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DITEKSHEN_MALWARE_Win_Coinminingbot

Detects coinmining bot

MalwareCoinminingbotditekSHen 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 bot

Associated malware family: Coinminingbot.

Targets: Windows PE.

It defines 6 patterns (6 text, 0 hex, 0 regex).

Summary generated from the rule's metadata and condition.

Rule source

Download .yar
malware-win-coinminingbot.yarBSD 2-Clause License
rule DITEKSHEN_MALWARE_Win_Coinminingbot : FILE
{
	meta:
		description = "Detects coinmining bot"
		author = "ditekSHen"
		id = "df15bfbd-f531-5eaa-b160-ad8a1fbe992f"
		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#L5330-L5343"
		license_url = "https://github.com/ditekshen/detection/blob/e76c93dcdedff04076380ffc60ea54e45b313635/LICENSE.txt"
		logic_hash = "a307a6c9184e8f4068cfa89a8432ae017c8aab10b706ba065051f8749860c15c"
		score = 75
		quality = 75
		tags = "FILE"

	strings:
		$s1 = "FullScreenDetect" fullword ascii
		$s2 = "GetChildProcesses" fullword ascii
		$s3 = "HideBotPath" fullword ascii
		$s4 = "Inject" fullword ascii
		$s5 = "DownloadFile" fullword ascii
		$s6 = "/Data/GetUpdateInfo" wide

	condition:
		uint16( 0 ) == 0x5a4d and 5 of them
}

Strings (6 patterns)

IdentifierTypeValueModifiers
$s1text"FullScreenDetect"fullword ascii
$s2text"GetChildProcesses"fullword ascii
$s3text"HideBotPath"fullword ascii
$s4text"Inject"fullword ascii
$s5text"DownloadFile"fullword ascii
$s6text"/Data/GetUpdateInfo"wide

Condition

uint16( 0 ) == 0x5a4d and 5 of them

In plain words (Heuristic)

  • The file must start with “MZ” — a Windows executable (PE).
  • At least 5 patterns in the rule 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: df15bfbd-f531-5eaa-b160-ad8a1fbe992f

Tags:FILE

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