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Database Entry

CoinMiner

Vendor detections: 19

Intelligence 19 IOCs YARA 43 File information Comments

SHA256 hash:	ac9b66046e7b48690eec441a018373e654b164cdb01957f1712d39404063517f
SHA3-384 hash:	5e9380179222857c7bcfabcb92446fec477139b009632986455f1f3581562d9fc91d390da57e89d44f36a51fec4792f7
SHA1 hash:	cc8d20657003ccbc1a8a7ee6ca457d412e26f786
MD5 hash:	5452f5e780a1964b7b48c04459b91c78
humanhash:	idaho-papa-fifteen-cola
File name:	file
Download:	download sample
Signature	CoinMiner Create hunting rule
File size:	1'964'032 bytes
First seen:	2025-11-29 20:56:26 UTC
Last seen:	2025-12-26 02:28:15 UTC
File type:	exe
MIME type:	application/x-dosexec
imphash	f34d5f2d4577ed6d9ceec516c1f5a744 (48'744 x AgentTesla, 19'609 x Formbook, 12'242 x SnakeKeylogger)
ssdeep	49152:W8zt1S0tH8/SXCsHhJbv/vnvyYN1HFEHJ:Vzfp8qX/TnXHvlEp
TLSH	T11195237B3695C969C733A2B0A8A3E58CFEA33F1729B683171714738D55BBA00C679143
TrID	35.6% (.EXE) Generic CIL Executable (.NET, Mono, etc.) (73123/4/13) 34.1% (.EXE) UPX compressed Win64 Executable (70117/5/12) 13.2% (.EXE) UPX compressed Win32 Executable (27066/9/6) 5.1% (.EXE) Win64 Executable (generic) (10522/11/4) 3.2% (.DLL) Win32 Dynamic Link Library (generic) (6578/25/2)
Magika	pebin
Reporter	Bitsight
Tags:	CoinMiner dropped-by-amadey exe fbf543

Bitsight

url: http://178.16.55.189/files/8134610967/2qIIQWe.exe

Intelligence

File Origin

# of uploads :

# of downloads :

127

Origin country :

Vendor Threat Intelligence

No detections

Malware family:

xmrig

ID:

File name:

file

Verdict:

Malicious activity

Analysis date:

2025-11-29 20:57:13 UTC

Tags:

evasion ims-api generic upx auto-sch telegram auto-reg miner xmrig

Link:

https://app.any.run/tasks/11eb7441-2419-461f-8a19-5fcb4059ecbd

Note:

ANY.RUN is an interactive sandbox that analyzes all user actions rather than an uploaded sample

Detection:

CoinMiner02

Link:

https://www.capesandbox.com/analysis/41858/

Detection(s):

SecuriteInfo.com.PUA.Tool.BtcMine.2816.19895.14337.UNOFFICIAL

Verdict:

Malicious

Score:

99.1%

Link:

https://cyber-fortress.com/docs/result/index.php?id=692b5e296657e34332825031

Tags:

autorun xmrig blueh

Result

Verdict:

Malware

Maliciousness:

Behaviour

Сreating synchronization primitives

DNS request

Connection attempt

Sending a custom TCP request

Creating a file

Enabling the 'hidden' option for recently created files

Running batch commands

Launching a process

Adding an exclusion to Microsoft Defender

Verdict:

Likely Malicious

Threat level:

7.5/10

Confidence:

100%

Tags:

coinminer lolbin miner overlay packed packed packed pup reconnaissance schtasks telegram wscript xmrig zero

Link:

https://www.filescan.io/uploads/692b5e26efb205635359131d/reports/0155eccd-f5a3-4a5f-a7ec-5e4fafbdecd6/overview

Verdict:

Malicious

Labled as:

Ransom.Bluehowl.Generic

Link:

https://www.hybrid-analysis.com/sample/ac9b66046e7b48690eec441a018373e654b164cdb01957f1712d39404063517f

Verdict:

Malicious

File Type:

exe x32

First seen:

2025-11-29T18:43:00Z UTC

Last seen:

2025-12-01T08:09:00Z UTC

Hits:

~100

Detections:

Trojan.Win32.Agent.sb VHO:Trojan-Ransom.Win32.Blocker.gen Trojan.Win32.CoinMiner.sb HEUR:Trojan-Dropper.MSIL.Sysn.gen HEUR:Trojan.Script.Miner.gen Trojan.MSIL.Dnoper.sb PDM:Trojan.Win32.Generic not-a-virus:HEUR:RiskTool.Script.BitMiner.gen RiskTool.BitCoinMiner.TCP.C&C not-a-virus:RiskTool.Win64.XMRigMiner.a not-a-virus:HEUR:RiskTool.Win32.BitMiner.gen not-a-virus:HEUR:RiskTool.Win32.BitCoinMiner.vho not-a-virus:HEUR:RiskTool.Win32.BitCoinMiner.gen

