COINMINER.LINUX.KORKERDS.AB
Linux
Threat Type: Coinminer
Destructiveness: No
Encrypted: Yes
In the wild: Yes
OVERVIEW
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.
It uses the system's central processing unit (CPU) and/or graphical processing unit (GPU) resources to mine cryptocurrency.
TECHNICAL DETAILS
487,424 bytes
ELF
No
25 Oct 2018
Connects to URLs/IPs
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 uses the following details for its coin mining routine:
- Algorithim"cryptonight"
- Username:"46FtfupUcayUCqG7Xs7YHREgp4GW3CGvLN4aHiggaYd75WvHM74Tpg1FVEM8fFHFYDSabM3rPpNApEBY4Q4wcEMd3BM4Ava.ten_y"
- Password: "CN2"
- URLs: {BLOCKED}m+tcp://{BLOCKED}.{BLOCKED}mr.ru:56415
- Connects to the following URL as part of its coin mining routine:
- {BLOCKED}m+tcp://{BLOCKED}.{BLOCKED}mr.ru:56415
It accepts the following parameters:
- -h, --help -> show help
- -v, --version ->show version number
- -V, --version-long ->show long version number
- -c, --config FILE ->common miner configuration file
- -C, --poolconf FILE ->pool configuration file
- --benchmark BLOCKVERSION ->ONLY do a benchmark and exit
- --benchwait WAIT_SEC -> benchmark wait time
- --benchwork WORK_SEC ->benchmark work time
- --noCPU -> disable the CPU miner backend
- --cpu FILE ->CPU backend miner config file
- The following options can be used for automatic start without a guided config, If config exists then this pool will be top priority.
- -o, --url URL ->pool url and port, e.g. {BLOCKED}.{BLOCKED}ool.com:3333
- -O, --tls-url URL ->TLS pool url and port, e.g. {BLOCKED}.{BLOCKED}ool.com:10443
- -u, --user USERNAME ->pool user name or wallet address
- -r, --rigid RIGID ->rig identifier for pool-side statistics (needs pool support)
- -p, --pass PASSWD ->pool password, in the most cases x or empty ""
- --use-nicehash ->the pool should run in nicehash mode
- --currency NAME ->currency to mine
- Supported coin options:
- - aeon7
- - bbscoin
- - bittube
- - cryptonight
- - cryptonight_bittube2
- - cryptonight_masari
- - cryptonight_haven
- - cryptonight_heavy
- - cryptonight_lite
- - cryptonight_lite_v7
- - cryptonight_lite_v7_xor
- - cryptonight_v7
- - cryptonight_v7_stellite
- - graft
- - haven
- - intense
- - masari
- - monero7
- - ryo
- - stellite
- - turtlecoin
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
14.588.05
26 Oct 2018
14.589.00
27 Oct 2018
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