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Database Entry



CoinMiner


Vendor detections: 12


Intelligence 12 IOCs YARA 19 File information Comments

SHA256 hash: a8ae29395e8234f4d2a35a88ff8d34b353c716d81d0d7e05eacc5d4e2a2aacc8
SHA3-384 hash: 403643a1a3ae60cd3883c6b883d356f6ec1ed991abf8af07454c7965b0a692f7ab4d8277ccfbca2c099407406b7ffae5
SHA1 hash: 8f11e6d44050813db4aa6ba0971ab873cc3ad797
MD5 hash: f44f200e7d7f8ae6035b382a2a4240dd
humanhash: artist-green-delaware-fruit
File name:file
Download: download sample
Signature CoinMiner
File size:2'605'056 bytes
First seen:2024-02-03 23:23:28 UTC
Last seen:2024-02-04 07:12:53 UTC
File type:Executable exe
MIME type:application/x-dosexec
imphash de41d4e0545d977de6ca665131bb479a (85 x CoinMiner)
ssdeep 49152:3hU0Vy41dosEvIMf9FhcBYFUjeCnfDCvNb2aeP4mN:RU0zPoTvIYnh8vIlq
Threatray 100 similar samples on MalwareBazaar
TLSH T17AC5331F6216D47CD036A9B98B424FA5A8FEA4E2A72172DF0E84710C62505FC7DBD2D3
TrID 49.9% (.EXE) Microsoft Visual C++ compiled executable (generic) (16529/12/5)
31.8% (.EXE) Win64 Executable (generic) (10523/12/4)
6.1% (.EXE) OS/2 Executable (generic) (2029/13)
6.0% (.EXE) Generic Win/DOS Executable (2002/3)
6.0% (.EXE) DOS Executable Generic (2000/1)
Reporter Bitsight
Tags:CoinMiner cre8ure exe


Avatar
Bitsight
url: http://193.233.132.167/lend/art1.exe

Intelligence


File Origin
# of uploads :
3
# of downloads :
360
Origin country :
US US
Vendor Threat Intelligence
Verdict:
Suspicious
Threat level:
  5/10
Confidence:
100%
Tags:
anti-debug
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:
Detection:
malicious
Classification:
evad.mine
Score:
100 / 100
Signature
Detected Stratum mining protocol
Injects code into the Windows Explorer (explorer.exe)
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
Query firmware table information (likely to detect VMs)
Sample is not signed and drops a device driver
Snort IDS alert for network traffic
System process connects to network (likely due to code injection or exploit)
Yara detected Xmrig cryptocurrency miner
Behaviour
Behavior Graph:
behaviorgraph top1 dnsIp2 2 Behavior Graph ID: 1386216 Sample: file.exe Startdate: 04/02/2024 Architecture: WINDOWS Score: 100 38 pool.hashvault.pro 2->38 42 Snort IDS alert for network traffic 2->42 44 Multi AV Scanner detection for submitted file 2->44 46 Yara detected Xmrig cryptocurrency miner 2->46 48 Detected Stratum mining protocol 2->48 8 smazgcisoglo.exe 1 2->8         started        12 file.exe 2 2->12         started        signatures3 process4 file5 34 C:\Windows\Temp\kuqnenisrrbs.sys, PE32+ 8->34 dropped 50 Multi AV Scanner detection for dropped file 8->50 52 Injects code into the Windows Explorer (explorer.exe) 8->52 54 Modifies the context of a thread in another process (thread injection) 8->54 56 Sample is not signed and drops a device driver 8->56 14 explorer.exe 8->14         started        36 C:\ProgramData\...\smazgcisoglo.exe, PE32+ 12->36 dropped 18 sc.exe 1 12->18         started        20 sc.exe 1 12->20         started        22 sc.exe 1 12->22         started        24 sc.exe 1 12->24         started        signatures6 process7 dnsIp8 40 pool.hashvault.pro 142.202.242.45, 49729, 80 1GSERVERSUS Reserved 14->40 58 System process connects to network (likely due to code injection or exploit) 14->58 60 Query firmware table information (likely to detect VMs) 14->60 26 conhost.exe 18->26         started        28 conhost.exe 20->28         started        30 conhost.exe 22->30         started        32 conhost.exe 24->32         started        signatures9 process10
Threat name:
Win32.Trojan.Generic
Status:
Malicious
First seen:
2024-02-03 23:24:06 UTC
File Type:
PE+ (Exe)
AV detection:
22 of 24 (91.67%)
Threat level:
  2/5
Result
Malware family:
Score:
  10/10
Tags:
family:xmrig evasion miner persistence upx
Behaviour
Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
Launches sc.exe
Suspicious use of SetThreadContext
Executes dropped EXE
Loads dropped DLL
UPX packed file
Creates new service(s)
Stops running service(s)
XMRig Miner payload
xmrig
Unpacked files
SH256 hash:
a8ae29395e8234f4d2a35a88ff8d34b353c716d81d0d7e05eacc5d4e2a2aacc8
MD5 hash:
f44f200e7d7f8ae6035b382a2a4240dd
SHA1 hash:
8f11e6d44050813db4aa6ba0971ab873cc3ad797
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YARA Signatures


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Rule name:BLOWFISH_Constants
Author:phoul (@phoul)
Description:Look for Blowfish constants
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:ldpreload
Author:xorseed
Reference:https://stuff.rop.io/
Rule name:MacOS_Cryptominer_Generic_333129b7
Author:Elastic Security
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:Mimikatz_Generic
Author:Still
Description:attempts to match all variants of Mimikatz
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:WHIRLPOOL_Constants
Author:phoul (@phoul)
Description:Look for WhirlPool constants
Rule name:XMRIG_Monero_Miner
Author:Florian Roth (Nextron Systems)
Description:Detects Monero mining software
Reference:https://github.com/xmrig/xmrig/releases

File information


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Web download

CoinMiner

Executable exe a8ae29395e8234f4d2a35a88ff8d34b353c716d81d0d7e05eacc5d4e2a2aacc8

(this sample)

  
Dropped by
Amadey
  
Delivery method
Distributed via web download

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