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DITEKSHEN_MALWARE_Win_Coinminer03

Detects coinmining malware

MalwareCoinminer03ditekSHen 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: 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:
		description = "Detects coinmining malware"
		author = "ditekSHen"
		id = "e0e57557-7c46-5336-b904-c4c1f142bd81"
		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#L7506-L7528"
		license_url = "https://github.com/ditekshen/detection/blob/e76c93dcdedff04076380ffc60ea54e45b313635/LICENSE.txt"
		logic_hash = "f22e1af955a0d132dda820fe5e5e1ae2f077b7264ce1f0125a2f37c0da6b6508"
		score = 75
		quality = 75
		tags = "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)

IdentifierTypeValueModifiers
$s1text"UnVzc2lhbiBTdGFuZGFyZCBUaW1l"wide
$s2text"/xmrig"wide
$s3text"/gminer"wide
$s4text"-o {0} -u {1} -p {2} -k --cpu-priority 0 --threads={3}"wide
$s5text"--algo ethash --server"wide
$s6text"--algo kawpow --server"wide
$cnc1text"/delonl.php?hwid="fullword wide
$cnc2text"/gateonl.php?hwid="fullword wide
$cnc3text"&cpuname="fullword wide
$cnc4text"&gpuname="fullword wide
$cnc5text"{0}/gate.php?hwid={1}&os={2}&cpu={3}&gpu={4}&dateinstall={5}&gpumem={6}"fullword wide
$cnc6text"/del.php?hwid="fullword wide
$f1text"<StartGpuethGminer>b__"ascii
$f2text"<StartGpuetcGminer>b__"ascii
$f3text"<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).

Original rule

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