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Database Entry



Mirai


Vendor detections: 9


Intelligence 9 IOCs YARA 1 File information Comments

SHA256 hash: 09179c1e31b353a8ef163bfb1029eec8255fb56c4e9a8ecc0052fa35fd3b441b
SHA3-384 hash: 60599a4aba4edaafbd6543e1498daad0d4fa486090f52d9835c862d5eb69d8e9285287181a7aea8fd98e0f60ae1e4bc7
SHA1 hash: 5a53ac22e01d899f2bd9633c66ef6b76aed0c226
MD5 hash: cf0b30edff77bb8be31b6a84dc4a94d9
humanhash: uncle-chicken-double-alpha
File name:Aqua.ppc
Download: download sample
Signature Mirai
File size:105'664 bytes
First seen:2025-11-28 17:47:03 UTC
Last seen:Never
File type: elf
MIME type:application/x-executable
ssdeep 1536:3VYMRit1vFWp6HKEYyi4X6UlsGFWniykM3O1qQHFjvDSDSWBolCjs5:3zmK69X+GFJOeBjuZi5
TLSH T1F8A32B0273190B47D2665DF02D3B27E2D3EE99E032F4F7882A1EA7459275E361186ECD
Magika elf
Reporter abuse_ch
Tags:elf mirai

Intelligence


File Origin
# of uploads :
1
# of downloads :
88
Origin country :
DE DE
Vendor Threat Intelligence
Result
Verdict:
Malware
Maliciousness:

Behaviour
Connection attempt
Kills processes
Creating a file
Runs as daemon
Opens a port
DNS request
Traces processes
Substitutes an application name
Verdict:
Unknown
Threat level:
  0/10
Confidence:
100%
Tags:
masquerade
Result
Gathering data
Result
Threat name:
Aquabot, Mirai
Detection:
malicious
Classification:
spre.troj
Score:
84 / 100
Signature
Antivirus / Scanner detection for submitted sample
Multi AV Scanner detection for submitted file
Reads system files that contain records of logged in users
Sample reads /proc/mounts (often used for finding a writable filesystem)
Sample tries to kill multiple processes (SIGKILL)
Yara detected Aquabot
Yara detected Mirai
Behaviour
Behavior Graph:
behaviorgraph top1 dnsIp2 2 Behavior Graph ID: 1822316 Sample: Aqua.ppc.elf Startdate: 28/11/2025 Architecture: LINUX Score: 84 60 daisy.ubuntu.com 2->60 64 Antivirus / Scanner detection for submitted sample 2->64 66 Multi AV Scanner detection for submitted file 2->66 68 Yara detected Aquabot 2->68 70 Yara detected Mirai 2->70 10 gdm3 gdm-session-worker 2->10         started        12 Aqua.ppc.elf 2->12         started        14 systemd accounts-daemon 2->14         started        17 30 other processes 2->17 signatures3 process4 signatures5 19 gdm-session-worker gdm-wayland-session 10->19         started        21 Aqua.ppc.elf 12->21         started        76 Reads system files that contain records of logged in users 14->76 24 accounts-daemon language-validate 14->24         started        78 Sample reads /proc/mounts (often used for finding a writable filesystem) 17->78 26 gdm-session-worker gdm-x-session 17->26         started        28 gsd-print-notifications 17->28         started        30 colord colord-sane 17->30         started        process6 signatures7 32 gdm-wayland-session dbus-run-session 19->32         started        72 Sample reads /proc/mounts (often used for finding a writable filesystem) 21->72 34 Aqua.ppc.elf 21->34         started        37 Aqua.ppc.elf 21->37         started        39 language-validate language-options 24->39         started        41 gdm-x-session Xorg Xorg.wrap Xorg 26->41         started        43 gsd-print-notifications gsd-printer 28->43         started        process8 signatures9 45 dbus-run-session dbus-daemon 32->45         started        48 dbus-run-session gnome-session gnome-session-binary 32->48         started        62 Sample tries to kill multiple processes (SIGKILL) 34->62 50 language-options sh 39->50         started        52 Xorg sh 41->52         started        54 Xorg sh 41->54         started        process10 signatures11 74 Sample reads /proc/mounts (often used for finding a writable filesystem) 45->74 56 sh locale 50->56         started        58 sh grep 50->58         started        process12
Threat name:
Linux.Backdoor.Mirai
Status:
Malicious
First seen:
2025-11-28 17:23:33 UTC
File Type:
ELF32 Big (Exe)
AV detection:
8 of 36 (22.22%)
Threat level:
  5/5
Result
Malware family:
Score:
  10/10
Tags:
family:mirai botnet:botnet linux
Malware Config
C2 Extraction:
boats.dogmuncher.xyz
89.190.156.145
Verdict:
Malicious
Tags:
Unix.Dropper.Mirai-7135957-0
YARA:
n/a
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YARA Signatures


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Rule name:unixredflags3
Author:Tim Brown @timb_machine
Description:Hunts for UNIX red flags

File information


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Web download

Mirai

elf 09179c1e31b353a8ef163bfb1029eec8255fb56c4e9a8ecc0052fa35fd3b441b

(this sample)

  
Delivery method
Distributed via web download

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