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Database Entry


CoinMiner


Vendor detections: 6


Intelligence 6 IOCs YARA 1 File information Comments
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SHA256 hash: ae5db9eb1406557f12e2d9b474b2519beba3b6fc6afdb8ded74f41d258ae82cd
SHA3-384 hash: cdfffa4bfedbffd0301d4776bed9b3d373d4749a60a76acc5c3420087af9bd64a7da027eb3944f8e9fb015f19629cd43
SHA1 hash: 2a5860757ce73860559de452e5e9f47b1a3a0867
MD5 hash: 7f2028446e827cbb89976b00df5cff7c
humanhash: network-monkey-whiskey-potato
File name:kworkerd-rcu
Download: download sample
Signature CoinMiner
Create hunting rule
File size:140'052 bytes
First seen:2026-06-20 21:11:41 UTC
Last seen:Never
File type: elf
MIME type:application/x-sharedlib
ssdeep 3072:PxjzrStHLrAb7hNbAGy6H6FTmRKdi1uywyDR1:5jMHHg6G1aF0KdcuSz
TLSH T1D0D312ACE813BD0CED1B07F3E996164B5583D49755758EA2C7228610A6F8E4EA4FC02E
Magika elf
Reporter abuse_ch
Tags:CoinMiner elf UPX
File size (compressed) :140'052 bytes
File size (de-compressed) :351'800 bytes
Format:linux/mipsel
Unpacked file: 691c25e6addecd537d5948e809346235694f18621322f847299f464c35613615

Intelligence

File Origin
# of uploads :
1
# of downloads :
60
Origin country :
DE DE
Vendor Threat Intelligence
No detections
Result
Verdict:
Malware
Maliciousness:

