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Database Entry



CoinMiner


Vendor detections: 7


Intelligence 7 IOCs YARA File information Comments

SHA256 hash: c1e97858d11f97a0157f31aeb413c76ecd9cd96062929e2e659ae9e3c0dc78c4
SHA3-384 hash: a28852f65033faf1dfd3ae7dd6ea702b2dd7cd418138273fb07d26c394723b789dc99de6a428906c53b08acf45925bc2
SHA1 hash: 8c553f41afa957680b155f7560a2f06621eac497
MD5 hash: 883ae61b18863aff8ca41f8cd678eba2
humanhash: washington-xray-oscar-golf
File name:kworkerd
Download: download sample
Signature CoinMiner
File size:110'344 bytes
First seen:2026-06-20 21:15:40 UTC
Last seen:2026-06-21 01:18:19 UTC
File type: elf
MIME type:application/x-sharedlib
ssdeep 3072:xd41MFk5CMmOeYtZ0m+yKCrCfofRtLIoa+laT:xd41Me6OxnKCrCw3LIslaT
TLSH T158B30229E53C0981E53DD0F551BFE23066ADD4CBB2F81309F2C85CA02426CF1ADA7A5B
TrID 50.1% (.) ELF Executable and Linkable format (Linux) (4022/12)
49.8% (.O) ELF Executable and Linkable format (generic) (4000/1)
Magika elf
Reporter abuse_ch
Tags:CoinMiner elf mirai

Intelligence


File Origin
# of uploads :
3
# of downloads :
83
Origin country :
DE DE
Vendor Threat Intelligence
No detections
Result
Verdict:
Malware
Maliciousness:

