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Database Entry



CoinMiner


Vendor detections: 13


Intelligence 13 IOCs YARA 2 File information Comments

SHA256 hash: c8c58693fa23022dea36954ec1a414726cf48425c12e9e2bf1b19353ced8115d
SHA3-384 hash: 8f25422ba9df6aa445471f283b9793208c26b1cf439538bda67971ab0a9f83df7a2293fad50489b297871a46d9f35db4
SHA1 hash: aeaf7ca7b4cf27a352ce5e5349395425059c6423
MD5 hash: 62e68e55a5050609851970bfb8c16191
humanhash: video-alpha-india-ten
File name:file
Download: download sample
Signature CoinMiner
File size:10'752 bytes
First seen:2026-08-31 16:08:03 UTC
Last seen:2026-09-01 04:35:53 UTC
File type:Executable exe
MIME type:application/x-dosexec
imphash 42cf01d41ef6dc0627982490afc9cddd (130 x CoinMiner, 12 x Phorpiex, 1 x Phorphiex)
ssdeep 192:52oPWyeqBMqdx+eqlfisUPFJxTEZmFhS2cf:52o4OwZFJUPFwZf
TLSH T10A22182AAE854231E7F009B45674478FA13D46736387F3EBF733E5590AA61498440BAF
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://178.16.54.109/2

Intelligence


File Origin
# of uploads :
20
# of downloads :
146
Origin country :
US US
Vendor Threat Intelligence
No detections
Malware family:
phorpiex
ID:
1
File name:
exe
Verdict:
Malicious activity
Analysis date:
2026-08-31 16:35:29 UTC
Tags:
loader phorpiex botnet auto coinminer miner auto-reg ip-check xmrig winring0-sys vuln-driver stealer

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

Behaviour
Sending an HTTP GET request to an infection source
Creating a file in the %temp% directory
Launching a service
Connection attempt to an infection source
Verdict:
inconclusive
YARA:
4 match(es)
Tags:
Executable PE (Portable Executable) PE File Layout Win 32 Exe x86
Threat name:
Win32.Worm.Phorpiex
Status:
Malicious
First seen:
2026-08-31 16:08:22 UTC
File Type:
PE (Exe)
Extracted files:
1
AV detection:
26 of 36 (72.22%)
Threat level:
  5/5
Verdict:
malicious
Label(s):
Phorpiex unc_loader_055 unc_stealer_015
Result
Malware family:
Score:
  10/10
Tags:
family:needle_stealer family:phorphiex family:xmrig defense_evasion discovery execution loader miner persistence spyware stealer trojan worm
Behaviour
GoLang User-Agent
Kills process with taskkill
Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
Launches sc.exe
Suspicious use of SetThreadContext
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
Detects NeedleStealer payload
Family: NeedleStealer
Family: Phorphiex, Phorpiex
Family: xmrig
Malware Config
C2 Extraction:
http://178.16.54.109/s/
http://178.16.54.109/b/
http://178.16.54.109/us/
http://130.12.180.135:3000/api/v2
Unpacked files
SH256 hash:
c8c58693fa23022dea36954ec1a414726cf48425c12e9e2bf1b19353ced8115d
MD5 hash:
62e68e55a5050609851970bfb8c16191
SHA1 hash:
aeaf7ca7b4cf27a352ce5e5349395425059c6423
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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 c8c58693fa23022dea36954ec1a414726cf48425c12e9e2bf1b19353ced8115d

(this sample)

  
Dropped by
Phorpiex
  
Delivery method
Distributed via web download

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