machine Learning detection for dropped file 56->91 93 Encrypted powershell cmdline option found 59->93 61 conhost.exe 59->61         started        63 powershell.exe 59->63         started        65 powershell.exe 59->65         started        process15
Detection:
n/a
Link:
https://mwdb.cert.pl/sample/90435b7caea8537e71c7ca50d1738155f77aa82d6e8011bfbddc337113b8b364/
Threat name:
Win32.Packed.EnigmaProtector
Create hunting rule
Status:
Malicious
First seen:
2021-11-29 08:29:19 UTC
File Type:
PE (Exe)
Extracted files:
12
AV detection:
25 of 28 (89.29%)
Threat level:
  1/5
Verdict:
malicious
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Result
Malware family:
n/a
Score:
  8/10
Tags:
n/a
Link:
https://tria.ge/reports/220206-16s1dacdf6/
Behaviour
Checks processor information in registry
Creates scheduled task(s)
Modifies data under HKEY_USERS
Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
Enumerates physical storage devices
Drops file in Windows directory
Drops file in System32 directory
Suspicious use of NtSetInformationThreadHideFromDebugger
Checks computer location settings
Loads dropped DLL
Executes dropped EXE
Unpacked files
SH256 hash:
90435b7caea8537e71c7ca50d1738155f77aa82d6e8011bfbddc337113b8b364
MD5 hash:
acd1b9725447033ebec6cabb271b0e75
SHA1 hash:
c579747028070e0a546b1bd9e2f7f138788eae3f
Link:
https://www.unpac.me/results/d611a17e-3fb5-406e-bf4c-9da286e2b2c4/
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YARA Signatures

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Rule name:XOREngine_Misc_XOR_Func
Create hunting rule
Author:smiller cc @florian @wesley idea on implementation with yara's built in XOR function
Description:Use with care, https://twitter.com/cyb3rops/status/1237042104406355968

File information

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Web download

CoinMiner

Executable exe 90435b7caea8537e71c7ca50d1738155f77aa82d6e8011bfbddc337113b8b364

(this sample)

  
Link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8QTbk2fWhyo
  
Link
https://www.virustotal.com/gui/file/90435b7caea8537e71c7ca50d1738155f77aa82d6e8011bfbddc337113b8b364/detection
  
Link
https://sites.google.com/view/apex-external
  
Delivery method
Distributed via web download
Cape
Cape
https://www.capesandbox.com/analysis/233816/

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