APT / THREAT GROUP

Monero Miner

aliases

Last seen:Mar 17, 2026

Intelligence Profile

According to ESET, first seen in-the-wild on 26th May, 2017, the malicious mining software is a fork of a legitimate open source Monero CPU miner called xmrig.

Threat Analysis

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

Intelligence Reports Mentioning Monero Miner

Langflow RCE Exploited to Deploy Monero Miner on Exposed AI App Endpoints

The Hacker News· Jun 30, 2026

External References

→https://asec.ahnlab.com/en/37526/

→https://cybersecurity.att.com/blogs/labs-research/shikitega-new-stealthy-malware-targeting-linux

→https://news.sophos.com/en-us/2021/10/24/node-poisoning-hijacked-package-delivers-coin-miner-and-credential-stealing-backdoor

→https://thedfirreport.com/2021/01/18/all-that-for-a-coinminer/

→https://www.welivesecurity.com/2017/09/28/monero-money-mining-malware/

Quick Facts

TypeAPT / Threat Group

Aliases3

Also Known As

win.monero_minerMonero MinerCoinMiner

External Intelligence

Malpedia: win.monero_miner

Research Links

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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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