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Database Entry

SilentCryptoMiner

Vendor detections: 20

Intelligence 20 IOCs YARA 71 File information Comments 1

SHA256 hash:	b4ae0aa38f19cf8c917061bcd03ee501ec97faac1582d0b8ca488f8c97c00a53
SHA3-384 hash:	f259dca55210969b39c7369a01f03ad298b007ee99c33e87efcdcd6d6ff44cd0e0adf23aaf4504f8088fe2b2d05016a3
SHA1 hash:	3e64f12e8aed685a30a5226ba76381551475fc3d
MD5 hash:	af143dfc4178f8c62a5cc00c49207c2d
humanhash:	iowa-early-spring-mobile
File name:	b4ae0aa38f19cf8c917061bcd03ee501ec97faac1582d0b8ca488f8c97c00a53
Download:	download sample
Signature	SilentCryptoMiner Create hunting rule
File size:	36'352 bytes
First seen:	2026-02-28 08:31:47 UTC
Last seen:	Never
File type:	exe
MIME type:	application/x-dosexec
imphash	f34d5f2d4577ed6d9ceec516c1f5a744 (48'818 x AgentTesla, 19'742 x Formbook, 12'286 x SnakeKeylogger)
ssdeep	768:BzKeuw7mMDFDQAk9ShvCyzC+5WDWVFq9JGOMhHulK:B9bDgQdeHDGFq9JGOMRF
Threatray	2'078 similar samples on MalwareBazaar
TLSH	T16AF24C083BA4822EC9FF2BF96A73E6120370E5078A13EB4E59C4456A6F37BC149457D7
TrID	70.4% (.EXE) Generic CIL Executable (.NET, Mono, etc.) (73123/4/13) 6.3% (.DLL) Win32 Dynamic Link Library (generic) (6578/25/2) 6.2% (.EXE) Win64 Executable (generic) (6522/11/2) 4.8% (.EXE) Win16 NE executable (generic) (5038/12/1) 4.3% (.EXE) Win32 Executable (generic) (4504/4/1)
Magika	pebin
Reporter	JAMESWT_WT
Tags:	exe jerrymac2008-duckdns-org SilentCryptoMiner

Intelligence

File Origin

# of uploads :

# of downloads :

167

Origin country :

Vendor Threat Intelligence

Malware configuration found for:

XWorm

Details

XWorm

a version, a filepath, a mutex, a c2 socket address or a dead-drop resolver URL, and possibly cryptocurrency wallets and a Telegram URL

Link:

https://research.acce.ciphertechsolutions.com/results/905725a1-1b8c-4c0d-9fbb-eec458bc9331/

Malware family:

xmrig

ID:

File name:

b4ae0aa38f19cf8c917061bcd03ee501ec97faac1582d0b8ca488f8c97c00a53

Verdict:

Malicious activity

Analysis date:

2026-02-28 08:32:35 UTC

Tags:

auto-reg auto-startup xworm remote salatstealer stealer loader ms-smartcard upx susp-powershell golang xmrig miner silentcryptominer winring0-sys vuln-driver

Link:

https://app.any.run/tasks/95c46017-eb25-49a1-ba3e-321bdf49efbf

Note:

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

Detection:

XWorm

Link:

https://www.capesandbox.com/analysis/54974/

Detection(s):

Win.Packed.njRAT-10002074-1

Win.Packed.Loveletter-10023052-0

Win.Packed.Msilzilla-10026193-0

ditekSHen.MALWARE.Win.Trojan.AsyncRAT.UNOFFICIAL

ditekSHen.MALWARE.Win.XWorm.UNOFFICIAL

Verdict:

Malicious

Score:

97.4%

Link:

https://cyber-fortress.com/docs/result/index.php?id=69a2a80fc950ab5d9ab26c06

Tags:

asyncrat autorun

Verdict:

Malicious

Threat level:

10/10

Confidence:

