Analysis by: Bren Matthew Ebriega
 Modified by: Karen Ivy Titiwa
 PLATFORM:

Windows

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

  • Threat Type: Coinminer

  • Destructiveness: No

  • Encrypted: No

  • In the wild: Yes

  OVERVIEW

Canal de infección Downloaded from the Internet, Dropped by other malware

This Coinminer may arrive bundled with malware packages as a malware component. It arrives on a system as a file dropped by other malware or as a file downloaded unknowingly by users when visiting malicious sites.

It requires its main component to successfully perform its intended routine.

  TECHNICAL DETAILS

Tamaño del archivo 2,441 bytes
Tipo de archivo Other
Residente en memoria Yes
Fecha de recepción de las muestras iniciales 09 Nov 2020
Carga útil Connects to URLs/IPs

Arrival Details

This Coinminer may arrive bundled with malware packages as a malware component.

It 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 requires its main component to successfully perform its intended routine.

It does the following:

  • It uses the following details for it's coinmining routine:
    • Mining Pool:
      • xmr.{BLOCKED}g.com:3333

  SOLUTION

Motor de exploración mínimo 9.800
Primer archivo de patrones de VSAPI 16.346.07
Primera fecha de publicación de patrones de VSAPI 12 Nov 2020
Versión de patrones OPR de VSAPI 16.347.00
Fecha de publicación de patrones OPR de VSAPI 13 Nov 2020

Step 1

Before doing any scans, Windows 7, Windows 8, Windows 8.1, and Windows 10 users must disable System Restore to allow full scanning of their computers.

Step 2

Scan your computer with your Trend Micro product to delete files detected as Coinminer.Win32.MALXMR.CFG. If the detected files have already been cleaned, deleted, or quarantined by your Trend Micro product, no further step is required. You may opt to simply delete the quarantined files. Please check the following Trend Micro Support pages for more information:


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