YARA · ditekSHen detection
DITEKSHEN_MALWARE_Win_Coinminer03
Detects coinmining malware
- Author
- ditekSHen
- Date
- 2020-11-06
- Modified
- 2024-11-01
- Score / Quality
- 75 / 75
What this rule detects
Detects coinmining malware
Associated malware family: Coinminer03.
Targets: Windows PE.
It defines 15 patterns (15 text, 0 hex, 0 regex).
Summary generated from the rule's metadata and condition.
Rule source
malware-win-coinminer03.yarBSD 2-Clause License
rule DITEKSHEN_MALWARE_Win_Coinminer03 : FILE
{
meta:
= "Detects coinmining malware"
= "ditekSHen"
= "e0e57557-7c46-5336-b904-c4c1f142bd81"
= "2020-11-06"
= "2024-11-01"
= "https://github.com/ditekshen/detection"
= "https://github.com/ditekshen/detection/blob/e76c93dcdedff04076380ffc60ea54e45b313635/yara/malware.yar#L7506-L7528"
= "https://github.com/ditekshen/detection/blob/e76c93dcdedff04076380ffc60ea54e45b313635/LICENSE.txt"
= "f22e1af955a0d132dda820fe5e5e1ae2f077b7264ce1f0125a2f37c0da6b6508"
= 75
= 75
= "FILE"
strings:
$s1 = "UnVzc2lhbiBTdGFuZGFyZCBUaW1l" wide
$s2 = "/xmrig" wide
$s3 = "/gminer" wide
$s4 = "-o {0} -u {1} -p {2} -k --cpu-priority 0 --threads={3}" wide
$s5 = "--algo ethash --server" wide
$s6 = "--algo kawpow --server" wide
$cnc1 = "/delonl.php?hwid=" fullword wide
$cnc2 = "/gateonl.php?hwid=" fullword wide
$cnc3 = "&cpuname=" fullword wide
$cnc4 = "&gpuname=" fullword wide
$cnc5 = "{0}/gate.php?hwid={1}&os={2}&cpu={3}&gpu={4}&dateinstall={5}&gpumem={6}" fullword wide
$cnc6 = "/del.php?hwid=" fullword wide
$f1 = "<StartGpuethGminer>b__" ascii
$f2 = "<StartGpuetcGminer>b__" ascii
$f3 = "<StartGpurvnGminer>b__" ascii
condition:
uint16( 0 ) == 0x5a4d and ( 3 of ( $cnc* ) or ( 2 of ( $f* ) and ( 1 of ( $s* ) or 1 of ( $f* ) ) ) or all of ( $f* ) or 5 of ( $s* ) )
}
Strings (15 patterns)
| Identifier | Type | Value | Modifiers |
|---|---|---|---|
| $s1 | text | "UnVzc2lhbiBTdGFuZGFyZCBUaW1l" | wide |
| $s2 | text | "/xmrig" | wide |
| $s3 | text | "/gminer" | wide |
| $s4 | text | "-o {0} -u {1} -p {2} -k --cpu-priority 0 --threads={3}" | wide |
| $s5 | text | "--algo ethash --server" | wide |
| $s6 | text | "--algo kawpow --server" | wide |
| $cnc1 | text | "/delonl.php?hwid=" | fullword wide |
| $cnc2 | text | "/gateonl.php?hwid=" | fullword wide |
| $cnc3 | text | "&cpuname=" | fullword wide |
| $cnc4 | text | "&gpuname=" | fullword wide |
| $cnc5 | text | "{0}/gate.php?hwid={1}&os={2}&cpu={3}&gpu={4}&dateinstall={5}&gpumem={6}" | fullword wide |
| $cnc6 | text | "/del.php?hwid=" | fullword wide |
| $f1 | text | "<StartGpuethGminer>b__" | ascii |
| $f2 | text | "<StartGpuetcGminer>b__" | ascii |
| $f3 | text | "<StartGpurvnGminer>b__" | ascii |
Condition
uint16( 0 ) == 0x5a4d and ( 3 of ( $cnc* ) or ( 2 of ( $f* ) and ( 1 of ( $s* ) or 1 of ( $f* ) ) ) or all of ( $f* ) or 5 of ( $s* ) )In plain words (Heuristic)
- The file must start with “MZ” — a Windows executable (PE).
- All patterns in ( $f* ) must match.
- At least 3 patterns in ( $cnc* ) must match.
- At least 2 patterns in ( $f* ) must match.
- At least 1 patterns in ( $s* ) must match.
- At least 1 patterns in ( $f* ) must match.
- At least 5 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).
Mirrored via YARA Forge 20260927, which prefixes rule names with the source and adds normalised meta fields.
Rule id: e0e57557-7c46-5336-b904-c4c1f142bd81
Tags:FILE
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