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cpuminer-x86.exe

cpuminer

The Group

The application cpuminer-x86.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)

Product:
cpuminer

Version:
1.1

MD5:
11aea4ae136935362032a892d3394364

SHA-1:
0c8143b1e91ce589e1c0dac5c44012f48c346ef8

SHA-256:
9341ac7a32fcf90965bdd8b38fb4e9c1ae1904f912eb20b88e02026fde490e1c

Scanner detections:
1 / 68

Status:
Potentially unwanted

Analysis date:
8/8/2025 3:08:54 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.CPUMiner.TheGroup (M)
16.2.20.10

File size:
2.4 MB (2,519,320 bytes)

Product version:
1.1

Copyright:
Copyright (C) 2015

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Language:
English (United States)

Common path:
C:\Windows\System32\cpuminer-x86.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
Compilation timestamp:
6/25/2015 7:29:26 AM

OS version:
6.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows Console

Linker version:
12.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
49152:NOkOaF+jpm1Vh6wlO2vgVdhTrXdL+etNWMbYwBgBz4Y39rGMq7TKRPRmH1Q+wM3g:ckAjpm1Vh6wlO2vgVdhTbdyetNWY1BeB

Entry address:
0x197EFB

Entry point:
E8, 81, 02, 00, 00, E9, 91, FE, FF, FF, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, 57, 56, 53, 33, FF, 8B, 44, 24, 14, 0B, C0, 7D, 14, 47, 8B, 54, 24, 10, F7, D8, F7, DA, 83, D8, 00, 89, 44, 24, 14, 89, 54, 24, 10, 8B, 44, 24, 1C, 0B, C0, 7D, 14, 47, 8B, 54, 24, 18, F7, D8, F7, DA, 83, D8, 00, 89, 44, 24, 1C, 89, 54, 24, 18, 0B, C0, 75, 18, 8B, 4C, 24, 18, 8B, 44, 24, 14, 33, D2, F7, F1, 8B, D8, 8B, 44, 24, 10, F7, F1, 8B, D3, EB, 41, 8B, D8, 8B, 4C, 24, 18, 8B, 54, 24, 14, 8B, 44, 24, 10, D1, EB, D1, D9...
 
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Code size:
1.6 MB (1,669,120 bytes)

Startup File (All Users Run)
Registry location:
HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run

Name:
cpuminer

Command:
C:\Windows\System32\cpuminer-x86.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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