Coinminer.Win32.MALXMR.AME

January 19, 2019

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 Analysis by: John Donnie Celestre

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 ALIASES:

Trojan.Miner.BA (BITDEFENDER); Trojan.Win32.Inject.akyym (KASPERSKY)

 PLATFORM:

Windows

 OVERALL RISK RATING:

 DAMAGE POTENTIAL:

 DISTRIBUTION POTENTIAL:

 REPORTED INFECTION:

 SYSTEM IMPACT RATING:

 INFORMATION EXPOSURE:

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  Threat Type: Coinminer
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  Destructiveness: No
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  Encrypted: Yes
• 
  In the wild: Yes

  OVERVIEW

This Coinminer arrives on a system as a file dropped by other malware or as a file downloaded unknowingly by users when visiting malicious sites.

  TECHNICAL DETAILS

File Size:

1,125,376 bytes

File Type:

EXE

Initial Samples Received Date:

17 Jan 2019

Arrival Details

This Coinminer arrives on a system as a file dropped by other malware or as a file downloaded unknowingly by users when visiting malicious sites.

Other Details

This Coinminer connects to the following possibly malicious URL:

• 8.{BLOCKED}.251.{BLOCKED}
• 8.{BLOCKED}.15.{BLOCKED}

  SOLUTION

Minimum Scan Engine:

9.850

FIRST VSAPI PATTERN FILE:

14.758.04

FIRST VSAPI PATTERN DATE:

18 Jan 2019

VSAPI OPR PATTERN File:

14.759.00

VSAPI OPR PATTERN Date:

19 Jan 2019

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