Link:

https://opentip.kaspersky.com/ac9b66046e7b48690eec441a018373e654b164cdb01957f1712d39404063517f/results?tab=lookup

Malware family:

XMRig Miner

Verdict:

Malicious

Link:

https://analyze.intezer.com/analyses/ba76dac6-ee23-4723-af05-581fb7f2d93a

Score:

98%

Verdict:

Malware

File Type:

Link:

https://malprob.io/report/ac9b66046e7b48690eec441a018373e654b164cdb01957f1712d39404063517f

Verdict:

inconclusive

YARA:

11 match(es)

Tags:

.Net Executable Managed .NET PDB Path PE (Portable Executable) PE File Layout SOS: 0.14 Win 32 Exe x86

Link:

https://app.malva.re/file/5452f5e780a1964b7b48c04459b91c78

Detection:

n/a

Link:

https://mwdb.cert.pl/sample/ac9b66046e7b48690eec441a018373e654b164cdb01957f1712d39404063517f/

Verdict:

Malicious

Threat:

Family.XMRIG

Link:

https://tip.neiki.dev/file/ac9b66046e7b48690eec441a018373e654b164cdb01957f1712d39404063517f

Threat name:

Win32.Ransomware.Bluehowl

Status:

Malicious

First seen:

2025-11-29 20:57:24 UTC

File Type:

PE (.Net Exe)

Extracted files:

AV detection:

19 of 24 (79.17%)

Threat level:

5/5

Detection(s):

Suspicious file

Link:

https://check.spamhaus.org/check/?searchterm=vsnwmbdopnegsdxmiqnada3t4zklczgnwamvp4lrfu4uaqddkf7q._file

Result

Malware family:

xmrig

Score:

10/10

Tags:

family:xmrig execution miner persistence upx

Link:

https://tria.ge/reports/251129-zrnaxayjbw/

Behaviour

Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task

Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses

Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken

Suspicious use of FindShellTrayWindow

Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory

Uses Task Scheduler COM API

Enumerates physical storage devices

UPX packed file

Adds Run key to start application

Legitimate hosting services abused for malware hosting/C2

Looks up external IP address via web service

Checks computer location settings

Executes dropped EXE

Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell

XMRig Miner payload

Xmrig family

xmrig

Verdict:

Malicious

Tags:

cryptojacking xmrig IP_address_lookup_website

YARA:

PUA_WIN_XMRIG_CryptoCoin_Miner_Dec20

Link:

https://app.threat.zone/submission/4fd4c028-91dd-40c2-a6d2-26081900fe7f

Unpacked files

SH256 hash:

ac9b66046e7b48690eec441a018373e654b164cdb01957f1712d39404063517f

MD5 hash:

5452f5e780a1964b7b48c04459b91c78

SHA1 hash:

cc8d20657003ccbc1a8a7ee6ca457d412e26f786

Detections:

win_predator_a0

Link:

https://www.unpac.me/results/2bb4a98f-a6c2-4d26-bc72-a1c8f4f81ab6/

Malware family:

XMRig

Verdict:

Malicious

Link:

https://www.vmray.com/analyses/_mb/ac9b66046e7b/report/overview.html

Please note that we are no longer able to provide a coverage score for Virus Total.

Threat name:

Malicious File

Score:

1.00

Link:

https://yomi.yoroi.company/submissions/ac9b66046e7b48690eec441a018373e654b164cdb01957f1712d39404063517f

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 Create hunting rule
Author:	phoul (@phoul)
Description:	Look for Blowfish constants

Rule name:	CP_Script_Inject_Detector Create hunting rule
Author:	DiegoAnalytics
Description:	Detects attempts to inject code into another process across PE, ELF, Mach-O binaries

Rule name:	DebuggerCheck__API Create hunting rule
Reference:	https://github.com/naxonez/yaraRules/blob/master/AntiDebugging.yara

Rule name:	DebuggerCheck__QueryInfo Create hunting rule
Reference:	https://github.com/naxonez/yaraRules/blob/master/AntiDebugging.yara

Rule name:	DebuggerException__SetConsoleCtrl Create hunting rule
Reference:	https://github.com/naxonez/yaraRules/blob/master/AntiDebugging.yara

Rule name:	DetectEncryptedVariants Create hunting rule
Author:	Zinyth
Description:	Detects 'encrypted' in ASCII, Unicode, base64, or hex-encoded

Rule name:	Detect_PowerShell_Obfuscation Create hunting rule
Author:	daniyyell
Description:	Detects obfuscated PowerShell commands commonly used in malicious scripts.