Behaviour
DNS request
Opens a port
Collects information on the CPU
Creating a file in the %temp% directory
Changes access rights for a written file
Creating a file
Sends data to a server
Connection attempt
Receives data from a server
Runs as daemon
Sets a written file as executable
Deleting a recently created file
Launching a process
Manages services
Changes the time when the file was created, accessed, or modified
Creates or modifies files in /cron to set up autorun
Substitutes an application name
Deleting of the original file
Verdict:
Malicious
File Type:
elf.64.le
First seen:
2026-06-20T16:31:00Z UTC
Last seen:
2026-06-22T11:40:00Z UTC
Hits:
~100
Status:
terminated
Behavior Graph:
%3 guuid=71df4d32-1f00-0000-235a-7aa23b140000 pid=5179 /usr/bin/sudo guuid=c7e7f135-1f00-0000-235a-7aa242140000 pid=5186 /tmp/sample.bin write-file guuid=71df4d32-1f00-0000-235a-7aa23b140000 pid=5179->guuid=c7e7f135-1f00-0000-235a-7aa242140000 pid=5186 execve guuid=c22bb938-1f00-0000-235a-7aa243140000 pid=5187 /tmp/sample.bin zombie guuid=c7e7f135-1f00-0000-235a-7aa242140000 pid=5186->guuid=c22bb938-1f00-0000-235a-7aa243140000 pid=5187 clone guuid=5b1beb38-1f00-0000-235a-7aa244140000 pid=5188 /tmp/sample.bin delete-file net send-data write-config write-file zombie guuid=c22bb938-1f00-0000-235a-7aa243140000 pid=5187->guuid=5b1beb38-1f00-0000-235a-7aa244140000 pid=5188 clone ffee5cfb-bb94-52c2-8935-ae3a87e774db 127.0.0.1:42780 guuid=5b1beb38-1f00-0000-235a-7aa244140000 pid=5188->ffee5cfb-bb94-52c2-8935-ae3a87e774db con 0a8043c9-917f-591f-8444-89639bba3210 91.239.211.89:8000 guuid=5b1beb38-1f00-0000-235a-7aa244140000 pid=5188->0a8043c9-917f-591f-8444-89639bba3210 send: 513B 54d92a3b-1447-55af-b534-047898c60c8d 1.1.1.1:53 guuid=5b1beb38-1f00-0000-235a-7aa244140000 pid=5188->54d92a3b-1447-55af-b534-047898c60c8d send: 80B guuid=5b1beb38-1f00-0000-235a-7aa244140000 pid=5189 /tmp/sample.bin guuid=5b1beb38-1f00-0000-235a-7aa244140000 pid=5188->guuid=5b1beb38-1f00-0000-235a-7aa244140000 pid=5189 clone guuid=0f4c853a-1f00-0000-235a-7aa246140000 pid=5190 /usr/bin/dash guuid=5b1beb38-1f00-0000-235a-7aa244140000 pid=5188->guuid=0f4c853a-1f00-0000-235a-7aa246140000 pid=5190 execve guuid=30595f7a-1f00-0000-235a-7aa25c140000 pid=5212 /usr/bin/dash guuid=5b1beb38-1f00-0000-235a-7aa244140000 pid=5188->guuid=30595f7a-1f00-0000-235a-7aa25c140000 pid=5212 execve guuid=529a14ce-1f00-0000-235a-7aa276140000 pid=5238 /usr/bin/dash guuid=5b1beb38-1f00-0000-235a-7aa244140000 pid=5188->guuid=529a14ce-1f00-0000-235a-7aa276140000 pid=5238 execve guuid=73719bce-1f00-0000-235a-7aa278140000 pid=5240 /usr/bin/dash guuid=5b1beb38-1f00-0000-235a-7aa244140000 pid=5188->guuid=73719bce-1f00-0000-235a-7aa278140000 pid=5240 execve guuid=5b1beb38-1f00-0000-235a-7aa244140000 pid=5242 /tmp/sample.bin guuid=5b1beb38-1f00-0000-235a-7aa244140000 pid=5188->guuid=5b1beb38-1f00-0000-235a-7aa244140000 pid=5242 clone guuid=5b1beb38-1f00-0000-235a-7aa244140000 pid=5282 /tmp/sample.bin guuid=5b1beb38-1f00-0000-235a-7aa244140000 pid=5188->guuid=5b1beb38-1f00-0000-235a-7aa244140000 pid=5282 clone guuid=42dcb83a-1f00-0000-235a-7aa247140000 pid=5191 /usr/bin/systemctl guuid=0f4c853a-1f00-0000-235a-7aa246140000 pid=5190->guuid=42dcb83a-1f00-0000-235a-7aa247140000 pid=5191 execve guuid=ea51937a-1f00-0000-235a-7aa25d140000 pid=5213 /usr/bin/systemctl guuid=30595f7a-1f00-0000-235a-7aa25c140000 pid=5212->guuid=ea51937a-1f00-0000-235a-7aa25d140000 pid=5213 execve guuid=51cb70ce-1f00-0000-235a-7aa277140000 pid=5239 /usr/bin/dash guuid=529a14ce-1f00-0000-235a-7aa276140000 pid=5238->guuid=51cb70ce-1f00-0000-235a-7aa277140000 pid=5239 clone guuid=5383f1ce-1f00-0000-235a-7aa279140000 pid=5241 /usr/bin/dash guuid=73719bce-1f00-0000-235a-7aa278140000 pid=5240->guuid=5383f1ce-1f00-0000-235a-7aa279140000 pid=5241 clone
Result
Threat name:
Detection:
malicious
Classification:
troj.spyw.evad.mine
Score:
76 / 100
Signature
Executes itself again with its parent PID as an argument (indicative of hampering debugging)
Executes the "crontab" command typically for achieving persistence
Found strings related to Crypto-Mining
Opens /sys/class/net/* files useful for querying network interface information
Performs DNS TXT record lookups
Sample deletes itself
Sample tries to persist itself using cron
Yara detected Xmrig cryptocurrency miner
Behaviour
Behavior Graph:
behaviorgraph top1 dnsIp2 2 Behavior Graph ID: 1931389 Sample: kworkerd.elf Startdate: 20/06/2026 Architecture: LINUX Score: 76 57 api.robotmarkethub.com 2->57 59 91.239.211.89, 36028, 43462, 80 HOSTKEY-ASNL Germany 2->59 61 4 other IPs or domains 2->61 65 Yara detected Xmrig cryptocurrency miner 2->65 10 kworkerd.elf 2->10         started        13 systemd sh 2->13         started        15 systemd snapd-env-generator 2->15         started        17 3 other processes 2->17 signatures3 67 Performs DNS TXT record lookups 57->67 process4 signatures5 69 Found strings related to Crypto-Mining 10->69 19 kworkerd.elf 10->19         started        21 sh wget 13->21         started        24 sh sh 13->24         started        26 sh rm 13->26         started        process6 file7 28 kworkerd.elf 19->28         started        51 /tmp/..redis-sentinel, Bourne-Again 21->51 dropped process8 file9 55 /var/spool/cron/crontabs/root, ASCII 28->55 dropped 75 Opens /sys/class/net/* files useful for querying network interface information 28->75 77 Sample deletes itself 28->77 79 Sample tries to persist itself using cron 28->79 32 kworkerd.elf sh 28->32         started        35 kworkerd.elf sh 28->35         started        37 kworkerd.elf sh 28->37         started        39 kworkerd.elf sh 28->39         started        signatures10 process11 signatures12 63 Executes itself again with its parent PID as an argument (indicative of hampering debugging) 32->63 41 sh crontab 32->41         started        45 sh crontab 35->45         started        47 sh systemctl 37->47         started        49 sh systemctl 39->49         started        process13 file14 53 /var/spool/cron/crontabs/tmp.JfHnhm, ASCII 41->53 dropped 71 Sample tries to persist itself using cron 41->71 73 Executes the "crontab" command typically for achieving persistence 41->73 signatures15
Threat name:
Linux.Backdoor.Mirai
Status:
Malicious
First seen:
2026-06-20 21:16:40 UTC
File Type:
ELF64 Little (SO)
AV detection:
8 of 24 (33.33%)
Threat level:
  5/5
Result
Malware family:
n/a
Score:
  7/10
Tags:
antivm defense_evasion discovery execution linux persistence privilege_escalation
Behaviour
Enumerates kernel/hardware configuration
Reads runtime system information
Writes file to tmp directory
Changes its process name
Checks CPU configuration
Reads system network configuration
Creates/modifies Cron job
Enumerates active TCP sockets
Enumerates running processes
Modifies systemd
Reads MAC address of network interface
Deletes itself
Modifies Watchdog functionality
Please note that we are no longer able to provide a coverage score for Virus Total.

File information


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Web download

CoinMiner

elf c1e97858d11f97a0157f31aeb413c76ecd9cd96062929e2e659ae9e3c0dc78c4

(this sample)

  
Delivery method
Distributed via web download

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