Behaviour
DNS request
Opens a port
Collects information on the CPU
Creating a file in the %temp% directory
Changes access rights for a written file
Creating a file
Sends data to a server
Connection attempt
Receives data from a server
Runs as daemon
Sets a written file as executable
Deleting a recently created file
Launching a process
Changes the time when the file was created, accessed, or modified
Manages services
Creates or modifies files in /cron to set up autorun
Substitutes an application name
Deleting of the original file
Verdict:
Unknown
Threat level:
  0/10
Confidence:
100%
Tags:
packed upx
Link:
https://www.filescan.io/uploads/6a37023ca419cb85d28d624d/reports/2b50a432-3cf5-4503-8a0e-e98ea5177ab2/overview
Verdict:
Malicious
File Type:
elf.32.le
First seen:
2026-06-20T20:40:00Z UTC
Last seen:
2026-06-21T01:58:00Z UTC
Hits:
~10
Link:
https://opentip.kaspersky.com/ae5db9eb1406557f12e2d9b474b2519beba3b6fc6afdb8ded74f41d258ae82cd/results?tab=lookup
Status:
terminated
Link:
https://sandbox.kunai.rocks/analysis/cdb2f003-3f68-4fbd-b9dd-ff5d1b393fa1
Behavior Graph:
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%3 guuid=bca2180e-1f00-0000-454c-769040140000 pid=5184 /usr/bin/sudo guuid=778a3010-1f00-0000-454c-769041140000 pid=5185 /tmp/sample.bin guuid=bca2180e-1f00-0000-454c-769040140000 pid=5184->guuid=778a3010-1f00-0000-454c-769041140000 pid=5185 execve
Verdict:
Unknown
Link:
https://analyze.intezer.com/analyses/b3784c60-d52a-4234-b9ff-321ad1f609b2
Result
Threat name:
Xmrig
Create hunting rule
Detection:
malicious
Classification:
troj.spyw.evad.mine
Score:
76 / 100
Link:
https://www.joesandbox.com/analysis/1931394
Signature
Executes itself again with its parent PID as an argument (indicative of hampering debugging)
Executes the "crontab" command typically for achieving persistence
Found strings related to Crypto-Mining
Opens /sys/class/net/* files useful for querying network interface information
Performs DNS TXT record lookups
Sample deletes itself
Sample tries to persist itself using cron
Yara detected Xmrig cryptocurrency miner
Behaviour
Behavior Graph:
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behaviorgraph top1 dnsIp2 2 Behavior Graph ID: 1931394 Sample: kworkerd-rcu.elf Startdate: 20/06/2026 Architecture: LINUX Score: 76 57 api.robotmarkethub.com 2->57 59 91.239.211.89, 36042, 43476, 43478 HOSTKEY-ASNL Germany 2->59 61 4 other IPs or domains 2->61 65 Yara detected Xmrig cryptocurrency miner 2->65 10 kworkerd-rcu.elf 2->10         started        13 systemd sh 2->13         started        15 systemd snapd-env-generator 2->15         started        17 3 other processes 2->17 signatures3 67 Performs DNS TXT record lookups 57->67 process4 signatures5 69 Found strings related to Crypto-Mining 10->69 19 kworkerd-rcu.elf 10->19         started        21 sh wget 13->21         started        24 sh sh 13->24         started        26 sh rm 13->26         started        process6 file7 28 kworkerd-rcu.elf 19->28         started        51 /tmp/..redis-sentinel, Bourne-Again 21->51 dropped process8 file9 55 /var/spool/cron/crontabs/root, ASCII 28->55 dropped 75 Opens /sys/class/net/* files useful for querying network interface information 28->75 77 Sample deletes itself 28->77 79 Sample tries to persist itself using cron 28->79 32 kworkerd-rcu.elf sh 28->32         started        35 kworkerd-rcu.elf sh 28->35         started        37 kworkerd-rcu.elf sh 28->37         started        39 kworkerd-rcu.elf sh 28->39         started        signatures10 process11 signatures12 63 Executes itself again with its parent PID as an argument (indicative of hampering debugging) 32->63 41 sh crontab 32->41         started        45 sh crontab 35->45         started        47 sh systemctl 37->47         started        49 sh systemctl 39->49         started        process13 file14 53 /var/spool/cron/crontabs/tmp.0Gx3qX, ASCII 41->53 dropped 71 Sample tries to persist itself using cron 41->71 73 Executes the "crontab" command typically for achieving persistence 41->73 signatures15
Score:
100%
Verdict:
Malware
File Type:
ELF
Link:
https://malprob.io/report/ae5db9eb1406557f12e2d9b474b2519beba3b6fc6afdb8ded74f41d258ae82cd
Detection:
n/a
Link:
https://mwdb.cert.pl/sample/ae5db9eb1406557f12e2d9b474b2519beba3b6fc6afdb8ded74f41d258ae82cd/
Detection(s):
Suspicious file
Link:
https://check.spamhaus.org/check/?searchterm=vzo3t2yuazkx6exc3g2hjmsrtpv2hnx4nl63rxwxj5a5ewfoqlgq._file
Result
Malware family:
n/a
Score:
  5/10
Tags:
discovery upx
Link:
https://tria.ge/reports/260620-z2dt8ahx6r/
Behaviour
Reads runtime system information
Please note that we are no longer able to provide a coverage score for Virus Total.
Threat name:
Legit
Score:
0.00
Link:
https://yomi.yoroi.company/submissions/ae5db9eb1406557f12e2d9b474b2519beba3b6fc6afdb8ded74f41d258ae82cd

YARA Signatures

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Rule name:elf_arm_mips_ko_so
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File information

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Web download

CoinMiner

elf ae5db9eb1406557f12e2d9b474b2519beba3b6fc6afdb8ded74f41d258ae82cd

(this sample)

CoinMiner

elf 691c25e6addecd537d5948e809346235694f18621322f847299f464c35613615

  
URLhaus
https://urlhaus.abuse.ch/url/3868021/
  
Delivery method
Distributed via web download
  
Dropping
SHA256 691c25e6addecd537d5948e809346235694f18621322f847299f464c35613615
  
Dropping
MD5 d99c29abf7f5ccd93fc4d7e3a619c0b5

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