APT / THREAT GROUP

Kingminer

aliases

Last seen:Mar 17, 2026

Intelligence Profile

According to Sophis, the botnet has been active since 2018, initially, the botmasters operated DDoS tools and backdoors, but later moved on to cryptocurrency miners. They use a DGA to automatically change the hosting

domains every week.

Threat Analysis

Kingminer is a known-sophistication threat actor of undetermined national origin, engaged in cyber operations with a primary motivation of unknown activity patterns.

External References

→https://asec.ahnlab.com/en/32572/

→https://news.sophos.com/en-us/2020/06/09/kingminer-report/

→https://www.bitdefender.com/files/News/CaseStudies/study/354/Bitdefender-PR-Whitepaper-KingMiner-creat4610-en-EN-GenericUse.pdf

→https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/vulnerable-microsoft-sql-servers-targeted-with-cobalt-strike/

→https://www.sophos.com/en-us/medialibrary/PDFs/technical-papers/sophos-labs-kingminer-botnet-report.pdf

Quick Facts

TypeAPT / Threat Group

Aliases2

Also Known As

Kingminerwin.kingminer

External Intelligence

Malpedia: win.kingminer

Research Links

MITRE ATT&CK VirusTotal Google (news) Twitter/X search

Data sourced from Malpedia, Ransomware.live, RansomLook, and CTIWATCH OSINT collection. Actor attribution is based on available intelligence and may be incomplete.

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