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Database Entry



CoinMiner


Vendor detections: 13


Intelligence 13 IOCs YARA 2 File information Comments

SHA256 hash: b9f239f6670f52d74ed55d1fbe7ca02feca1387e7aacd329abbcd1cf114e2b7d
SHA3-384 hash: 8304bfa9f138286708466172d7c9e116976402da6a7b94de6bb6177bbd49ea70ed6022af1977d420c845595dd2c84d5c
SHA1 hash: 960fef0096ae38ad37203acfc2e1a8b1e779b4b6
MD5 hash: 833ccad990c6f300f761dde5a8349cf4
humanhash: jersey-mountain-coffee-ack
File name:b9f239f6670f52d74ed55d1fbe7ca02feca1387e7aacd329abbcd1cf114e2b7d.exe
Download: download sample
Signature CoinMiner
File size:31'199'744 bytes
First seen:2026-09-23 13:04:27 UTC
Last seen:Never
File type:Executable exe
MIME type:application/x-dosexec
imphash 02549ff92b49cce693542fc9afb10102 (92 x CoinMiner, 2 x CoinMiner.XMRig, 1 x AgentTesla)
ssdeep 393216:3ZFj4e68bLnZckCnBnGD8jTnA2COYSgQu08Af6Tk///Gg0D/PCy2GVvUWb/A9jKb:3g/8R+pOuCOYVYB5ZqKLksw/A9K1yK8
TLSH T1C86733136F0283C3C5BCA6BEEE5DF1A35EB9F54B948E384141E61389C09546D3DBA836
TrID 33.1% (.EXE) Win64 Executable (generic) (6522/11/2)
25.6% (.EXE) Win16 NE executable (generic) (5038/12/1)
10.4% (.ICL) Windows Icons Library (generic) (2059/9)
10.3% (.EXE) OS/2 Executable (generic) (2029/13)
10.1% (.EXE) Generic Win/DOS Executable (2002/3)
Magika pebin
dhash icon d0c80f968e4de0cc (1 x CoinMiner)
Reporter whack_sh
Tags:CoinMiner exe

Intelligence


File Origin
# of uploads :
1
# of downloads :
188
Origin country :
US US
Vendor Threat Intelligence
No detections
Malware family:
n/a
ID:
1
File name:
exe
Verdict:
No threats detected
Analysis date:
2026-09-23 16:28:27 UTC
Tags:
n/a

