TF-MAL-osx.darthminer
📛 Threat Title
Malware family: DarthMiner
Description
ThreatFox malware family `osx.darthminer`. Printable name: DarthMiner.
Indicators of Compromise (1)
Each indicator is enriched from the IOC database, threat-intel feed corroboration (Threat Hunt) and VirusTotal. Click one to expand.
domain
osx.darthminer
VT: VT base fetch failed: HTTPError: 429 Client Error: Too Many Requests for url: https://www.virustotal.com/api/v3/domains/osx.darthminer
IOC database
- Type
- domain
- Value
osx.darthminer- First seen
- Last seen
- Attached to this threat
- Appears in
- 1 threat
- Description
- Extracted from Threat TF-MAL-osx.darthminer
Threat Hunt — feed corroboration
Not present in any configured threat-intel feed.
Details From VirusTotal
VirusTotal: VT base fetch failed: HTTPError: 429 Client Error: Too Many Requests for url: https://www.virustotal.com/api/v3/domains/osx.darthminer
References (1)
- ThreatFox: IOCs for this family ThreatFox Malwares
Remediations (10)
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web:cybersecuritynews.com
Two sophisticated Linux rootkits are posing increasingly serious threats to network security by exploiting eBPF technology to hide their presence from traditional detection systems. BPFDoor and Symbiote, both originating from 2021, represent a dangerous class of malware that combines advanced kernel-level access with powerful evasion capabilities. In 2025 alone, security researchers detected ...
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web:github.com
DarthMiner is a combination of EmPyre, a post exploitation backdoor, and XMRig cryptominer. The malware is distributed as a fake "Adobe Zii" application. Source: Malwarebytes
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web:malpedia.caad.fkie.fraunhofer.de
Details for the DarthMiner malware family including references, samples and yara signatures.
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web:redcanary.com
Extended Berkeley Packet Filter (eBPF) is beginning to transform the Linux malware landscape. Here's what defenders should look out for.
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web:www.fortinet.com
FortiGuard Labs discovered new Symbiote and BPFDoor variants exploiting eBPF filters to enhance stealth through IPv6 support, UDP traffic, and dynamic port hopping for covert C2 communication.
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web:www.malwarebytes.com
Malwarebytes for Mac detects and removes OSX. DarthMiner . Remediation Malwarebytes for Mac will detect and remove the components of this malware . Download and install the latest version of Malwarebytes for Mac. Click the "Scan Now" button to perform a system scan. If threats are detected during the scan, a count of detected threats is displayed.
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web:www.pcrisk.com
The malware has been named DarthMiner and if infected will definitely turn your system away from the light side. In the article published by Malwarebytes, it would seem that DarthMiner is distributed via a compromised application called Adobe Zii, which is marketed as an app which assists in the pirating of Adobe products.
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web:www.researchgate.net
Prevention and detection of eBPF-based malware is also explored, with the goal of providing organizations or legitimate users of eBPF techniques to harden their systems against eBPF-based malware ...
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web:www.securityweek.com
A recently discovered piece of malware targeting Mac systems is a combination of two open-source programs, Malwarebytes security researchers warn. Detected as DarthMiner , the threat is distributed through an application called Adobe Zii, which supposedly helps in the piracy of various Adobe programs ...
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web:www.threatdown.com
OSX. DarthMiner is basically a script that combines two open-source tools - the EmPyre backdoor and the XMRig cryptominer - to mine cryptocurrency for the threat actor. OSX. DarthMiner was likely installed by the victims themselves, but under false pretences. It was offered for download as a program to steal software.
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