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Database Entry



Mirai


Vendor detections: 9


Intelligence 9 IOCs YARA 28 File information Comments

SHA256 hash: 028df8aee8f72443a51112f7864566492fea3f58c66a88f58a2add7b9e2b79a1
SHA3-384 hash: fcf25d9046257f0868940f40661a07a166952d110746d6172bcdd5e010c26a7fb81648738a229ea6e8ad1c06360eaf66
SHA1 hash: 43ac2774c1859e861c40fce8ecc449cb6f22282b
MD5 hash: 93dec0b76984448c2f4b487134accdb9
humanhash: october-rugby-kitten-johnny
File name:x86_64_dbg
Download: download sample
Signature Mirai
File size:808'804 bytes
First seen:2026-10-02 20:27:26 UTC
Last seen:Never
File type: elf
MIME type:application/x-executable
ssdeep 24576:42clIgPT1FgjsPZgd4ODEatmUVj00IxunjLo455T:/clIWZFgjnFj0Rd45B
TLSH T15D057C07AAB485BBD8D5C6745BDB83354D23F09A233AB28FA7C59E856E04E50BF1C740
telfhash t18ea2e00d6b274797be1244dc57a9abe31903944b9aac8bc1ded8cb0bc63407afd118dd
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 BlinkzSec
Tags:gafgyt mirai

Intelligence


File Origin
# of uploads :
1
# of downloads :
65
Origin country :
IN IN
Vendor Threat Intelligence
No detections
Result
Verdict:
Malware
Maliciousness:

Behaviour
Sends data to a server
Sets a written file as executable
Collects information on the RAM
Connection attempt
Kills processes
Creating a file in the %temp% directory
Creating a file
Receives data from a server
Substitutes an application name
Writes files to system directory
Creates or modifies files in /cron to set up autorun
Creates or modifies symbolic links in /init.d to set up autorun
Creates or modifies files in /init.d to set up autorun
Verdict:
Malicious
Threat level:
  10/10
Confidence:
100%
Tags:
gcc
Verdict:
Malicious
File Type:
elf.64.le
First seen:
2026-10-01T10:22:00Z UTC
Last seen:
2026-10-01T10:43:00Z UTC
Hits:
~10
Status:
terminated
Behavior Graph:
%3 guuid=a1385632-1900-0000-20c4-722f3c0d0000 pid=3388 /usr/bin/sudo guuid=5893f634-1900-0000-20c4-722f3e0d0000 pid=3390 /tmp/sample.bin net send-data write-config write-file guuid=a1385632-1900-0000-20c4-722f3c0d0000 pid=3388->guuid=5893f634-1900-0000-20c4-722f3e0d0000 pid=3390 execve 8b0a01dc-0728-52c1-8024-c4ba7801b8d6 8.8.8.8:53 guuid=5893f634-1900-0000-20c4-722f3e0d0000 pid=3390->8b0a01dc-0728-52c1-8024-c4ba7801b8d6 con 475f89ad-eac8-5659-ab59-e223569a2040 217.60.195.187:9111 guuid=5893f634-1900-0000-20c4-722f3e0d0000 pid=3390->475f89ad-eac8-5659-ab59-e223569a2040 send: 63B guuid=3408ad3e-1900-0000-20c4-722f4f0d0000 pid=3407 /tmp/sample.bin guuid=5893f634-1900-0000-20c4-722f3e0d0000 pid=3390->guuid=3408ad3e-1900-0000-20c4-722f4f0d0000 pid=3407 clone guuid=7c07b43e-1900-0000-20c4-722f500d0000 pid=3408 /tmp/sample.bin guuid=3408ad3e-1900-0000-20c4-722f4f0d0000 pid=3407->guuid=7c07b43e-1900-0000-20c4-722f500d0000 pid=3408 clone guuid=adfbc13e-1900-0000-20c4-722f510d0000 pid=3409 /tmp/sample.bin guuid=3408ad3e-1900-0000-20c4-722f4f0d0000 pid=3407->guuid=adfbc13e-1900-0000-20c4-722f510d0000 pid=3409 clone guuid=cda9c93e-1900-0000-20c4-722f520d0000 pid=3410 /tmp/sample.bin guuid=3408ad3e-1900-0000-20c4-722f4f0d0000 pid=3407->guuid=cda9c93e-1900-0000-20c4-722f520d0000 pid=3410 clone
Threat name:
Linux.Backdoor.Gafgyt
Status:
Malicious
First seen:
2026-10-01 15:15:49 UTC
File Type:
ELF64 Little (Exe)
AV detection:
19 of 36 (52.78%)
Threat level:
  5/5
Result
Malware family:
xmrig_linux
Score:
  10/10
Tags:
family:xmrig_linux discovery execution linux miner persistence privilege_escalation
Behaviour
Reads runtime system information
Writes file to tmp directory
Changes its process name
Reads system network configuration
Creates/modifies Cron job
Enumerates active TCP sockets
Enumerates running processes
Modifies init.d
Modifies rc script
Family: xmrig
Please note that we are no longer able to provide a coverage score for Virus Total.

