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Database Entry



CoinMiner


Vendor detections: 14


Intelligence 14 IOCs YARA 2 File information Comments

SHA256 hash: b3b79564418d5d9c8f98b60b8a86365633a3377711fae91bca99dacd2bdf8809
SHA3-384 hash: 04a122f1539d58b20b84c7576a04f2ee1e484627c7ad8f2392b274dbeb69fe2a69cd26c55f35b7df9ec9b817c606e9ac
SHA1 hash: f65d6aeee2eb80d30e838b28d60ee88375ee6cd2
MD5 hash: 3953c0c5ac7a636addea12d1607cd158
humanhash: wisconsin-single-sixteen-delaware
File name:file
Download: download sample
Signature CoinMiner
File size:10'752 bytes
First seen:2026-05-02 05:35:54 UTC
Last seen:2026-05-05 11:50:17 UTC
File type:Executable exe
MIME type:application/x-dosexec
imphash 42cf01d41ef6dc0627982490afc9cddd (62 x CoinMiner, 7 x Phorpiex)
ssdeep 192:1bK9oMTlUzBuVx+eGlRPFJxTEZmFhSmuXFh:lsoGUQVwtzPFwZ
TLSH T140221A1A7E8A4331D39049B05479834B553D6223E783A7EFF773969A0B913498840EBF
TrID 39.7% (.EXE) Win32 Executable MS Visual C++ (generic) (31206/45/13)
21.0% (.EXE) Microsoft Visual C++ compiled executable (generic) (16529/12/5)
8.3% (.DLL) Win32 Dynamic Link Library (generic) (6578/25/2)
8.3% (.EXE) Win64 Executable (generic) (6522/11/2)
6.4% (.EXE) Win16 NE executable (generic) (5038/12/1)
Magika pebin
Reporter Bitsight
Tags:CoinMiner dropped-by-phorpiex exe


Avatar
Bitsight
url: http://178.16.54.109/1

Intelligence


File Origin
# of uploads :
2'563
# of downloads :
171
Origin country :
US US
Vendor Threat Intelligence
No detections
Malware family:
phorpiex
ID:
1
File name:
_b3b79564418d5d9c8f98b60b8a86365633a3377711fae91bca99dacd2bdf8809.exe
Verdict:
Malicious activity
Analysis date:
2026-05-02 05:36:57 UTC
Tags:
loader botnet phorpiex ip-check auto coinminer miner winring0-sys vuln-driver auto-reg xmrig

Note:
ANY.RUN is an interactive sandbox that analyzes all user actions rather than an uploaded sample
Result
Verdict:
Malware
Maliciousness:

Behaviour
Creating a file in the %temp% directory
Creating a process from a recently created file
Сreating synchronization primitives
DNS request
Connection attempt
Sending an HTTP GET request
Sending a custom TCP request
Launching a process
Creating a service
Creating a file
Launching a service
Creating a file in the Windows subdirectories
Connection attempt to an infection source
Enabling autorun for a service
Sending an HTTP GET request to an infection source
Unauthorized injection to a system process
Verdict:
Malicious
Threat level:
  10/10
Confidence:
100%
Tags:
anti-debug anti-debug anti-vm evasive fingerprint microsoft_visual_cc phorpiex unsafe xor-url
Verdict:
Malicious
File Type:
exe x32
First seen:
2026-05-02T02:38:00Z UTC
Last seen:
2026-05-04T03:33:00Z UTC
Hits:
~1000
Gathering data
Threat name:
Win32.Worm.Phorpiex
Status:
Malicious
First seen:
2026-05-02 05:36:30 UTC
File Type:
PE (Exe)
Extracted files:
1
AV detection:
22 of 36 (61.11%)
Threat level:
  5/5
Verdict:
malicious
Label(s):
phorpiex unc_loader_055
Similar samples:
Result
Malware family:
Score:
  10/10
Tags:
family:phorphiex family:xmrig defense_evasion discovery execution loader miner persistence spyware stealer trojan worm
Behaviour
Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
Suspicious use of FindShellTrayWindow
Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
Enumerates physical storage devices
System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
Launches sc.exe
Suspicious use of SetThreadContext
Adds Run key to start application
Creates new service(s)
Executes dropped EXE
Reads user/profile data of web browsers
Stops running service(s)
Downloads MZ/PE file
Family: Phorphiex, Phorpiex
Family: xmrig
XMRig Miner payload
Malware Config
C2 Extraction:
178.16.54.109
Unpacked files
SH256 hash:
b3b79564418d5d9c8f98b60b8a86365633a3377711fae91bca99dacd2bdf8809
MD5 hash:
3953c0c5ac7a636addea12d1607cd158
SHA1 hash:
f65d6aeee2eb80d30e838b28d60ee88375ee6cd2
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YARA Signatures


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Rule name:DebuggerCheck__API
Reference:https://github.com/naxonez/yaraRules/blob/master/AntiDebugging.yara
Rule name:VECT_Ransomware
Author:Mustafa Bakhit
Description:Detects activity associated with VECT ransomware. This includes registry modifications and deletions, execution of system and defense-evasion commands, suspicious API usage, mutex creation, file and memory manipulation, ransomware note generation, anti-debugging and anti-analysis techniques, and embedded cryptographic constants (SHA256) characteristic of this malware family. Designed for threat intelligence and malware detection environments.

File information


The table below shows additional information about this malware sample such as delivery method and external references.

Web download

CoinMiner

Executable exe b3b79564418d5d9c8f98b60b8a86365633a3377711fae91bca99dacd2bdf8809

(this sample)

  
Dropped by
Phorpiex
  
Delivery method
Distributed via web download

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