Coinminer.SH.HADGLIDER.A

May 07, 2020
 Analysis by: Alyssa Christelle Ramos
 PLATFORM:

Linux

 OVERALL RISK RATING:
 DAMAGE POTENTIAL:
 DISTRIBUTION POTENTIAL:
 REPORTED INFECTION:
 INFORMATION EXPOSURE:

  • Threat Type: Coinminer

  • Destructiveness: No

  • Encrypted: No

  • In the wild: Yes

  OVERVIEW

Infection Channel:

Downloaded from the Internet, Dropped by other malware

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.

However, as of this writing, the said sites are inaccessible. It uses the system's central processing unit (CPU) and/or graphical processing unit (GPU) resources to mine cryptocurrency.

  TECHNICAL DETAILS

File Size:

679 bytes

File Type:

Other

Memory Resident:

No

Initial Samples Received Date:

04 May 2020

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 does the following:

  • It tries to connect to an arbitrary URL/IP randomly to get a list of IP addresses and tries to connect to it and scans for the following open Docker ports:
    • 2375
    • 2376
    • 2377
    • 4244
    • 4243
  • Once it is connected to an arbitrary URL/IP, it connects to the following website(s) to download and execute a malicious file:

However, as of this writing, the said sites are inaccessible.

It uses the system's central processing unit (CPU) and/or graphical processing unit (GPU) resources to mine cryptocurrency. This behavior makes the system run abnormally slow.

  SOLUTION

Minimum Scan Engine:

9.850

FIRST VSAPI PATTERN FILE:

15.850.01

FIRST VSAPI PATTERN DATE:

05 May 2020

VSAPI OPR PATTERN File:

15.851.00

VSAPI OPR PATTERN Date:

06 May 2020

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