Coinminer.Linux.MALXMR.UWEJJ
Linux.Coinminer(Norton)
Linux
Threat Type: Coinminer
Destructiveness: No
Encrypted: No
In the wild: Yes
OVERVIEW
Dropped by other malware
This Coinminer may be downloaded by other malware/grayware from remote sites.
It uses the system's central processing unit (CPU) and/or graphical processing unit (GPU) resources to mine cryptocurrency.
TECHNICAL DETAILS
2,774,416 bytes
ELF
Yes
15 May 2019
Hogs resources
Arrival Details
This Coinminer may be downloaded by the following malware/grayware from remote sites:
Other Details
This Coinminer does the following:
- It uses the following details on its coin mining routine:
- algorithm:"cryptonight"
- URL:{BLOCKED}r.{BLOCKED}l.com:13531
- User:43zqYTWj1JG1H1idZFQWwJZLTos3hbJ5iR3tJpEtwEi43UBbzPeaQxCRysdjYTtdc8aHao7csiWa5BTP9PfNYzyfSbbrwoR.xmrxmr2019
- Password:x
- Accepts the following parameters:
- -a, --algo=ALGO specify the algorithm to use
- cryptonight
- cryptonight-lite
- cryptonight-heavy
- -o, --url=URL URL of mining server
- -O, --userpass=U:P username:password pair for mining server
- -u, --user=USERNAME username for mining server
- -p, --pass=PASSWORD password for mining server
- --rig-id=ID rig identifier for pool-side statistics (needs pool support)
- -t, --threads=N number of miner threads
- -v, --av=N algorithm variation, 0 auto select
- -k, --keepalive send keepalived packet for prevent timeout (needs pool support)
- --nicehash enable nicehash.com support
- --tls enable SSL/TLS support (needs pool support)
- --tls-fingerprint=F pool TLS certificate fingerprint, if set enable strict certificate pinning
- -r, --retries=N number of times to retry before switch to backup server (default: 5)
- -R, --retry-pause=N time to pause between retries (default: 5)
- --cpu-affinity set process affinity to CPU core(s), mask 0x3 for cores 0 and 1
- --cpu-priority set process priority (0 idle, 2 normal to 5 highest)
- --no-huge-pages disable huge pages support
- --no-color disable colored output
- --variant algorithm PoW variant
- --donate-level=N donate level, default 5%% (5 minutes in 100 minutes)
- --user-agent set custom user-agent string for pool
- -B, --background run the miner in the background
- -c, --config=FILE load a JSON-format configuration file
- -l, --log-file=FILE log all output to a file
- -S, --syslog use system log for output messages
- --max-cpu-usage=N maximum CPU usage for automatic threads mode (default 75)
- --safe safe adjust threads and av settings for current CPU
- --asm=ASM ASM code for cn/2, possible values: auto, none, intel, ryzen, bulldozer.
- --print-time=N print hashrate report every N seconds
- --api-worker-id=ID custom worker-id for API
- --api-id=ID custom instance ID for API
- --http-enabled enable HTTP API
- --http-host=HOST bind host for HTTP API (by default 127.0.0.1)
- --http-port=N bind port for HTTP API
- --http-access-token=T access token for HTTP API
- --http-no-restricted enable full remote access to HTTP API (only if access token set)
- --dry-run test configuration and exit
- -h, --help display this help and exit
- -V, --version output version information and exit
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
9.850
15.112.02
15 May 2019
15.113.00
16 May 2019
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