YARA Signatures


MalwareBazaar uses YARA rules from several public and non-public repositories, such as YARAhub and Malpedia. Those are being matched against malware samples uploaded to MalwareBazaar as well as against any suspicious process dumps they may create. Please note that only results from TLP:CLEAR rules are being displayed.

Rule name:ach_202503_elf_Mirai
Author:abuse.ch
Description:Detects Mirai 'TSource' ELF files
Rule name:BLOWFISH_Constants
Author:phoul (@phoul)
Description:Look for Blowfish constants
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:DetectEncryptedVariants
Author:Zinyth
Description:Detects 'encrypted' in ASCII, Unicode, base64, or hex-encoded
Rule name:ELF_Toriilike_persist
Author:4r4
Description:Detects Torii IoT Botnet (stealthier Mirai alternative)
Reference:Identified via researched data
Rule name:enterpriseapps2
Author:Tim Brown @timb_machine
Description:Enterprise apps
Rule name:golang
Rule name:linux_generic_ipv6_catcher
Author:@_lubiedo
Description:ELF samples using IPv6 addresses
Rule name:Linux_Trojan_Gafgyt_0cd591cd
Author:Elastic Security
Rule name:Linux_Trojan_Gafgyt_33b4111a
Author:Elastic Security
Rule name:Linux_Trojan_Gafgyt_620087b9
Author:Elastic Security
Rule name:Linux_Trojan_Gafgyt_807911a2
Author:Elastic Security
Rule name:Linux_Trojan_Gafgyt_9e9530a7
Author:Elastic Security
Rule name:Linux_Trojan_Gafgyt_a33a8363
Author:Elastic Security
Rule name:Linux_Trojan_Gafgyt_d0c57a2e
Author:Elastic Security
Rule name:Linux_Trojan_Gafgyt_d4227dbf
Author:Elastic Security
Rule name:Linux_Trojan_Gafgyt_d996d335
Author:Elastic Security
Rule name:MD5_Constants
Author:phoul (@phoul)
Description:Look for MD5 constants
Rule name:MIRAI_TELNETCURL_payload
Author:AfterPacket
Description:Mirai-lineage ELF payload carrying the leaked-source decoy domain
Reference:https://github.com/Afterpacket/drosera-threat-intel
Rule name:NSVPS_Hydra_SSH_Bruteforce
Author:sanad (NSVPS-SOC)
Description:Hydra SSH brute-force campaign credentials pattern from NSVPS honeypot
Rule name:RANSOMWARE
Author:ToroGuitar
Rule name:RIPEMD160_Constants
Author:phoul (@phoul)
Description:Look for RIPEMD-160 constants
Rule name:setsockopt
Author:Tim Brown @timb_machine
Description:Hunts for setsockopt() red flags
Rule name:SHA1_Constants
Author:phoul (@phoul)
Description:Look for SHA1 constants
Rule name:SHA512_Constants
Author:phoul (@phoul)
Description:Look for SHA384/SHA512 constants
Rule name:telebot_framework
Author:vietdx.mb
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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Web download

Mirai

elf 028df8aee8f72443a51112f7864566492fea3f58c66a88f58a2add7b9e2b79a1

(this sample)

  
Delivery method
Distributed via web download

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