COINMINER_MALXMR.BA-ELF32

 Analysis by: Rheniel Rhay Ramos

 ALIASES:

Andr/AdbMiner-A (Sophos)

 PLATFORM:

Android

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

  • Threat Type: Coinminer

  • Destructiveness: No

  • Encrypted: No

  • In the wild: Yes

  OVERVIEW

This Coinminer arrives as a component bundled with malware/grayware packages.

  TECHNICAL DETAILS

File Size:

588,348 bytes

File Type:

ELF

Memory Resident:

No

Initial Samples Received Date:

07 Feb 2018

Arrival Details

This Coinminer arrives as a component bundled with malware/grayware packages.

Other Details

This Coinminer does the following:

  • It uses the following as its config file:
    • config.json -> detected as Coinminer_MALXMR.B-CFG
  • It uses the following URLs as mining pools:
    • {BLOCKED}.{BLOCKED}.hashvault.pro:5555
    • {BLOCKED}.{BLOCKED}r.com:7777
  • It uses the following as username for the mining server or simply the wallet address:
    • 44XT4KvmobTQfeWa6PCQF5RDosr2MLWm43AsaE3o5iNRXXTfDbYk2VPHTVedTQHZyfXNzMn8YYF2466d3FSDT7gJS8gdHAr

  SOLUTION

Minimum Scan Engine:

9.850

FIRST VSAPI PATTERN FILE:

13.968.04

FIRST VSAPI PATTERN DATE:

15 Feb 2018

VSAPI OPR PATTERN File:

13.969.00

VSAPI OPR PATTERN Date:

16 Feb 2018

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Step 2

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