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Database Entry



CoinMiner


Vendor detections: 18


Intelligence 18 IOCs YARA 25 File information Comments

SHA256 hash: b32ca5f8d7dcf69823c317163ed43f7a8591958ffdf87434a508c9de60070ddf
SHA3-384 hash: d0a31d8e908b4151782387fedf21271f647880216ae10fda3aa1d99d0cfeca761151359df3e0daeb68a4b349b626d122
SHA1 hash: 0a7f3c595bbe7bb10ce7f49f9f87acecf352536c
MD5 hash: 45e90687712e875b663eb413a7ba3c74
humanhash: oregon-foxtrot-football-avocado
File name:Xenos.exe
Download: download sample
Signature CoinMiner
File size:2'244'608 bytes
First seen:2025-08-03 20:10:09 UTC
Last seen:Never
File type:Executable exe
MIME type:application/x-dosexec
imphash a9c887a4f18a3fede2cc29ceea138ed3 (35 x CoinMiner, 18 x AsyncRAT, 17 x BlankGrabber)
ssdeep 49152:BLlADiTXUeDPKVgNGC4F/6H0xOpkPT5gO0biOIxmipdkpCmKu2h:0iTfcg0PCwykFYiOIH2CN
TLSH T10AA533F53423CF21E01F1E76106F380DA1752A42499DA1BFA7B0AA77D2A368B5641DCF
TrID 38.5% (.EXE) Microsoft Visual C++ compiled executable (generic) (16529/12/5)
15.3% (.DLL) Win32 Dynamic Link Library (generic) (6578/25/2)
11.7% (.EXE) Win16 NE executable (generic) (5038/12/1)
10.5% (.EXE) Win32 Executable (generic) (4504/4/1)
4.8% (.EXE) Win16/32 Executable Delphi generic (2072/23)
Magika pebin
Reporter burger
Tags:CoinMiner exe

Intelligence


File Origin
# of uploads :
1
# of downloads :
57
Origin country :
NL NL
Vendor Threat Intelligence
Malware family:
n/a
ID:
1
File name:
Xenos.exe
Verdict:
Malicious activity
Analysis date:
2025-08-03 20:09:43 UTC
Tags:
n/a

Note:
ANY.RUN is an interactive sandbox that analyzes all user actions rather than an uploaded sample
Verdict:
Malicious
Score:
99.1%
Tags:
coinminer crypt miner
Result
Verdict:
Malware
Maliciousness:

