General

  • Target
    2026-09-04_a1884f4ebaaa22c58ef2589c20492b3c_cobalt-strike_coinminer_glassworm_poet-rat_quasar-rat_xmrig
  • Size 10.7MB
  • Sample260905-b4rxvsbd22
  • SHA256 688e7c79a1cdab1854175f175cdb62461042c9ca327e4aa69e8bdae53b5248c4
  • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

Malware Config

Targets

    • Target
      2026-09-04_a1884f4ebaaa22c58ef2589c20492b3c_cobalt-strike_coinminer_glassworm_poet-rat_quasar-rat_xmrig
    • Size 10.7MB
    • SHA256 688e7c79a1cdab1854175f175cdb62461042c9ca327e4aa69e8bdae53b5248c4
    • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH
    • Family: xmrig

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

    • Detects executables containing URLs to raw contents of a Github gist

    • XMRig Miner payload

    • Adds Run key to start application

    • Contacts third-party web service commonly abused for C2

      Legitimate web (hosting) services can be abused by malware authors to host malware or C2s.

    • Drops desktop.ini file(s)

    • Drops autorun.inf file

      Malware can abuse Windows Autorun to spread further via attached volumes.

    • Drops file in System32 directory

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16

Tasks