100%

Tags:

anti-vm asyncrat base64 njrat reconnaissance unsafe vbnet windows xworm xworm

Link:

https://www.filescan.io/uploads/69a2a80ecd25bfe1dfdc9386/reports/72a3997f-4e87-428e-8621-fa879b3441eb/overview

Verdict:

Malicious

Labled as:

Suspicious:TrojanDrop.Agent.A.gaau

Link:

https://www.hybrid-analysis.com/sample/b4ae0aa38f19cf8c917061bcd03ee501ec97faac1582d0b8ca488f8c97c00a53

Verdict:

Malicious

File Type:

exe x32

Detections:

HEUR:Backdoor.MSIL.Crysan.gen Backdoor.MSIL.XWorm.c Backdoor.MSIL.XWorm.b Backdoor.MSIL.XWorm.a Trojan.Win32.Agent.sb Trojan.MSIL.Dnoper.sb PDM:Trojan.Win32.Generic

Link:

https://opentip.kaspersky.com/b4ae0aa38f19cf8c917061bcd03ee501ec97faac1582d0b8ca488f8c97c00a53/results?tab=lookup

Malware family:

XWorm

Verdict:

Malicious

Link:

https://analyze.intezer.com/analyses/b450be02-d762-4bfd-b110-571701e9c6a7

Score:

100%

Verdict:

Malware

File Type:

Link:

https://malprob.io/report/b4ae0aa38f19cf8c917061bcd03ee501ec97faac1582d0b8ca488f8c97c00a53

Gathering data

Detection:

xworm

Link:

https://mwdb.cert.pl/sample/b4ae0aa38f19cf8c917061bcd03ee501ec97faac1582d0b8ca488f8c97c00a53/

Verdict:

Malicious

Threat:

Family.XWORM

Link:

https://tip.neiki.dev/file/b4ae0aa38f19cf8c917061bcd03ee501ec97faac1582d0b8ca488f8c97c00a53

Threat name:

Win32.Trojan.XWorm

Status:

Malicious

First seen:

2026-02-28 08:32:22 UTC

File Type:

PE (.Net Exe)

Extracted files:

AV detection:

29 of 36 (80.56%)

Threat level:

5/5

Detection(s):

Suspicious file

Link:

https://check.spamhaus.org/check/?searchterm=wsxavi4pdhhyzelqmg6napxfahwjp6vmcwbnbogkjchyzf6abjjq._file

Verdict:

malicious

Label(s):

xworm

SilentCryptoMiner

6aec274be9554ffe0676af41069f7f52a9af50ac7291de722203930aeca8a536

SilentCryptoMiner

7b978216e289a2c6e3f33ad04746b91d86ca32a8eeed6dfb9319bdcd22103f03

SilentCryptoMiner

8727308a32fe5bc544074066b76ff9ffd8b47d49c387bf23a471f51c068c7f58

SilentCryptoMiner

d9fe09a4c63d64a5adf1bdd5a04034401831f76b7330547a991fe4bf29cf419f

SilentCryptoMiner

error

SilentCryptoMiner

+ 2'068 additional samples on MalwareBazaar

Result

Malware family:

xworm

Score:

10/10

Tags:

family:salatstealer family:xworm credential_access defense_evasion discovery execution persistence rat spyware stealer trojan upx

Link:

https://tria.ge/reports/260228-kfc88se19f/

Behaviour

Modifies data under HKEY_USERS

Runs net.exe

Suspicious behavior: AddClipboardFormatListener

Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses

Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken

Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx

Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory

Enumerates physical storage devices

System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery

Drops file in Program Files directory

Drops file in Windows directory

Launches sc.exe

Drops file in System32 directory

Suspicious use of SetThreadContext

UPX packed file

Accesses cryptocurrency files/wallets, possible credential harvesting

Adds Run key to start application

Power Settings

Checks computer location settings

Creates new service(s)

Drops startup file

Executes dropped EXE

Reads user/profile data of web browsers

Stops running service(s)

