Coinminer.PS1.MALXMR.MOX

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.

It uses the system's central processing unit (CPU) and/or graphical processing unit (GPU) resources to mine cryptocurrency.

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 connects to the following URL:
  • {BLOCKED}1.{BLOCKED}y.com:443
  • {BLOCKED}1.{BLOCKED}h.com:443
  • {BLOCKED}1.{BLOCKED}g.com:443
• It 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
  • --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-port=N — port for the miner API
  • --api-access-token=T — access token for API
  • --api-worker-id=ID — custom worker-id for API
  • --api-id=ID — custom instance ID for API
  • --api-ipv6 — enable IPv6 support for API
  • --api-no-restricted — enable full remote access (only if API 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.