Malicious TeamTNT Silentbob Cryptominer Setup Script Execution (via process_creation)

PremiumReviewedSigma · Medium · v1
Product
linux
Category
process_creation
Author
HuntRule
Published
2026-08-06
Updated
2026-08-28

ATT&CK techniques

Impact
  1. Recon

  2. Resource Dev

  3. Initial Access

  4. Execution

  5. Persistence

  6. Priv Esc

  7. Defense Evasion

  8. Cred Access

  9. Discovery

  10. Lateral Movement

  11. Collection

  12. C2

  13. Exfiltration

What it detects

This rule detects execution of the setup_c3pool_miner.sh script that the TeamTNT Silentbob campaign drops inside compromised containers to install a Monero cryptominer after discovering misconfigured Docker APIs and JupyterLab instances. Deployment of this miner setup script on a server workload indicates cryptojacking.

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