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Database Entry



Mirai


Vendor detections: 9


Intelligence 9 IOCs YARA 15 File information Comments

SHA256 hash: 0120cadd0c28fc09b575bac4635706e788aa8451fcceb7dbf06af58e76271d87
SHA3-384 hash: 8d68101fa35d2450ab7bc31b04663b6ea9d4ecfc472a4bfecc9571226dfa4056242e761449de26a966d21568b43b0891
SHA1 hash: 1a7822caa4a4efe8ddb5c3323b0f56a084f8656f
MD5 hash: 08dc1af29418b473c879bd21fbb429e7
humanhash: uniform-johnny-oven-colorado
File name:kaizen.ppc
Download: download sample
Signature Mirai
File size:726'708 bytes
First seen:2026-08-29 21:25:25 UTC
Last seen:Never
File type: elf
MIME type:application/x-executable
ssdeep 12288:qxbOJzQbDDP8WrcuDQd2ziQGtaMUseP6T28HYURQJPLYepbKx96yM:qxzDDP8WrcuD+tofA2a3QJS/6/
TLSH T132F46B42FF1C4963C9431DF0193E43E9F3217A5241F9C229371E5B5B2622E76AAC778A
TrID 50.1% (.) ELF Executable and Linkable format (Linux) (4022/12)
49.8% (.O) ELF Executable and Linkable format (generic) (4000/1)
Magika elf
Reporter abuse_ch
Tags:elf mirai upx-dec


Avatar
abuse_ch
UPX decompressed file, sourced from SHA256 b0861de0786ec9487371d261ffd5c15631f5bc2d452b4df9742955297b967373
File size (compressed) :296'452 bytes
File size (de-compressed) :726'708 bytes
Format:linux/ppc32
Packed file: b0861de0786ec9487371d261ffd5c15631f5bc2d452b4df9742955297b967373

Intelligence


File Origin
# of uploads :
1
# of downloads :
85
Origin country :
NL NL
Vendor Threat Intelligence
No detections
Result
Verdict:
Malware
Maliciousness:

Behaviour
Sends data to a server
Runs as daemon
Opens a port
Connection attempt
Substitutes an application name
Verdict:
Malicious
Threat level:
  10/10
Confidence:
100%
Tags:
bashlite dropper gcc masquerade mirai obfuscated
Verdict:
Malicious
File Type:
elf.32.be
First seen:
2026-07-10T06:38:00Z UTC
Last seen:
2026-08-30T21:52:00Z UTC
Hits:
~10
Status:
terminated
Behavior Graph:
%3 guuid=0de18548-1a00-0000-48df-8d1dd4080000 pid=2260 /usr/bin/sudo guuid=d3ab864e-1a00-0000-48df-8d1ddc080000 pid=2268 /tmp/sample.bin guuid=0de18548-1a00-0000-48df-8d1dd4080000 pid=2260->guuid=d3ab864e-1a00-0000-48df-8d1ddc080000 pid=2268 execve
Result
Threat name:
Detection:
malicious
Classification:
troj
Score:
76 / 100
Signature
Antivirus / Scanner detection for submitted sample
Multi AV Scanner detection for submitted file
Uses known network protocols on non-standard ports
Yara detected Mirai
Behaviour
Behavior Graph:
behaviorgraph top1 dnsIp2 2 Behavior Graph ID: 1965784 Sample: kaizen.ppc.elf Startdate: 29/08/2026 Architecture: LINUX Score: 76 22 154.219.20.118 XSERVERCLOUDUA Philippines 2->22 24 66.19.208.128 WINDSTREAM-WindstreamCommunicationsLLCUS United States 2->24 26 98 other IPs or domains 2->26 28 Antivirus / Scanner detection for submitted sample 2->28 30 Multi AV Scanner detection for submitted file 2->30 32 Yara detected Mirai 2->32 34 Uses known network protocols on non-standard ports 2->34 8 kaizen.ppc.elf 2->8         started        signatures3 process4 process5 10 kaizen.ppc.elf 8->10         started        12 kaizen.ppc.elf 8->12         started        process6 14 kaizen.ppc.elf 10->14         started        16 kaizen.ppc.elf 10->16         started        18 kaizen.ppc.elf 10->18         started        20 15 other processes 10->20
Threat name:
Linux.Worm.Mirai
Status:
Malicious
First seen:
2026-07-10 11:32:29 UTC
File Type:
ELF32 Big (Exe)
AV detection:
19 of 36 (52.78%)
Threat level:
  5/5
Result
Malware family:
n/a
Score:
  1/10
Tags:
linux
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YARA Signatures


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Rule name:ach_202503_elf_Mirai
Author:abuse.ch
Description:Detects Mirai 'TSource' ELF files
Rule name:CP_Script_Inject_Detector
Author:DiegoAnalytics
Description:Detects attempts to inject code into another process across PE, ELF, Mach-O binaries
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:F01_s1ckrule
Author:s1ckb017
Rule name:iot_req_metachar
Rule name:Linux_Exploit_CVE_2017_17215_8b78a857
Author:Elastic Security
Description:Exploit code used in the ZeroBot malware
Rule name:linux_generic_ipv6_catcher
Author:@_lubiedo
Description:ELF samples using IPv6 addresses
Rule name:Linux_Generic_Threat_1ac392ca
Author:Elastic Security
Rule name:malwareelf55503
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:testlumma
Rule name:TH_Generic_MassHunt_Linux_Malware_2026_CYFARE
Author:CYFARE
Description:Generic Linux malware mass-hunt rule - 2026
Reference:https://cyfare.net/
Rule name:unixredflags3
Author:Tim Brown @timb_machine
Description:Hunts for UNIX red flags

File information


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Mirai

elf 0120cadd0c28fc09b575bac4635706e788aa8451fcceb7dbf06af58e76271d87

(this sample)

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