Rule name:	Disable_Defender Create hunting rule
Author:	iam-py-test
Description:	Detect files disabling or modifying Windows Defender, Windows Firewall, or Microsoft Smartscreen

Rule name:	FreddyBearDropper Create hunting rule
Author:	Dwarozh Hoshiar
Description:	Freddy Bear Dropper is dropping a malware through base63 encoded powershell scrip.

Rule name:	golang_bin_JCorn_CSC846 Create hunting rule
Author:	Justin Cornwell
Description:	CSC-846 Golang detection ruleset

Rule name:	INDICATOR_SUSPICIOUS_EXE_TelegramChatBot Create hunting rule
Author:	ditekSHen
Description:	Detects executables using Telegram Chat Bot

Rule name:	MacOS_Cryptominer_Xmrig_241780a1 Create hunting rule
Author:	Elastic Security

Rule name:	MALWARE_Win_CoinMiner02 Create hunting rule
Author:	ditekSHen
Description:	Detects coinmining malware

Rule name:	MAL_XMR_Miner_May19_1 Create hunting rule
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 Create hunting rule
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 Create hunting rule
Author:	phoul (@phoul)
Description:	Look for MD5 constants

Rule name:	Multi_Cryptominer_Xmrig_f9516741 Create hunting rule
Author:	Elastic Security

Rule name:	NET Create hunting rule
Author:	malware-lu

Rule name:	NETexecutableMicrosoft Create hunting rule
Author:	malware-lu

Rule name:	pe_detect_tls_callbacks Create hunting rule

Rule name:	pe_imphash Create hunting rule

Rule name:	PUA_WIN_XMRIG_CryptoCoin_Miner_Dec20 Create hunting rule
Author:	Florian Roth (Nextron Systems)
Description:	Detects XMRIG crypto coin miners
Reference:	https://www.intezer.com/blog/research/new-golang-worm-drops-xmrig-miner-on-servers/

Rule name:	PUA_WIN_XMRIG_CryptoCoin_Miner_Dec20_RID33BA Create hunting rule
Author:	Florian Roth
Description:	Detects XMRIG crypto coin miners
Reference:	https://www.intezer.com/blog/research/new-golang-worm-drops-xmrig-miner-on-servers/

Rule name:	RANSOMWARE Create hunting rule
Author:	ToroGuitar

Rule name:	rig_win64_xmrig_6_13_1_xmrig Create hunting rule
Author:	yarGen Rule Generator
Description:	rig_win64 - file xmrig.exe
Reference:	https://github.com/Neo23x0/yarGen

Rule name:	RIPEMD160_Constants Create hunting rule
Author:	phoul (@phoul)
Description:	Look for RIPEMD-160 constants

Rule name:	SEH__vectored Create hunting rule
Reference:	https://github.com/naxonez/yaraRules/blob/master/AntiDebugging.yara

Rule name:	SHA1_Constants Create hunting rule
Author:	phoul (@phoul)
Description:	Look for SHA1 constants

Rule name:	SHA512_Constants Create hunting rule
Author:	phoul (@phoul)
Description:	Look for SHA384/SHA512 constants

Rule name:	Skystars_Malware_Imphash Create hunting rule
Author:	Skystars LightDefender
Description:	imphash

Rule name:	Sus_CMD_Powershell_Usage Create hunting rule
Author:	XiAnzheng
Description:	May Contain(Obfuscated or no) Powershell or CMD Command that can be abused by threat actor(can create FP)

Rule name:	TelegramAPIMalware_PowerShell_EXE Create hunting rule
Author:	@polygonben
Description:	Hunting for pwsh malware using Telegram for C2

Rule name:	telegram_bot_api Create hunting rule
Author:	rectifyq
Description:	Detects file containing Telegram Bot API

Rule name:	upx_largefile Create hunting rule
Author:	k3nr9

Rule name:	WHIRLPOOL_Constants Create hunting rule
Author:	phoul (@phoul)
Description:	Look for WhirlPool constants

Rule name:	Windows_Cryptominer_Generic_f53cfb9b Create hunting rule
Author:	Elastic Security

Rule name:	XMRIG_Monero_Miner Create hunting rule
Author:	Florian Roth (Nextron Systems)
Description:	Detects Monero mining software
Reference:	https://github.com/xmrig/xmrig/releases