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Database Entry



CoinMiner


Vendor detections: 12


Intelligence 12 IOCs YARA 12 File information Comments

SHA256 hash: ac868493f7f305788a1934fe39bef7808ee3746fc7d97754ec223f19bbe06273
SHA3-384 hash: 49bd2484184585de6d2071250a134cee57644dc71b66db279ded05aa5b989417aefa16710bb52f09755a23b3808f2db6
SHA1 hash: dafa92de374c2465289e2e958d79e4f0097ebcbd
MD5 hash: f44c3408d127d2a6f1d055a7fff21ed6
humanhash: fillet-oven-football-ohio
File name:heif.dll
Download: download sample
Signature CoinMiner
File size:3'957'248 bytes
First seen:2025-12-29 08:27:40 UTC
Last seen:Never
File type:Executable exe
MIME type:application/x-dosexec
imphash b84eb1980875be2b17e8b4652ad81eb6 (1 x CoinMiner)
ssdeep 98304:Qwr7BKDWZIrQC6yU0L46uPaSdk9KjdggUUTB/8AwCDfCQkIbCO63lJOx2q0b88Na:lrlKJrQIs6bJKj2U10GkUpglJOQp1HK9
TLSH T1F706BF47B3C46E99C005C939A707EE31D0A27AE38A76D0CA5F96D6094FF6B517B39B00
TrID 66.6% (.EXE) InstallShield setup (43053/19/16)
16.2% (.EXE) Win64 Executable (generic) (10522/11/4)
7.7% (.EXE) Win16 NE executable (generic) (5038/12/1)
3.1% (.EXE) OS/2 Executable (generic) (2029/13)
3.0% (.EXE) Generic Win/DOS Executable (2002/3)
Magika pebin
Reporter JAMESWT_WT
Tags:Aotera CoinMiner exe

Intelligence


File Origin
# of uploads :
1
# of downloads :
104
Origin country :
IT IT
Vendor Threat Intelligence
No detections
Malware family:
ID:
1
File name:
7ae66d6e53f0c878e31a75ee24c1b6b917896417ba1c627091888e6319f1bc90.ps1
Verdict:
Malicious activity
Analysis date:
2025-12-29 08:32:52 UTC
Tags:
arch-exec uac amsi-bypass xmrig winring0-sys vuln-driver miner

Note:
ANY.RUN is an interactive sandbox that analyzes all user actions rather than an uploaded sample
Verdict:
Malicious
Score:
70%
Tags:
malware
Verdict:
Likely Malicious
Threat level:
  7.5/10
Confidence:
100%
Tags:
base64 crypto hacktool masquerade microsoft_visual_cc overlay
Verdict:
Malicious
Labled as:
HEUR_Trojan_Win64_DllHijacking_gen
Verdict:
Malicious
File Type:
dll x64
First seen:
2025-12-28T19:28:00Z UTC
Last seen:
2025-12-31T06:23:00Z UTC
Hits:
~10
Detections:
Trojan.Win32.Agent.sb HEUR:Trojan.Win64.DllHijacking.gen HEUR:Trojan.Win32.Generic
Verdict:
inconclusive
YARA:
6 match(es)
Tags:
Executable PE (Portable Executable) PE File Layout Win 64 Exe x64
Result
Malware family:
Score:
  10/10
Tags:
family:xmrig defense_evasion execution miner persistence
Behaviour
Modifies registry class
Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
Suspicious behavior: LoadsDriver
Suspicious behavior: NtCreateUserProcessBlockNonMicrosoftBinary
Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
Suspicious use of FindShellTrayWindow
Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
Uses Task Scheduler COM API
Hide Artifacts: Ignore Process Interrupts
Launches sc.exe
Suspicious use of SetThreadContext
Indicator Removal: File Deletion
Creates new service(s)
Executes dropped EXE
Stops running service(s)
Badlisted process makes network request
Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell
XMRig Miner payload
Xmrig family
xmrig
Malware Config
Dropper Extraction:
https://onexri.apptaly.com/xmrig-6.22.3-msvc-win64.zip
Unpacked files
SH256 hash:
ac868493f7f305788a1934fe39bef7808ee3746fc7d97754ec223f19bbe06273
MD5 hash:
f44c3408d127d2a6f1d055a7fff21ed6
SHA1 hash:
dafa92de374c2465289e2e958d79e4f0097ebcbd
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YARA Signatures


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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:golang_bin_JCorn_CSC846
Author:Justin Cornwell
Description:CSC-846 Golang detection ruleset
Rule name:Jupyter_infostealer
Author:CD_R0M_
Description:Rule for Jupyter Infostealer/Solarmarker malware from september 2021-December 2022
Rule name:NET
Author:malware-lu
Rule name:pe_detect_tls_callbacks
Rule name:SEH__vectored
Reference:https://github.com/naxonez/yaraRules/blob/master/AntiDebugging.yara
Rule name:ThreadControl__Context
Reference:https://github.com/naxonez/yaraRules/blob/master/AntiDebugging.yara
Rule name:Warp
Author:Seth Hardy
Description:Warp
Rule name:WarpStrings
Author:Seth Hardy
Description:Warp Identifying Strings

File information


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