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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 2 anti-malware scanners. While running, it connects to the Internet address livingston.shortysmalls.biz on port 3200.
Publisher:
The Group  (signed and verified)

MD5:
4059067fe0adb2239b4774487802f8c5

SHA-1:
966ac1432afaa705813cac1561789458255e2089

SHA-256:
ae0ea4ea293f27cce617ab13116bcaa6ebfb2ade85e7f7bbe9858fddc6837e1a

Scanner detections:
2 / 68

Status:
Potentially unwanted

Analysis date:
12/27/2024 6:30:38 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

avast!
Win32:Miner-B [PUP]
2014.9-150627

Reason Heuristics
PUP.BitcoinMiner.TheGroup.Meta (M)
15.6.27.6

File size:
3.5 MB (3,668,760 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:
5/30/2015 5:00:00 PM

Valid to:
5/30/2016 4:59:59 PM

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):
49152:UIaHrIGiyYJZL3n9OZYuco02BytXZzt172lGvbc8r4MTUFfEEKR:xFGIJZ9OdczHrCUdn

Entry address:
0x14D0

Entry point:
48, 83, EC, 28, C7, 05, 42, A6, 37, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, E8, BD, 8B, 28, 00, E8, 98, FC, FF, FF, 90, 90, 48, 83, C4, 28, C3, 90, 48, 83, EC, 38, 4C, 89, 4C, 24, 58, 4C, 8D, 4C, 24, 58, 4C, 89, 4C, 24, 28, E8, 68, 97, 28, 00, 48, 83, C4, 38, C3, 0F, 1F, 00, 53, 48, 83, EC, 20, 85, C9, 89, CB, 74, 1D, FF, 15, DF, D5, 37, 00, 48, 8D, 15, D8, 1A, 2A, 00, 48, 8D, 48, 60, E8, BF, 6B, 10, 00, 89, D9, E8, C8, F1, 28, 00, 48, 8D, 0D, 41, 38, 2A, 00, E8, DC, 6B, 10, 00, EB, EB, 66, 2E, 0F, 1F, 84, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00...
 
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Entropy:
6.6544

Code size:
2.6 MB (2,689,536 bytes)

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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