Unsecured Credentials: Credentials In Files

Badlisted process makes network request

Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell

Detect SalatStealer payload

Detect Xworm Payload

Salatstealer family

UAC bypass

Xworm

Xworm family

salatstealer

Malware Config

C2 Extraction:

jerrymac2008.duckdns.org:4078

Unpacked files

SH256 hash:

b4ae0aa38f19cf8c917061bcd03ee501ec97faac1582d0b8ca488f8c97c00a53

MD5 hash:

af143dfc4178f8c62a5cc00c49207c2d

SHA1 hash:

3e64f12e8aed685a30a5226ba76381551475fc3d

Detections:

win_xworm_a0

win_xworm_w0

XWorm

Link:

https://www.unpac.me/results/0583442e-9f54-41c8-a6fa-9056b2535cd3/

Malware family:

XWorm

Verdict:

Malicious

Link:

https://www.vmray.com/analyses/_mb/b4ae0aa38f19/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/b4ae0aa38f19cf8c917061bcd03ee501ec97faac1582d0b8ca488f8c97c00a53

YARA Signatures

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Rule name:	Base64_Encoded_Powershell_Directives Create hunting rule

Rule name:	ByteCode_MSIL_Backdoor_AsyncRAT Create hunting rule
Author:	ReversingLabs
Description:	Yara rule that detects AsyncRAT backdoor.

Rule name:	command_and_control Create hunting rule
Author:	CD_R0M_
Description:	This rule searches for common strings found by malware using C2. Based on a sample used by a Ransomware group

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

Rule name:	DebuggerException__ConsoleCtrl 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:	DetectGoMethodSignatures Create hunting rule
Author:	Wyatt Tauber
Description:	Detects Go method signatures in unpacked Go binaries

Rule name:	Detect_Go_GOMAXPROCS Create hunting rule
Author:	Obscurity Labs LLC
Description:	Detects Go binaries by the presence of runtime.GOMAXPROCS in the runtime metadata

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:	GoBinTest Create hunting rule

Rule name:	golang Create hunting rule

Rule name:	Golangmalware Create hunting rule
Author:	Dhanunjaya
Description:	Malware in Golang

Rule name:	golang_binary_string Create hunting rule
Description:	Golang strings present

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

Rule name:	Golang_Find_CSC846 Create hunting rule
Author:	Ashar Siddiqui
Description:	Find Go Signatuers

Rule name:	Golang_Find_CSC846_Simple Create hunting rule
Author:	Ashar Siddiqui
Description:	Find Go Signatuers

Rule name:	grakate_stealer_nov_2021 Create hunting rule

Rule name:	Heuristics_ChromeABE Create hunting rule
Author:	Still
Description:	attempts to match instructions related to Chrome App-bound Encryption elevation service; possibly spotted amongst infostealers

Rule name:	HiveRansomware Create hunting rule
Author:	Dhanunjaya
Description:	Yara Rule To Detect Hive V4 Ransomware

Rule name:	identity_golang Create hunting rule
Author:	Eric Yocam
Description:	find Golang malware

Rule name:	INDICATOR_SUSPICIOUS_Binary_Embedded_Crypto_Wallet_Browser_Extension_IDs Create hunting rule
Author:	ditekSHen
Description:	Detect binaries embedding considerable number of cryptocurrency wallet browser extension IDs.

Rule name:	INDICATOR_SUSPICIOUS_Binary_References_Browsers Create hunting rule
Author:	ditekSHen
Description:	Detects binaries (Windows and macOS) referencing many web browsers. Observed in information stealers.

