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cpuminer-gw64.exe

TELE MAKS, TOV

The application cpuminer-gw64.exe by TELE MAKS, TOV has been detected as a potentially unwanted program by 1 anti-malware scanner with very strong indications that the file is a potential threat. It is set to automatically execute when any user logs into Windows (through the local user run registry setting) with the name ‘cpuminer’. While running, it connects to the Internet address livingston.shortysmalls.biz on port 3202.
Publisher:
TELE MAKS, TOV  (signed and verified)

MD5:
ec2c3bafce30a5fe26f8080fa9e3c1e0

SHA-1:
135073b4a859d830bd75094431e5616d0cca14f6

SHA-256:
4d97c87d2caa770102a0b6cb7ca458ba107acff0e66e1a9187b9ed88b445e66e

Scanner detections:
1 / 68

Status:
Potentially unwanted

Analysis date:
11/24/2024 2:37:54 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.BitcoinMiner.TELEMAKSTOV.Meta
15.6.7.14

File size:
1.3 MB (1,354,016 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win64 EXE)

Common path:
C:\Windows\System32\cpuminer-gw64.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
TELE MAKS, TOV

Authority:
COMODO CA Limited

Valid from:
5/28/2015 2:00:00 AM

Valid to:
5/28/2016 1:59:59 AM

Subject:
CN="TELE MAKS, TOV", O="TELE MAKS, TOV", STREET="Bud. 1 Litera Ch, vul.Magnitogorska", L=Kiev, S=Kiev, PostalCode=02094, C=UA

Issuer:
CN=COMODO RSA Code Signing CA, O=COMODO CA Limited, L=Salford, S=Greater Manchester, C=GB

Serial number:
009DE6D11840C4D7D02B3DB3EB46E21329

File PE Metadata
OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win64

Subsystem:
Windows Console

Linker version:
2.24

CTPH (ssdeep):
24576:wvYR8jy/hw1ZQw8GUoGrY3RAMV1Cv2iiumEqNK88xuU2KVWn:wvHjy/eDQJGpAM7C3i9K88gU2D

Entry address:
0x3686F0

Entry point:
53, 56, 57, 55, 48, 8D, 35, 2A, B9, EB, FF, 48, 8D, BE, DB, CF, DD, FF, 48, 8D, 87, CC, 6B, 35, 00, FF, 30, C7, 00, FF, FF, 7B, 55, 50, 57, 31, DB, 31, C9, 48, 83, CD, FF, E8, 50, 00, 00, 00, 01, DB, 74, 02, F3, C3, 8B, 1E, 48, 83, EE, FC, 11, DB, 8A, 16, F3, C3, 48, 8D, 04, 2F, 83, F9, 05, 8A, 10, 76, 21, 48, 83, FD, FC, 77, 1B, 83, E9, 04, 8B, 10, 48, 83, C0, 04, 83, E9, 04, 89, 17, 48, 8D, 7F, 04, 73, EF, 83, C1, 04, 8A, 10, 74, 10, 48, FF, C0, 88, 17, 83, E9, 01, 8A, 10, 48, 8D, 7F, 01, 75, F0, F3, C3...
 
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Code size:
1.3 MB (1,331,200 bytes)

Startup File (All Users Run)
Registry location:
HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run

Name:
cpuminer

Command:
C:\Windows\System32\cpuminer-gw64.exe


The executing file has been seen to make the following network communication in live environments.

TCP:
Connects to livingston.shortysmalls.biz  (66.117.6.3:3202)

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