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Database Entry

Phorpiex

Vendor detections: 14

Intelligence 14 IOCs YARA 39 File information Comments

SHA256 hash:	bc79eb0bdea5e7e087aaa68a20f43cec3456654be2cd60be14ffc17f8d060094
SHA3-384 hash:	05f3d120c38f1d7702ed21403df0f0419da4e6503970660b039d94dcabd0c5b485a9e9a4a8504b94a11cb98e95e91723
SHA1 hash:	2b69bb40a7e2757286713be9a6ac38955871e63c
MD5 hash:	af720cb19686c51d8c68414bacba8dbe
humanhash:	happy-angel-rugby-florida
File name:	file
Download:	download sample
Signature	Phorpiex Create hunting rule
File size:	10'240 bytes
First seen:	2026-10-08 13:25:55 UTC
Last seen:	2026-10-09 22:55:46 UTC
File type:	exe
MIME type:	application/vnd.microsoft.portable-executable
imphash	9bd4d61f2bdd759a3539d644c013268c (2 x CoinMiner, 1 x Phorpiex)
ssdeep	192:XXM8dQBBw0/l+eLjtjVGFJxTEimFhyee:XXMyQL/0eGFwi
TLSH	T1EA223A1A6F8E4132E7914DF027F88A4E95BD64331B92B2EBF373C5990F6438484006AB
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:	dropped-by-phorpiex exe Phorpiex

Bitsight

url: http://178.16.54.109/2

Intelligence

File Origin

# of uploads :

# of downloads :

203

Origin country :

Vendor Threat Intelligence

No detections

Malware family:

phorpiex

ID:

File name:

exe

Verdict:

Malicious activity

Analysis date:

2026-10-08 13:27:19 UTC

Tags:

loader phorpiex botnet auto coinminer miner auto-reg xmrig winring0-sys vuln-driver xor-url generic

Link:

https://app.any.run/tasks/5cc3b704-048f-4f2f-87d1-1e019c812c5e

Note:

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

Detection:

n/a

Link:

https://www.capesandbox.com/analysis/91112/

Detection(s):

SecuriteInfo.com.Variant.Worm.Phorpiex.153.68215249.UNOFFICIAL

Result

Verdict:

Malware

Maliciousness:

Behaviour

Creating a file in the %temp% directory

Creating a process from a recently created file

Сreating synchronization primitives

Creating a file in the Windows directory

Enabling the 'hidden' option for recently created files

Launching a service

Launching a process

Creating a service

Creating a file

Creating a file in the Windows subdirectories

Sending a TCP request to an infection source

Searching for synchronization primitives

Loading a system driver

Using the Windows Management Instrumentation requests

Changing an executable file

Running batch commands

Creating a process with a hidden window

Creating a window

DNS request

Connection attempt to an infection source

Enabling autorun with the standard Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run registry branch

Enabling autorun for a service

Creating a file in the mass storage device

Sending an HTTP GET request to an infection source

Unauthorized injection to a system process

Infecting executable files

Verdict:

Malicious

Threat level:

10/10

Confidence:

100%

Tags:

anti-debug anti-debug anti-vm cmd crypto evasive lolbin microsoft_visual_cc

Link:

https://www.filescan.io/uploads/6ac799f58a0c4cfaad22c256/reports/e00416df-ca74-4900-b5d4-258a52b07599/overview

Verdict:

Malicious

Labled as:

Worm.Phorpiex.Generic

Link:

https://www.hybrid-analysis.com/sample/bc79eb0bdea5e7e087aaa68a20f43cec3456654be2cd60be14ffc17f8d060094

Verdict:

Malicious

File Type:

exe x32

First seen:

2026-10-08T10:25:00Z UTC

Last seen:

2026-10-09T11:58:00Z UTC

Hits:

~100

Link:

https://opentip.kaspersky.com/bc79eb0bdea5e7e087aaa68a20f43cec3456654be2cd60be14ffc17f8d060094/results?tab=lookup

Verdict:

