ELF64_COINMINER.G

 Analysis by: Wilbert Vidal

 ALIASES:

ELF/Coinminer.2274080 (AhnLab-V3); Tool.Linux.BtcMine.293 (DrWeb); Linux.Application.Agent.KNFPV5(GData)

 PLATFORM:

Linux

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

  • Threat Type: Trojan

  • Destructiveness: No

  • Encrypted: No

  • In the wild: Yes

  OVERVIEW

Infection Channel:

Downloaded from the Internet, Dropped by other malware


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

It connects to certain websites to send and receive information.

  TECHNICAL DETAILS

File Size:

2,274,080 bytes

File Type:

ELF

Memory Resident:

Yes

Initial Samples Received Date:

15 Dec 2017

Payload:

Mines bitcoins, Connects to URLs/IPs

Arrival Details

This Trojan 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 Trojan connects to the following website to send and receive information:

  • stratum+tcp://{BLOCKED}l.{BLOCKED}r.com:80

It does the following:

  • It uses a hardcoded credentials for the mining server.
  • This hacking tool is a coin miner used to generate bitcoins.
  • The mining process eats up a system's computing power. As such, infected systems sustain increased wear and tear from processing coin blocks and the infected systems will work abnormally slow.
  • accepts the following parameters:
    • -a, --algo=ALGO cryptonight (default) or cryptonightite
    • -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
    • -t, --threads=N number of miner threads
    • -v, --av=N algorithm variation, 0 auto select
    • -k, --keepalive send keepalived for prevent timeout (need pool support)
    • -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
    • --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
    • --nicehash enable nicehash/xmrig-proxy support
    • --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
    • -h, --help display this help and exit
    • -V, --version output version information and exit,0

  SOLUTION

Minimum Scan Engine:

9.850

FIRST VSAPI PATTERN FILE:

13.842.05

FIRST VSAPI PATTERN DATE:

14 Dec 2017

VSAPI OPR PATTERN File:

13.843.00

VSAPI OPR PATTERN Date:

15 Dec 2017

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