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Mirai


Vendor detections: 10


Intelligence 10 IOCs YARA 6 File information Comments

SHA256 hash: 06b71b984412dd192c79fb589d3d3562f0c43bf8d8a5820de7569bb2e5d19c2a
SHA3-384 hash: 5a7e69d70e7d2121140a038328b7bc4c3c32ea6ab851644a37d37d6fd2b09592d5a48429661b6489cae05a1c7935f2ed
SHA1 hash: 4736e95cde30e2a240f5866aa406cbde28dcde64
MD5 hash: e16d348289ed196ac26dede9bb559239
humanhash: nuts-alabama-angel-bravo
File name:mipsel.kok
Download: download sample
Signature Mirai
File size:140'304 bytes
First seen:2026-01-12 20:06:57 UTC
Last seen:Never
File type: elf
MIME type:application/x-executable
ssdeep 3072:VK1KFAulTqmgicOUz2yGRx/osKjOf/+GyWj7:eK2ulTqmgicOUz2/otj7wj
TLSH T16DD3F709FF610EFBE86FDD3746E9074525CC561622B83BB63974D828F24A14B0AE3974
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

Intelligence


File Origin
# of uploads :
1
# of downloads :
55
Origin country :
DE DE
Vendor Threat Intelligence
No detections
Verdict:
Unknown
Threat level:
  0/10
Confidence:
100%
Tags:
bash lolbin masquerade mirai
Result
Gathering data
Verdict:
Malicious
File Type:
elf.32.le
First seen:
2026-01-12T15:06:00Z UTC
Last seen:
2026-01-12T15:39:00Z UTC
Hits:
~10
Status:
terminated
Behavior Graph:
%3 guuid=e460ff70-1900-0000-7838-5cef66140000 pid=5222 /usr/bin/sudo guuid=7f5a6874-1900-0000-7838-5cef67140000 pid=5223 /tmp/sample.bin guuid=e460ff70-1900-0000-7838-5cef66140000 pid=5222->guuid=7f5a6874-1900-0000-7838-5cef67140000 pid=5223 execve
Result
Threat name:
n/a
Detection:
malicious
Classification:
spre.troj.evad
Score:
100 / 100
Signature
Connects to many ports of the same IP (likely port scanning)
Drops files in suspicious directories
Drops invisible ELF files
Executes the "crontab" command typically for achieving persistence
Modifies the '.bashrc' or '.bash_profile' file typically for persisting actions
Multi AV Scanner detection for submitted file
Sample deletes itself
Sample reads /proc/mounts (often used for finding a writable filesystem)
Sample tries to kill a massive number of system processes
Sample tries to kill multiple processes (SIGKILL)
Sample tries to persist itself using /etc/profile
Sample tries to persist itself using cron
Sample tries to persist itself using System V runlevels
Sample tries to set files in /etc globally writable
Suricata IDS alerts for network traffic
Terminates several processes with shell command 'killall'
Writes identical ELF files to multiple locations
Behaviour
Behavior Graph:
behaviorgraph top1 dnsIp2 2 Behavior Graph ID: 1849501 Sample: mipsel.kok.elf Startdate: 12/01/2026 Architecture: LINUX Score: 100 94 211.186.109.148, 10134, 10303, 1108 SKB-ASSKBroadbandCoLtdKR Korea Republic of 2->94 96 144.126.148.148, 10002, 10303, 1108 LOYOLAUS United States 2->96 98 25 other IPs or domains 2->98 114 Suricata IDS alerts for network traffic 2->114 116 Multi AV Scanner detection for submitted file 2->116 118 Connects to many ports of the same IP (likely port scanning) 2->118 11 mipsel.kok.elf 2->11         started        signatures3 process4 signatures5 126 Sample tries to kill multiple processes (SIGKILL) 11->126 128 Sample reads /proc/mounts (often used for finding a writable filesystem) 11->128 14 mipsel.kok.elf 11->14         started        process6 file7 76 /var/spool/cron/root, ASCII 14->76 dropped 78 /var/spool/cron/crontabs/root, ASCII 14->78 dropped 80 /root/.bashrc, ASCII 14->80 dropped 82 11 other files (10 malicious) 14->82 dropped 130 Sample tries to set files in /etc globally writable 14->130 132 Sample tries to persist itself using /etc/profile 14->132 134 Drops