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

Behaviour
Using the Windows Management Instrumentation requests
Creating a process from a recently created file
Creating a process with a hidden window
Unauthorized injection to a system process
Enabling autorun by creating a file
Verdict:
Likely Malicious
Threat level:
  7.5/10
Confidence:
100%
Tags:
packed
Verdict:
Malicious
File Type:
exe x64
First seen:
2026-09-20T10:01:00Z UTC
Last seen:
2026-09-24T06:57:00Z UTC
Hits:
~100
Detections:
Trojan.Win32.Shellcode.tmo Trojan.MSIL.Miner.sb Trojan.MSIL.Donut.sb PDM:Trojan.Win32.Generic HEUR:Trojan.MSIL.Zapchast.gen Trojan.Win64.Donut.sb Trojan.Win32.Shellcode.sb HEUR:Trojan.Win64.DonutInjector.gen HEUR:Trojan.Win32.Generic Trojan.Win64.Agentb.sb Trojan.Win64.DonutInjector.sb Trojan.Win32.Agent.sb HEUR:Trojan.Win64.Donut.pef Trojan.Win64.Inject.sb Trojan.Win32.Inject.sb RiskTool.Miner.UDP.C&C RiskTool.BitCoinMiner.TCP.C&C RiskTool.BitCoinMiner.UDP.C&C
Result
Threat name:
SilentXMRMiner, Xmrig
Detection:
malicious
Classification:
expl.evad.mine
Score:
100 / 100
Signature
Allocates memory in foreign processes
Antivirus / Scanner detection for submitted sample
Antivirus detection for dropped file
Changes security center settings (notifications, updates, antivirus, firewall)
Creates a thread in another existing process (thread injection)
DNS related to crypt mining pools
Found direct / indirect Syscall (likely to bypass EDR)
Found strings related to Crypto-Mining
Injects a PE file into a foreign processes
Injects code into the Windows Explorer (explorer.exe)
Joe Sandbox ML detected suspicious sample
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
Potential Privilege Escalation using Task Scheduler highest RunLevel
Queries sensitive video device information (via WMI, Win32_VideoController, often done to detect virtual machines)
Sample is not signed and drops a device driver
Sigma detected: Invoke-Obfuscation CLIP+ Launcher
Sigma detected: Invoke-Obfuscation VAR+ Launcher
Sigma detected: Xmrig
System process connects to network (likely due to code injection or exploit)
Tries to detect sandboxes and other dynamic analysis tools (process name or module or function)
Unusual module load detection (module proxying)
Uses schtasks.exe or at.exe to add and modify task schedules
Writes to foreign memory regions
Yara detected SilentXMRMiner
Yara detected Xmrig cryptocurrency miner
Behaviour
Behavior Graph:
behaviorgraph top1 dnsIp2 2 Behavior Graph ID: 1976774 Sample: 5PTQ1gIgFU.exe Startdate: 23/09/2026 Architecture: WINDOWS Score: 100 63 xmr-us-east1.nanopool.org 2->63 65 eip-terr-na.cdp1.digicert.com.akahost.net 2->65 77 Sigma detected: Xmrig 2->77 79 Malicious sample detected (through community Yara rule) 2->79 81 Antivirus / Scanner detection for submitted sample 2->81 85 6 other signatures 2->85 12 5PTQ1gIgFU.exe 2->12         started        15 svchost.exe 2->15         started        17 svchost.exe 2->17         started        19 5 other processes 2->19 signatures3 83 DNS related to crypt mining pools 63->83 process4 signatures5 89 Writes to foreign memory regions 12->89 91 Allocates memory in foreign processes 12->91 93 Creates a thread in another existing process (thread injection) 12->93 21 conhost.exe 5 12->21         started        95 Changes security center settings (notifications, updates, antivirus, firewall) 15->95 25 MpCmdRun.exe 1 15->25         started        process6 file7 55 C:\Users\user\AppData\...\services64.exe, PE32+ 21->55 dropped 57 C:\Users\...\services64.exe:Zone.Identifier, ASCII 21->57 dropped 87 Queries sensitive video device information (via WMI, Win32_VideoController, often done to detect virtual machines) 21->87 27 cmd.exe 1 21->27         started        29 cmd.exe 1 21->29         started        32 conhost.exe 25->32         started        signatures8 process9 signatures10 34 services64.exe 27->34         started        37 conhost.exe 27->37         started        105 Uses schtasks.exe or at.exe to add and modify task schedules 29->105 107 Potential Privilege Escalation using Task Scheduler highest RunLevel 29->107 39 conhost.exe 29->39         started        41 schtasks.exe 1 29->41         started        process11 signatures12 69 Antivirus detection for dropped file 34->69 71 Multi AV Scanner detection for dropped file 34->71 73 Writes to foreign memory regions 34->73 75 2 other signatures 34->75 43 conhost.exe 6 34->43         started        process13 file14 59 C:\Users\user\AppData\...\sihost64.exe, PE32+ 43->59 dropped 61 C:\Users\user\AppData\Roaming\...\WR64.sys, PE32+ 43->61 dropped 97 Found strings related to Crypto-Mining 43->97 99 Injects code into the Windows Explorer (explorer.exe) 43->99 101 Tries to detect sandboxes and other dynamic analysis tools (process name or module or function) 43->101 103 4 other signatures 43->103 47 sihost64.exe 43->47         started        50 explorer.exe 43->50         started        signatures15 process16 dnsIp17 109 Antivirus detection for dropped file 47->109 111 Writes to foreign memory regions 47->111 113 Allocates memory in foreign processes 47->113 121 2 other signatures 47->121 53 conhost.exe 2 47->53         started        67 51.222.12.201, 10343, 49712 OVHFR Canada 50->67 115 System process connects to network (likely due to code injection or exploit) 50->115 117 Tries to detect sandboxes and other dynamic analysis tools (process name or module or function) 50->117 119 Unusual module load detection (module proxying) 50->119 signatures18 process19
Gathering data
Threat name:
Win64.Trojan.Molotov
Status:
Malicious
First seen:
2026-09-20 14:49:04 UTC
AV detection:
16 of 24 (66.67%)
Threat level:
  5/5
Result
Malware family:
Score:
  10/10
Tags:
family:xmrig execution miner persistence
Behaviour
Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
Uses Task Scheduler COM API
Executes a command shell one-liner
Suspicious use of SetThreadContext
Executes dropped EXE
Loads dropped DLL
XMRig Miner payload
Family: xmrig
Please note that we are no longer able to provide a coverage score for Virus Total.

YARA Signatures


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Rule name:Sus_CMD_Powershell_Usage
Author:XiAnzheng
Description:May Contain(Obfuscated or no) Powershell or CMD Command that can be abused by threat actor(can create FP)
Rule name:TH_AntiVM_MassHunt_Win_Malware_2026_CYFARE
Author:CYFARE
Description:Detects Windows malware employing anti-VM / anti-sandbox evasion techniques across VMware, VirtualBox, Hyper-V, QEMU, Xen, and generic sandbox environments
Reference:https://cyfare.net/

File information


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

Web download

CoinMiner

Executable exe b9f239f6670f52d74ed55d1fbe7ca02feca1387e7aacd329abbcd1cf114e2b7d

(this sample)

  
Delivery method
Distributed via web download

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