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cpuminer-gw64.exe

The Group

The application cpuminer-gw64.exe by The Group 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 3200.
Publisher:
The Group  (signed and verified)

MD5:
e3fa3a16034257861eafaf2ff7424862

SHA-1:
2391ed7278fd10757293f24b1cd519b46a53b572

SHA-256:
2b6a6f1da4de6e7f085d699f1d9a8d4fc6c9534a883ab329804941b704ed75d0

Scanner detections:
1 / 68

Status:
Potentially unwanted

Analysis date:
12/27/2024 6:49:31 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.BitcoinMiner.TheGroup.Meta (M)
15.6.28.1

File size:
1.4 MB (1,448,216 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win64 EXE)

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

Digital Signature
Signed by:
The Group

Authority:
COMODO CA Limited

Valid from:
5/31/2015 2:00:00 AM

Valid to:
5/31/2016 1:59:59 AM

Subject:
CN=The Group, O=The Group, STREET="vul. Gagarina, 5", L=Khmelnytskyy, S=Khmelnytska obl, PostalCode=29000, C=UA

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

Serial number:
47800CE335CF5196AC9AFB9061AA72E4

File PE Metadata
OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win64

Subsystem:
Windows Console

Linker version:
2.24

CTPH (ssdeep):
24576:F4XoohADz5QiGckN33ZplNTjgRYlXCdvquj85GpyyTWyP48uDY0ZIbsD6Nidw75g:FCGFQr93ZplNyGX+tBdTl4hDYGI4D8+h

Entry address:
0x38C8C0

Entry point:
53, 56, 57, 55, 48, 8D, 35, 5A, 47, EA, FF, 48, 8D, BE, DB, FF, DC, FF, 48, 8D, 87, 0C, AB, 37, 00, FF, 30, C7, 00, C0, E7, A1, B4, 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:
1.4 MB (1,425,408 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  (66.117.6.3:3200)

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