files in suspicious directories 14->134 136 4 other signatures 14->136 18 mipsel.kok.elf sh 14->18         started        20 mipsel.kok.elf sh 14->20         started        22 mipsel.kok.elf sh 14->22         started        24 26 other processes 14->24 signatures8 process9 signatures10 27 sh .monitor 18->27         started        29 sh S99backup0 20->29         started        31 sh cp 22->31         started        122 Sample tries to kill a massive number of system processes 24->122 124 Sample tries to kill multiple processes (SIGKILL) 24->124 35 sh S99backup1 24->35         started        37 sh S99backup2 24->37         started        39 sh S99network 24->39         started        41 24 other processes 24->41 process11 file12 43 .monitor 27->43         started        45 S99backup0 29->45         started        84 /usr/bin/.update, ELF 31->84 dropped 100 Writes identical ELF files to multiple locations 31->100 102 Drops invisible ELF files 31->102 104 Drops files in suspicious directories 31->104 47 S99backup1 35->47         started        49 S99backup2 37->49         started        51 S99network 39->51         started        86 /var/spool/cron/crontabs/tmp.Vmrqby, ASCII 41->86 dropped 88 /var/log/.update, ELF 41->88 dropped 90 /var/jbx/shared/.update, ELF 41->90 dropped 92 /boot/.update, ELF 41->92 dropped 106 Sample deletes itself 41->106 108 Sample tries to persist itself using cron 41->108 110 Executes the "crontab" command typically for achieving persistence 41->110 112 Terminates several processes with shell command 'killall' 41->112 53 sh crontab 41->53         started        56 sh .update 41->56         started        signatures13 process14 signatures15 66 242 other processes 43->66 58 S99backup0 .update 45->58         started        68 133 other processes 45->68 60 S99backup1 .update 47->60         started        70 127 other processes 47->70 62 S99backup2 .update 49->62         started        72 121 other processes 49->72 64 S99network .update 51->64         started        74 119 other processes 51->74 120 Executes the "crontab" command typically for achieving persistence 53->120 process16
Threat name:
Linux.Worm.Mirai
Status:
Malicious
First seen:
2026-01-12 20:07:24 UTC
File Type:
ELF32 Little (Exe)
AV detection:
11 of 36 (30.56%)
Threat level:
  5/5
Result
Malware family:
Score:
  10/10
Tags:
family:mirai defense_evasion discovery execution persistence privilege_escalation
Behaviour
Reads runtime system information
System Network Configuration Discovery
Writes file to shm directory
Changes its process name
Modifies Bash startup script
Creates/modifies Cron job
Creates/modifies environment variables
Deletes log files
Enumerates running processes
Modifies init.d
Modifies rc script
Write file to user bin folder
Executes dropped EXE
Unexpected DNS network traffic destination
Contacts a large (1215) amount of remote hosts
Verdict:
Malicious
Tags:
Unix.Trojan.Mirai-10001386-0
YARA:
n/a
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:ELF_IoT_Persistence_Hunt
Author:4r4
Description:Hunts for ELF files with persistence and download capabilities
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:linux_generic_irc_catcher
Author:@_lubiedo
Description:Find new ELF IRC samples
Rule name:unixredflags3
Author:Tim Brown @timb_machine
Description:Hunts for UNIX red flags

File information


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Web download

Mirai

elf 06b71b984412dd192c79fb589d3d3562f0c43bf8d8a5820de7569bb2e5d19c2a

(this sample)

  
Delivery method
Distributed via web download

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