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cpuminer-gw64.exe

DZHPI-PROEKT

The application cpuminer-gw64.exe by DZHPI-PROEKT 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 3201.
Publisher:
DZHPI-PROEKT  (signed and verified)

MD5:
aeed08f2af685a9d1ca9436f9ba4c80b

SHA-1:
ce37e46d7780dc53699ed85a7091af457fd71f0b

SHA-256:
d2a03b463ddc8160471322d90d184097f6430e277635113252254e79776d8609

Scanner detections:
1 / 68

Status:
Potentially unwanted

Analysis date:
11/24/2024 2:53:07 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.BitcoinMiner.DZHPIPROEKT.Meta
15.6.13.16

File size:
1.3 MB (1,413,920 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win64 EXE)

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

Digital Signature
Signed by:
DZHPI-PROEKT

Authority:
COMODO CA Limited

Valid from:
5/28/2015 3:00:00 AM

Valid to:
5/28/2016 2:59:59 AM

Subject:
CN=DZHPI-PROEKT, O=DZHPI-PROEKT, STREET="vul. Hrafa Fon Shenborna, 49", L=Mukacheve, S=Zakarpatska, PostalCode=89600, C=UA

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

Serial number:
391A6404F6B8400F91E0D33039F075C3

File PE Metadata
OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win64

Subsystem:
Windows Console

Linker version:
2.24

CTPH (ssdeep):
24576:QqEolufDui7KQO//Vbd/62zmIrMDOz7KHXlE/2ynf4CbCy49/Q7xjPYR:QroYL7KF/L6nLOzYYPdCy49/Q7xjPY

Entry address:
0x38B150

Entry point:
53, 56, 57, 55, 48, 8D, 35, CA, CE, EA, FF, 48, 8D, BE, DB, 8F, DC, FF, 48, 8D, 87, 0C, 9E, 37, 00, FF, 30, C7, 00, 16, 7D, 10, 90, 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 (1,392,640 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  (66.117.6.3:3201)

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