Behaviour
Launching a process
Creating a process with a hidden window
Creating a file in the %AppData% directory
Creating a process from a recently created file
Using the Windows Management Instrumentation requests
DNS request
Creating a service
Launching a service
Loading a system driver
Creating a window
Enabling autorun for a service
Unauthorized injection to a system process
Verdict:
Suspicious
Threat level:
  5/10
Confidence:
100%
Tags:
obfuscated packed packed packer_detected
Malware family:
Donut Injector
Verdict:
Malicious
Result
Threat name:
SilentXMRMiner, Xmrig
Detection:
malicious
Classification:
evad.mine
Score:
100 / 100
Signature
Allocates memory in foreign processes
Antivirus / Scanner detection for submitted sample
Antivirus detection for dropped file
Creates a thread in another existing process (thread injection)
Detected Stratum mining protocol
Encrypted powershell cmdline option found
Found direct / indirect Syscall (likely to bypass EDR)
Found strings related to Crypto-Mining
Injects a PE file into a foreign processes
Joe Sandbox ML detected suspicious sample
Loading BitLocker PowerShell Module
Malicious sample detected (through community Yara rule)
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
Sigma detected: Powershell Base64 Encoded MpPreference Cmdlet
Sigma detected: Xmrig
Tries to detect sandboxes and other dynamic analysis tools (process name or module or function)
Writes to foreign memory regions
Yara detected SilentXMRMiner
Yara detected Xmrig cryptocurrency miner
Behaviour
Behavior Graph:
behaviorgraph top1 dnsIp2 2 Behavior Graph ID: 1749492 Sample: Xenos.exe Startdate: 03/08/2025 Architecture: WINDOWS Score: 100 45 pool.supportxmr.com 2->45 47 pool-nyc.supportxmr.com 2->47 51 Sigma detected: Xmrig 2->51 53 Malicious sample detected (through community Yara rule) 2->53 55 Antivirus / Scanner detection for submitted sample 2->55 57 6 other signatures 2->57 10 Xenos.exe 2 2->10         started        signatures3 process4 file5 43 C:\Users\user\AppData\...\Services64.exe, PE32+ 10->43 dropped 67 Encrypted powershell cmdline option found 10->67 14 Services64.exe 10->14         started        17 powershell.exe 23 10->17         started        19 powershell.exe 15 10->19         started        signatures6 process7 signatures8 69 Antivirus detection for dropped file 14->69 71 Multi AV Scanner detection for dropped file 14->71 73 Writes to foreign memory regions 14->73 77 2 other signatures 14->77 21 conhost.exe 7 14->21         started        75 Loading BitLocker PowerShell Module 17->75 25 conhost.exe 17->25         started        27 WmiPrvSE.exe 17->27         started        29 conhost.exe 19->29         started        process9 file10 39 C:\Users\user\AppData\...\sihost64.exe, PE32+ 21->39 dropped 41 C:\Users\user\AppData\Roaming\...\WR64.sys, PE32+ 21->41 dropped 59 Found strings related to Crypto-Mining 21->59 61 Tries to detect sandboxes and other dynamic analysis tools (process name or module or function) 21->61 63 Writes to foreign memory regions 21->63 65 3 other signatures 21->65 31 sihost64.exe 21->31         started        34 svchost.exe 21->34         started        signatures11 process12 dnsIp13 79 Antivirus detection for dropped file 31->79 81 Multi AV Scanner detection for dropped file 31->81 83 Writes to foreign memory regions 31->83 87 3 other signatures 31->87 37 conhost.exe 2 31->37         started        49 104.243.43.115, 49721, 80 RELIABLESITEUS United States 34->49 85 Query firmware table information (likely to detect VMs) 34->85 signatures14 process15
Verdict:
inconclusive
YARA:
4 match(es)
Tags:
Executable PE (Portable Executable) Win 32 Exe x86
Threat name:
Win32.Dropper.Dapato
Status:
Malicious
First seen:
2025-08-03 20:09:48 UTC
File Type:
PE (Exe)
Extracted files:
1
AV detection:
21 of 24 (87.50%)
Threat level:
  3/5
Verdict:
malicious
Label(s):
donut_injector xmrig
Similar samples:
Result
Malware family:
Score:
  10/10
Tags:
family:xmrig defense_evasion discovery miner
Behaviour
Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
Enumerates physical storage devices
System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
Suspicious use of SetThreadContext
Obfuscated Files or Information: Command Obfuscation
Checks computer location settings
Cryptocurrency Miner
Executes dropped EXE
XMRig Miner payload
Xmrig family
xmrig
Unpacked files
SH256 hash:
b32ca5f8d7dcf69823c317163ed43f7a8591958ffdf87434a508c9de60070ddf
MD5 hash:
45e90687712e875b663eb413a7ba3c74
SHA1 hash:
0a7f3c595bbe7bb10ce7f49f9f87acecf352536c
Please note that we are no longer able to provide a coverage score for Virus Total.

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: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:golang_bin_JCorn_CSC846
Author:Justin Cornwell
Description:CSC-846 Golang detection ruleset
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:Multi_Cryptominer_Xmrig_f9516741
Author:Elastic Security
Rule name:pe_detect_tls_callbacks
Rule name:RANSOMWARE
Author:ToroGuitar
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:Sus_Obf_Enc_Spoof_Hide_PE
Author:XiAnzheng
Description:Check for Overlay, Obfuscating, Encrypting, Spoofing, Hiding, or Entropy Technique(can create FP)
Rule name:WHIRLPOOL_Constants
Author:phoul (@phoul)
Description:Look for WhirlPool constants
Rule name:Windows_Cryptominer_Generic_f53cfb9b
Author:Elastic Security
Rule name:XMRIG_Monero_Miner
Author:Florian Roth (Nextron Systems)
Description:Detects Monero mining software
Reference:https://github.com/xmrig/xmrig/releases
Rule name:xmrig_v1
Author:RandomMalware

File information


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BLint


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Findings
IDTitleSeverity
CHECK_AUTHENTICODEMissing Authenticodehigh
CHECK_NXMissing Non-Executable Memory Protectioncritical
CHECK_PIEMissing Position-Independent Executable (PIE) Protectionhigh
CHECK_TRUST_INFORequires Elevated Execution (level:requireAdministrator)high
Reviews
IDCapabilitiesEvidence
SHELL_APIManipulates System Shellshell32.dll::ShellExecuteA

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