Unknown

Link:

https://analyze.intezer.com/analyses/48d27566-8ed3-4bb8-822e-fe42f45dfe1d

Score:

100%

Verdict:

Malware

File Type:

Link:

https://malprob.io/report/bc79eb0bdea5e7e087aaa68a20f43cec3456654be2cd60be14ffc17f8d060094

Verdict:

inconclusive

YARA:

4 match(es)

Tags:

Executable PE (Portable Executable) PE File Layout Win 32 Exe x86

Link:

https://app.malva.re/file/af720cb19686c51d8c68414bacba8dbe

Detection:

n/a

Link:

https://mwdb.cert.pl/sample/bc79eb0bdea5e7e087aaa68a20f43cec3456654be2cd60be14ffc17f8d060094/

Threat name:

Win32.Worm.Phorpiex

Status:

Malicious

First seen:

2026-10-08 13:26:22 UTC

File Type:

PE (Exe)

Extracted files:

AV detection:

25 of 36 (69.44%)

Threat level:

5/5

Detection(s):

Suspicious file

Link:

https://check.spamhaus.org/check/?searchterm=xr46wc66uxt6bb5ku2fcb5b45q2fmzkl4lgwbpqu77ax7digacka._file

Verdict:

malicious

Label(s):

Phorpiex

unc_loader_055

Link:

https://reports.threatray.com/a9c049a4-18ea-4e99-9e90-5629e648ea02

Result

Malware family:

xmrig

Score:

10/10

Tags:

family:phorphiex family:xmrig defense_evasion discovery evasion execution loader miner persistence spyware stealer trojan worm

Link:

https://tria.ge/reports/261008-qpl6dsxzas/

Behaviour

Modifies registry class

Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses

Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken

Suspicious use of FindShellTrayWindow

Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory

Enumerates physical storage devices

Executes a command shell one-liner

Reads the TCP/IP host and domain name from the registry

System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery

Drops file in Windows directory

Launches sc.exe

Suspicious use of SetThreadContext

Adds Run key to start application

Modifies Security services

Checks computer location settings

Creates new service(s)

Executes dropped EXE

Reads user/profile data of web browsers

Stops running service(s)

Downloads MZ/PE file

XMRig Miner payload

Family: Phorphiex, Phorpiex

Family: xmrig

Modifies Windows Defender DisableAntiSpyware settings

Modifies Windows Defender Real-time Protection settings

Modifies Windows Defender notification settings

Modifies security service

Malware Config

C2 Extraction:

178.16.54.109
http://178.16.54.109/k/

Unpacked files

SH256 hash:

bc79eb0bdea5e7e087aaa68a20f43cec3456654be2cd60be14ffc17f8d060094

MD5 hash:

af720cb19686c51d8c68414bacba8dbe

SHA1 hash:

2b69bb40a7e2757286713be9a6ac38955871e63c

Link:

https://www.unpac.me/results/37b6cfbe-2e56-4111-832a-d4c31876ad42/

Malware family:

Phorpiex

Verdict:

Malicious

Link:

https://www.vmray.com/analyses/_mb/bc79eb0bdea5/report/overview.html

Please note that we are no longer able to provide a coverage score for Virus Total.

Threat name:

Phorpiex

Score:

0.80

Link:

https://yomi.yoroi.company/submissions/bc79eb0bdea5e7e087aaa68a20f43cec3456654be2cd60be14ffc17f8d060094

YARA Signatures

MalwareBazaar uses YARA rules from several public and non-public repositories, such as YARAhub and Malpedia. Those are being matched against malware samples uploaded to MalwareBazaar as well as against any suspicious process dumps they may create. Please note that only results from TLP:CLEAR rules are being displayed.

