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DITEKSHEN_MALWARE_Win_Coinminer01

Detects coinmining malware

MalwareCoinminer01ditekSHen detectionBSD 2-Clause LicenseCompiles with YARA-X
Author
ditekSHen
Date
2020-11-06
Modified
2024-11-01
Score / Quality
75 / 75

What this rule detects

Detects coinmining malware

Associated malware family: Coinminer01.

Targets: Windows PE.

It defines 5 patterns (5 text, 0 hex, 0 regex).

Summary generated from the rule's metadata and condition.

Rule source

Download .yar
malware-win-coinminer01.yarBSD 2-Clause License
rule DITEKSHEN_MALWARE_Win_Coinminer01 : FILE
{
	meta:
		description = "Detects coinmining malware"
		author = "ditekSHen"
		id = "739e7cea-c6b6-5add-86d4-382b00e2b645"
		date = "2020-11-06"
		modified = "2024-11-01"
		reference = "https://github.com/ditekshen/detection"
		source_url = "https://github.com/ditekshen/detection/blob/e76c93dcdedff04076380ffc60ea54e45b313635/yara/malware.yar#L5778-L5790"
		license_url = "https://github.com/ditekshen/detection/blob/e76c93dcdedff04076380ffc60ea54e45b313635/LICENSE.txt"
		logic_hash = "31a7531ecc7b8a35ba882c17d15bd3581e65b4b99dd3a7cb8bca8f6edf204114"
		score = 75
		quality = 75
		tags = "FILE"

	strings:
		$s1 = "-o pool." ascii wide
		$s2 = "--cpu-max-threads-hint" ascii wide
		$s3 = "-P stratum" ascii wide
		$s4 = "--farm-retries" ascii wide
		$dl = "github.com/ethereum-mining/ethminer/releases/download" ascii wide

	condition:
		uint16( 0 ) == 0x5a4d and ( 3 of ( $s* ) or ( $dl ) )
}

Strings (5 patterns)

IdentifierTypeValueModifiers
$s1text"-o pool."ascii wide
$s2text"--cpu-max-threads-hint"ascii wide
$s3text"-P stratum"ascii wide
$s4text"--farm-retries"ascii wide
$dltext"github.com/ethereum-mining/ethminer/releases/download"ascii wide

Condition

uint16( 0 ) == 0x5a4d and ( 3 of ( $s* ) or ( $dl ) )

In plain words (Heuristic)

  • The file must start with “MZ” — a Windows executable (PE).
  • At least 3 patterns in ( $s* ) must match.

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References

Licence & attribution

Author: ditekSHen

Source repository: ditekSHen detection @ e76c93dcde

Licence: BSD 2-Clause License (repository licence)

Copyright notice: Copyright 2021 by ditekSHen (https://github.com/ditekshen/detection).

Original rule

Mirrored via YARA Forge 20260927, which prefixes rule names with the source and adds normalised meta fields.

Rule id: 739e7cea-c6b6-5add-86d4-382b00e2b645

Tags:FILE

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