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Database Entry



CoinMiner


Vendor detections: 13


Intelligence 13 IOCs YARA 30 File information Comments

SHA256 hash: ebb62d8bb972d004cbe583b15bed4fccd7d003af90eb0530c5120c36cd7251a4
SHA3-384 hash: 010df5ee72b4d2a2fba3c306a45552cd6ade9af406f5fe51554bc698ee304f966597f8f53b0daec06cab561c5b036eb9
SHA1 hash: a4c964c694e69e3048690d57daff2ae3dee8a4e1
MD5 hash: 3707767f5b9befd038bed9cf5294e370
humanhash: two-cold-uncle-oregon
File name:file
Download: download sample
Signature CoinMiner
File size:10'240 bytes
First seen:2026-07-22 20:50:55 UTC
Last seen:2026-07-23 20:20:18 UTC
File type:Executable exe
MIME type:application/x-dosexec
imphash 42cf01d41ef6dc0627982490afc9cddd (97 x CoinMiner, 10 x Phorpiex)
ssdeep 96:NXlYd2osmYz/J4h2gNaBWdiJAD7lx+ZQRkThM6JPFJxGE9mZ2FFhxC7tCEiUun:LVosVWaBUx+eRQPFJxTEZmFhSiUu
TLSH T17722391A6E894231E39449F016F64B4E563D45737783B3EFF333D2880B996498411AAF
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://178.16.54.109/3

Intelligence


File Origin
# of uploads :
42
# of downloads :
183
Origin country :
US US
Vendor Threat Intelligence
No detections
Result
Verdict:
Malware
Maliciousness:

Behaviour
Creating a file in the %temp% directory
Creating a process from a recently created file
Сreating synchronization primitives
DNS request
Connection attempt
Sending an HTTP GET request
Connecting to a non-recommended domain
Sending a custom TCP request
Launching a service
Launching a process
Creating a service
Creating a file
Creating a file in the Windows subdirectories
Using the Windows Management Instrumentation requests
Connection attempt to an infection source
Query of malicious DNS domain
Enabling autorun for a service
Sending an HTTP GET request to an infection source
Unauthorized injection to a system process
Verdict:
Malicious
Threat level:
  10/10
Confidence:
100%
Tags:
anti-debug anti-debug anti-vm crypto evasive fingerprint microsoft_visual_cc phorpiex xor-url
Verdict:
Malicious
File Type:
exe x32
First seen:
2026-07-22T15:39:00Z UTC
Last seen:
2026-07-22T17:54:00Z UTC
Hits:
~1000
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:
2026-07-22 20:51:35 UTC
File Type:
PE (Exe)
Extracted files:
1
AV detection:
26 of 36 (72.22%)
Threat level:
  5/5
Result
Malware family:
Score:
  10/10
Tags:
family:phorphiex family:xmrig defense_evasion discovery execution loader miner persistence trojan worm
Behaviour
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
Stops running service(s)
Downloads MZ/PE file
XMRig Miner payload
Family: Phorphiex, Phorpiex
Family: xmrig
Malware Config
C2 Extraction:
http://178.16.55.240/
http://178.16.55.240/nmix/
http://178.16.55.240/nmixx/
http://178.16.55.240/last/
Unpacked files
SH256 hash:
ebb62d8bb972d004cbe583b15bed4fccd7d003af90eb0530c5120c36cd7251a4
MD5 hash:
3707767f5b9befd038bed9cf5294e370
SHA1 hash:
a4c964c694e69e3048690d57daff2ae3dee8a4e1
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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
Author:phoul (@phoul)
Description:Look for Blowfish constants
Rule name:CP_Script_Inject_Detector
Author:DiegoAnalytics
Description:Detects attempts to inject code into another process across PE, ELF, Mach-O binaries
Rule name:DebuggerCheck__API
Reference:https://github.com/naxonez/yaraRules/blob/master/AntiDebugging.yara
Rule name:DebuggerCheck__QueryInfo
Reference:https://github.com/naxonez/yaraRules/blob/master/AntiDebugging.yara
Rule name:DebuggerException__SetConsoleCtrl
Reference:https://github.com/naxonez/yaraRules/blob/master/AntiDebugging.yara
Rule name:DetectEncryptedVariants
Author:Zinyth
Description:Detects 'encrypted' in ASCII, Unicode, base64, or hex-encoded
Rule name:golang_bin_JCorn_CSC846
Author:Justin Cornwell
Description:CSC-846 Golang detection ruleset
Rule name:ldpreload
Author:xorseed
Reference:https://stuff.rop.io/
Rule name:MacOS_Cryptominer_Xmrig_241780a1
Author:Elastic Security
Rule name:MALWARE_Win_CoinMiner02
Author:ditekSHen
Description:Detects coinmining malware
Rule name:MAL_XMR_Miner_May19_1
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
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
Author:phoul (@phoul)
Description:Look for MD5 constants
Rule name:Mimikatz_Generic
Author:Still
Description:attempts to match all variants of Mimikatz
Rule name:Multi_Cryptominer_Xmrig_f9516741
Author:Elastic Security
Rule name:pe_detect_tls_callbacks
Rule name:RANSOMWARE
Author:ToroGuitar
Rule name:rig_win64_xmrig_6_13_1_xmrig
Author:yarGen Rule Generator
Description:rig_win64 - file xmrig.exe
Reference:https://github.com/Neo23x0/yarGen
Rule name:RIPEMD160_Constants
Author:phoul (@phoul)
Description:Look for RIPEMD-160 constants
Rule name:SEH__vectored
Reference:https://github.com/naxonez/yaraRules/blob/master/AntiDebugging.yara
Rule name:SHA1_Constants
Author:phoul (@phoul)
Description:Look for SHA1 constants
Rule name:SHA512_Constants
Author:phoul (@phoul)
Description:Look for SHA384/SHA512 constants
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/
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.
Rule name:WHIRLPOOL_Constants
Author:phoul (@phoul)
Description:Look for WhirlPool constants
Rule name:Windows_Cryptominer_Generic_f53cfb9b
Author:Elastic Security
Rule name:Win_FakeInstaller_PythonShellcodeLoader_Crepectl_2026
Author:SixHands
Description:Detects the analyzed fake installer sample using .key config, XOR key, and Python/fiber shellcode loader traits
Rule name:XMRIG_Monero_Miner
Author:Florian Roth (Nextron Systems)
Description:Detects Monero mining software
Reference:https://github.com/xmrig/xmrig/releases
Rule name:xmrig_v1
Author:RandomMalware

File information


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

Web download

CoinMiner

Executable exe ebb62d8bb972d004cbe583b15bed4fccd7d003af90eb0530c5120c36cd7251a4

(this sample)

  
Dropped by
Phorpiex
  
Delivery method
Distributed via web download

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