Rule name:	BLOWFISH_Constants Create hunting rule
Author:	phoul (@phoul)
Description:	Look for Blowfish constants

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

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

Rule name:	ldpreload Create hunting rule
Author:	xorseed
Reference:	https://stuff.rop.io/

Rule name:	MacOS_Cryptominer_Xmrig_241780a1 Create hunting rule
Author:	Elastic Security

Rule name:	MALWARE_Win_CoinMiner02 Create hunting rule
Author:	ditekSHen
Description:	Detects coinmining malware

Rule name:	MAL_XMR_Miner_May19_1 Create hunting rule
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 Create hunting rule
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 Create hunting rule
Author:	phoul (@phoul)
Description:	Look for MD5 constants

Rule name:	Mimikatz_Generic Create hunting rule
Author:	Still
Description:	attempts to match all variants of Mimikatz

Rule name:	Multi_Cryptominer_Xmrig_f9516741 Create hunting rule
Author:	Elastic Security

Rule name:	pe_detect_tls_callbacks Create hunting rule

Rule name:	RANSOMWARE Create hunting rule
Author:	ToroGuitar

Rule name:	rig_win64_xmrig_6_13_1_xmrig Create hunting rule
Author:	yarGen Rule Generator
Description:	rig_win64 - file xmrig.exe
Reference:	https://github.com/Neo23x0/yarGen

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

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:	TH_AntiVM_MassHunt_Win_Malware_2026_CYFARE Create hunting rule
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/

Rule name:	TigerRAT_pe_yaraify Create hunting rule
Author:	hunts-yara-code
Description:	YARAify-tightened byte rule from 9 sample(s) -- VERIFY hits

Rule name:	VECT_Ransomware Create hunting rule
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.

Rule name:	WHIRLPOOL_Constants Create hunting rule
Author:	phoul (@phoul)
Description:	Look for WhirlPool constants

Rule name:	Windows_Cryptominer_Generic_f53cfb9b Create hunting rule
Author:	Elastic Security

Rule name:	Win_FakeInstaller_PythonShellcodeLoader_Crepectl_2026 Create hunting rule
Author:	SixHands
Description:	Detects the analyzed fake installer sample using .key config, XOR key, and Python/fiber shellcode loader traits

Rule name:	WIN_Malware_CoinMiner_ForgeAuto_882cd879 Create hunting rule
Author:	Marjoriefort
Description:	Detects CoinMiner (pe, etat binaire)

Rule name:	WIN_Malware_Fantom_ForgeAuto_98e6f354_Extrait Create hunting rule
Author:	Marjoriefort
Description:	Detects Fantom (pe, etat extrait)

Rule name:	WIN_Malware_PythonStealer_ForgeAuto_b24cb5bd Create hunting rule
Author:	Marjoriefort
Description:	Detects PythonStealer (pe, etat binaire)

Rule name:	WIN_Malware_Unknown_ForgeAuto_125525a3 Create hunting rule
Author:	Marjoriefort
Description:	Detects Unknown (pe, etat binaire)

Rule name:	WIN_Malware_Unknown_ForgeAuto_2ffc3572 Create hunting rule
Author:	Marjoriefort
Description:	Detects Unknown (pe, etat binaire)

Rule name:	WIN_Malware_Unknown_ForgeAuto_30f84f37 Create hunting rule
Author:	Marjoriefort
Description:	Detects Unknown (pe, etat binaire)

Rule name:	WIN_Malware_Unknown_ForgeAuto_74566f98 Create hunting rule
Author:	Marjoriefort
Description:	Detects Unknown (pe, etat binaire)

Rule name:	WIN_Malware_Unknown_ForgeAuto_79234c04 Create hunting rule
Author:	Marjoriefort
Description:	Detects Unknown (pe, etat binaire)

Rule name:	XMRIG_Monero_Miner Create hunting rule
Author:	Florian Roth (Nextron Systems)
Description:	Detects Monero mining software
Reference:	https://github.com/xmrig/xmrig/releases

Rule name:	xmrig_v1 Create hunting rule
Author:	RandomMalware

File information

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

Web download

Phorpiex

exe bc79eb0bdea5e7e087aaa68a20f43cec3456654be2cd60be14ffc17f8d060094

(this sample)

Dropped by

Phorpiex

Delivery method

Distributed via web download

Cape

https://www.capesandbox.com/analysis/91112/

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