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Database Entry



CoinMiner


Vendor detections: 9


Intelligence 9 IOCs YARA 34 File information Comments

SHA256 hash: a289e1661fee6dd7acc4b0876df7dce1b4dd997c5eecda7eabc537f5f9ada024
SHA3-384 hash: da8908b6ea8ee2566f5bc2a89d5393227b5a2714f263e20075379f5799faa5ecb7bfb0f6de73f9a9829b9389c50da0e9
SHA1 hash: 4fcbba53559821d1a37954ed1f1e4ad6cad56ab5
MD5 hash: bf6c7445d653b6b9020d638d4a87fe37
humanhash: uniform-wisconsin-nevada-london
File name:controller.exe
Download: download sample
Signature CoinMiner
File size:32'836'517 bytes
First seen:2026-09-14 13:27:37 UTC
Last seen:Never
File type:Executable exe
MIME type:application/x-dosexec
imphash f0486e7e054aa57188c99b0f71783b75 (3 x NodeLoader, 2 x LummaStealer, 1 x CoinMiner)
ssdeep 393216:qQgHDlanaGBXvDKtz+bhPWES4tiNQPNrIKc4gaPbUAgrO4mg396l+ZArYsFRl3OI:q3on1HvSzxAMN3FZArYs9
TLSH T17B778D03B2A501E6E4B7D13889A74203E773B8674735CACF325D02161FBBAD09A7E765
TrID 37.0% (.EXE) Win64 Executable (generic) (6522/11/2)
28.6% (.EXE) Win16 NE executable (generic) (5038/12/1)
11.5% (.EXE) OS/2 Executable (generic) (2029/13)
11.3% (.EXE) Generic Win/DOS Executable (2002/3)
11.3% (.EXE) DOS Executable (generic) (2000/1)
Magika pebin
dhash icon f89efcf8f971f2e0 (10 x NodeLoader, 9 x FixStealer, 6 x Amadey)
Reporter juroots
Tags:CoinMiner exe

Intelligence


File Origin
# of uploads :
1
# of downloads :
162
Origin country :
US US
Vendor Threat Intelligence
Malware family:
n/a
ID:
1
File name:
exe
Verdict:
No threats detected
Analysis date:
2026-09-14 13:40:20 UTC
Tags:
n/a

Note:
ANY.RUN is an interactive sandbox that analyzes all user actions rather than an uploaded sample
Result
Verdict:
Suspicious
Maliciousness:

Behaviour
Launching a process
Creating a process with a hidden window
Using the Windows Management Instrumentation requests
Сreating synchronization primitives
Running batch commands
Launching the process to interact with network services
Creating a file
Creating a file in the %temp% directory
DNS request
Connection attempt
Verdict:
Malicious
File Type:
exe x64
First seen:
2026-09-13T17:24:00Z UTC
Last seen:
2026-09-15T08:29:00Z UTC
Hits:
~1000
Gathering data
Result
Malware family:
Score:
  10/10
Tags:
family:xmrig defense_evasion execution miner persistence spyware stealer themida trojan
Behaviour
Uses Task Scheduler COM API
Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
Suspicious use of FindShellTrayWindow
Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
Suspicious behavior: GetForegroundWindowSpam
Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
Suspicious behavior: AddClipboardFormatListener
Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
Runs net.exe
Modifies data under HKEY_USERS
Checks processor information in registry
Executes a command shell one-liner
Launches sc.exe
Suspicious use of SetThreadContext
Drops file in System32 directory
Accesses cryptocurrency files/wallets, possible credential harvesting
Checks whether UAC is enabled
Power Settings
Themida packer
Stops running service(s)
Registers new Windows logon scripts automatically executed at logon.
Reads user/profile data of web browsers
Executes dropped EXE
Disables service(s)
Cryptocurrency Miner
Creates new service(s)
Checks BIOS information in registry
Sets service image path in registry
Server Software Component: Terminal Services DLL
Downloads MZ/PE file
Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell
XMRig Miner payload
Identifies VirtualBox via ACPI registry values (likely anti-VM)
Suspicious use of NtCreateUserProcessOtherParentProcess
Modifies security service
Family: xmrig
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:ach_202409_html_FedEx_phish
Author:abuse.ch
Description:Detects potential HTML FedEx phishing forms
Rule name:APT_Bitter_ZxxZ_Downloader
Author:SECUINFRA Falcon Team (@SI_FalconTeam)
Description:Detects Bitter (T-APT-17) ZxxZ Downloader
Reference:https://www.secuinfra.com/en/techtalk/whatever-floats-your-boat-bitter-apt-continues-to-target-bangladesh
Rule name:attack_India
Rule name:BLOWFISH_Constants
Author:phoul (@phoul)
Description:Look for Blowfish constants
Rule name:Check_OutputDebugStringA_iat
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__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:FreddyBearDropper
Author:Dwarozh Hoshiar
Description:Freddy Bear Dropper is dropping a malware through base63 encoded powershell scrip.
Rule name:Glasses
Author:Seth Hardy
Description:Glasses family
Rule name:GlassesCode
Author:Seth Hardy
Description:Glasses code features
Rule name:golang_bin_JCorn_CSC846
Author:Justin Cornwell
Description:CSC-846 Golang detection ruleset
Rule name:ldpreload
Author:xorseed
Reference:https://stuff.rop.io/
Rule name:MD5_Constants
Author:phoul (@phoul)
Description:Look for MD5 constants
Rule name:Mimikatz_Generic
Author:Still
Description:attempts to match all variants of Mimikatz
Rule name:pe_detect_tls_callbacks
Rule name:Pkg
Author:nwunderly
Rule name:RANSOMWARE
Author:ToroGuitar
Rule name:reverse_http
Author:CD_R0M_
Description:Identify strings with http reversed (ptth)
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:Sus_All_Windows_PE_Malware
Author:DiegoAnalytics
Description:Detects Windows PE malware of all types, avoids non-executables like .html
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)
Rule name:telebot_framework
Author:vietdx.mb
Rule name:test_Malaysia
Author:rectifyq
Description:Detects file containing malaysia string
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:upxHook
Author:@r3dbU7z
Description:Detect artifacts from 'upxHook' - modification of UPX packer
Reference:https://bazaar.abuse.ch/sample/6352be8aa5d8063673aa428c3807228c40505004320232a23d99ebd9ef48478a/
Rule name:WHIRLPOOL_Constants
Author:phoul (@phoul)
Description:Look for WhirlPool constants
Rule name:WinosStager
Author:YungBinary
Description:https://www.esentire.com/blog/winos4-0-online-module-staging-component-used-in-cleversoar-campaign
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

File information


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

Web download

CoinMiner

Executable exe a289e1661fee6dd7acc4b0876df7dce1b4dd997c5eecda7eabc537f5f9ada024

(this sample)

  
Delivery method
Distributed via web download

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