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Database Entry



Mirai


Vendor detections: 10


Intelligence 10 IOCs YARA 7 File information Comments

SHA256 hash: 001966e3134d634ab42e813aeef8090d031e165d03ab348b0ed7bcc1fa200299
SHA3-384 hash: c3994266cc94a0e788fe7f95b035e78fb4558bb8fd1af5a4711e1875bade856247a4586bd7f563d43024dfe0d873d261
SHA1 hash: ceb0d34dfb603f1c4600e7f252449d466cd45098
MD5 hash: 12cac1874e2e937ae47a0252629526a4
humanhash: venus-diet-failed-uncle
File name:morte.m68k
Download: download sample
Signature Mirai
File size:100'496 bytes
First seen:2025-11-08 23:38:17 UTC
Last seen:Never
File type: elf
MIME type:application/x-executable
ssdeep 3072:NWKPmHlO+JlMRhU8MEtriwclNPAFCyXP1VAsT:IKilOIlMqqeweNr+AU
TLSH T16BA33AD6B801DD7DF80FDAB78463450EB931E3611A931F276367FD97AC320A44826E86
Magika elf
Reporter abuse_ch
Tags:elf mirai

Intelligence


File Origin
# of uploads :
1
# of downloads :
130
Origin country :
DE DE
Vendor Threat Intelligence
Verdict:
Malicious
Threat level:
  10/10
Confidence:
100%
Tags:
masquerade mirai obfuscated
Verdict:
Malicious
File Type:
elf.32.be
First seen:
2025-11-08T21:16:00Z UTC
Last seen:
2025-11-10T04:50:00Z UTC
Hits:
~10
Status:
terminated
Behavior Graph:
%3 guuid=d3fcc01e-1900-0000-1f7b-0e825c140000 pid=5212 /usr/bin/sudo guuid=5d307e20-1900-0000-1f7b-0e825d140000 pid=5213 /tmp/sample.bin guuid=d3fcc01e-1900-0000-1f7b-0e825c140000 pid=5212->guuid=5d307e20-1900-0000-1f7b-0e825d140000 pid=5213 execve
Result
Threat name:
Detection:
malicious
Classification:
troj
Score:
96 / 100
Signature
Antivirus / Scanner detection for submitted sample
Connects to many ports of the same IP (likely port scanning)
Detected Mirai
Multi AV Scanner detection for submitted file
Suricata IDS alerts for network traffic
Uses dynamic DNS services
Yara detected Mirai
Behaviour
Behavior Graph:
behaviorgraph top1 dnsIp2 2 Behavior Graph ID: 1810738 Sample: morte.m68k.elf Startdate: 09/11/2025 Architecture: LINUX Score: 96 32 teamc2.duckdns.org 2->32 34 156.158.248.185 airtel-tz-asTZ Tanzania United Republic of 2->34 36 99 other IPs or domains 2->36 38 Suricata IDS alerts for network traffic 2->38 40 Antivirus / Scanner detection for submitted sample 2->40 42 Detected Mirai 2->42 46 3 other signatures 2->46 8 morte.m68k.elf 2->8         started        10 dash rm 2->10         started        12 dash rm 2->12         started        14 python3.8 dpkg 2->14         started        signatures3 44 Uses dynamic DNS services 32->44 process4 process5 16 morte.m68k.elf 8->16         started        18 morte.m68k.elf 8->18         started        20 morte.m68k.elf 8->20         started        22 2 other processes 8->22 process6 24 morte.m68k.elf 16->24         started        26 morte.m68k.elf 16->26         started        28 morte.m68k.elf 16->28         started        30 morte.m68k.elf 16->30         started       
Threat name:
Linux.Worm.Mirai
Status:
Malicious
First seen:
2025-11-08 23:39:15 UTC
File Type:
ELF32 Big (Exe)
AV detection:
25 of 38 (65.79%)
Threat level:
  5/5
Result
Malware family:
Score:
  10/10
Tags:
family:mirai linux
Verdict:
Malicious
Tags:
botnet mirai Unix.Trojan.Mirai-6981989-0
YARA:
MAL_ELF_LNX_Mirai_Oct10_1
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YARA Signatures


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Rule name:CVE_2017_17215
Author:NDA0E
Description:Detects exploitation attempt of CVE-2017-17215
Rule name:ELF_Mirai
Author:NDA0E
Description:Detects multiple Mirai variants
Rule name:linux_generic_ipv6_catcher
Author:@_lubiedo
Description:ELF samples using IPv6 addresses
Rule name:MAL_ELF_LNX_Mirai_Oct10_1
Author:Florian Roth (Nextron Systems)
Description:Detects ELF Mirai variant
Reference:Internal Research
Rule name:SUSP_XORed_Mozilla_Oct19
Author:Florian Roth
Description:Detects suspicious single byte XORed keyword 'Mozilla/5.0' - it uses yara's XOR modifier and therefore cannot print the XOR key. You can use the CyberChef recipe linked in the reference field to brute force the used key.
Reference:https://gchq.github.io/CyberChef/#recipe=XOR_Brute_Force()
Rule name:SUSP_XORed_Mozilla_RID2DB4
Author:Florian Roth
Description:Detects suspicious XORed keyword - Mozilla/5.0
Reference:Internal Research
Rule name:unixredflags3
Author:Tim Brown @timb_machine
Description:Hunts for UNIX red flags

File information


The table below shows additional information about this malware sample such as delivery method and external references.

Web download

Mirai

elf 001966e3134d634ab42e813aeef8090d031e165d03ab348b0ed7bcc1fa200299

(this sample)

  
Delivery method
Distributed via web download

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