Rule name:	INDICATOR_SUSPICIOUS_EXE_NoneWindowsUA Create hunting rule
Author:	ditekSHen
Description:	Detects Windows executables referencing non-Windows User-Agents

Rule name:	INDICATOR_SUSPICIOUS_EXE_SQLQuery_ConfidentialDataStore Create hunting rule
Author:	ditekSHen
Description:	Detects executables containing SQL queries to confidential data stores. Observed in infostealers

Rule name:	Macos_Infostealer_Wallets_8e469ea0 Create hunting rule
Author:	Elastic Security

Rule name:	MALWARE_Win_AsyncRAT Create hunting rule
Author:	ditekSHen
Description:	Detects AsyncRAT

Rule name:	MALWARE_Win_XWorm Create hunting rule
Author:	ditekSHen
Description:	Detects XWorm

Rule name:	MD5_Constants Create hunting rule
Author:	phoul (@phoul)
Description:	Look for MD5 constants

Rule name:	Multifamily_RAT_Detection Create hunting rule
Author:	Lucas Acha (http://www.lukeacha.com)
Description:	Generic Detection for multiple RAT families, PUPs, Packers and suspicious executables

Rule name:	Multi_Generic_Threat_19854dc2 Create hunting rule
Author:	Elastic Security

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

Rule name:	pe_imphash Create hunting rule

Rule name:	ProgramLanguage_Golang Create hunting rule
Author:	albertzsigovits
Description:	Application written in Golang programming language

Rule name:	RANSOMWARE Create hunting rule
Author:	ToroGuitar

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

Rule name:	Rooter Create hunting rule
Author:	Seth Hardy
Description:	Rooter

Rule name:	RooterStrings Create hunting rule
Author:	Seth Hardy
Description:	Rooter Identifying Strings

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:	Suspicious_Golang_Binary Create hunting rule
Author:	Tim Machac
Description:	Triage: Golang-compiled binary with suspicious OS/persistence/network strings (not family-specific)

Rule name:	Suspicious_Process Create hunting rule
Author:	Security Research Team
Description:	Suspicious process creation

Rule name:	SUSP_DOTNET_PE_List_AV Create hunting rule
Author:	SECUINFRA Falcon Team
Description:	Detecs .NET Binary that lists installed AVs

Rule name:	Sus_All_Windows_PE_Malware Create hunting rule
Author:	DiegoAnalytics
Description:	Detects Windows PE malware of all types, avoids non-executables like .html

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:	telebot_framework Create hunting rule
Author:	vietdx.mb

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

Rule name:	UPXV200V290MarkusOberhumerLaszloMolnarJohnReiser Create hunting rule
Author:	malware-lu

Rule name:	upx_largefile Create hunting rule
Author:	k3nr9

Rule name:	vmdetect Create hunting rule
Author:	nex
Description:	Possibly employs anti-virtualization techniques

Rule name:	Windows_Generic_Threat_9af87ddb Create hunting rule
Author:	Elastic Security

Rule name:	win_xworm_bytestring Create hunting rule
Author:	Matthew @ Embee_Research
Description:	Detects bytestring present in unobfuscated xworm

Rule name:	win_xworm_w0 Create hunting rule
Author:	jeFF0Falltrades
Description:	Detects win.xworm.

Rule name:	XWorm Create hunting rule
Author:	ditekSHen
Description:	Detects XWorm

Rule name:	xworm Create hunting rule
Author:	jeFF0Falltrades

Rule name:	xworm_kingrat Create hunting rule
Author:	jeFF0Falltrades

File information

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Cape

https://www.capesandbox.com/analysis/54974/

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commented on 2026-02-28 08:36:37 UTC

RAT King Parser (https://github.com/jeFF0Falltrades/rat_king_parser) Output:

{
"sha256": "b4ae0aa38f19cf8c917061bcd03ee501ec97faac1582d0b8ca488f8c97c00a53",
"yara_possible_family": "xworm",
"key": "c16cb6e06bda6d2613004153f57da5c16cb6e06bda6d2613004153f57da54400",
"salt": "None",
"config": {
"Host": "jerrymac2008.duckdns.org",
"Ports": [
"4078"
],
"KEY": "<123456789>",
"SPL": "<Xwormmm>",
"Sleep": 3,
"USBNM": "USB.exe",
"InstallDir": "%AppData%",
"Mutex": "s5GEomZ0YdjtQjkV",
"LoggerPath": "\\Log.tmp"
}
}