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Mirai


Vendor detections: 9


Intelligence 9 IOCs YARA 17 File information Comments

SHA256 hash: 16642d1ac3ce3ac72d5294a6a6f3190a9232c98318db1b1a34a3ae6c6300a60c
SHA3-384 hash: 063ee39e03859fd5e72f5808b04af3de3212fb9a362ed06997d268b48e808d0f729cfe92493814847473c6d8e312299f
SHA1 hash: fa43518eb7543b7c4979bd7edff07f8866ce297c
MD5 hash: 6188442561b55faae18dfb6aa77633ac
humanhash: quebec-asparagus-cola-nineteen
File name:i686
Download: download sample
Signature Mirai
File size:74'836 bytes
First seen:2026-08-22 14:11:35 UTC
Last seen:Never
File type: elf
MIME type:application/x-executable
ssdeep 1536:Wt6dVFeGBV8Km2XpQmj7qWSICRzBbkivom3aJeOdLNn:WtSjByKm2Xp3jnrCRzBbVvHOdLN
TLSH T114733984F987C6F2C4474830416BFB3FCB32D9A511A1DB4DDF5A9F35DA33602AA22649
telfhash t17321ecfb1dbe08fda7c8a800c35e6fe22826c37b156036b00563c9343267e9150a8c3e
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 4bc7a9380d5ab2f780181be47b68fd8ea7c56a6f8ace71dce4ad15a5fb89ade5
File size (compressed) :35'948 bytes
File size (de-compressed) :74'836 bytes
Format:linux/i386
Packed file: 4bc7a9380d5ab2f780181be47b68fd8ea7c56a6f8ace71dce4ad15a5fb89ade5

Intelligence


File Origin
# of uploads :
1
# of downloads :
56
Origin country :
NL NL
Vendor Threat Intelligence
Result
Verdict:
Malware
Maliciousness:

Behaviour
Runs as daemon
Connection attempt
Sends data to a server
Receives data from a server
Status:
terminated
Behavior Graph:
%3 guuid=9a44b38b-1c00-0000-d034-6164300a0000 pid=2608 /usr/bin/sudo guuid=c0dd4f91-1c00-0000-d034-61643b0a0000 pid=2619 /tmp/sample.bin net guuid=9a44b38b-1c00-0000-d034-6164300a0000 pid=2608->guuid=c0dd4f91-1c00-0000-d034-61643b0a0000 pid=2619 execve 8b0a01dc-0728-52c1-8024-c4ba7801b8d6 8.8.8.8:53 guuid=c0dd4f91-1c00-0000-d034-61643b0a0000 pid=2619->8b0a01dc-0728-52c1-8024-c4ba7801b8d6 con guuid=99cabe91-1c00-0000-d034-61643d0a0000 pid=2621 /tmp/sample.bin guuid=c0dd4f91-1c00-0000-d034-61643b0a0000 pid=2619->guuid=99cabe91-1c00-0000-d034-61643d0a0000 pid=2621 clone guuid=7f180cc2-1d00-0000-d034-6164640b0000 pid=2916 /tmp/sample.bin guuid=c0dd4f91-1c00-0000-d034-61643b0a0000 pid=2619->guuid=7f180cc2-1d00-0000-d034-6164640b0000 pid=2916 clone guuid=b34613c2-1d00-0000-d034-6164650b0000 pid=2917 /tmp/sample.bin net send-data zombie guuid=c0dd4f91-1c00-0000-d034-61643b0a0000 pid=2619->guuid=b34613c2-1d00-0000-d034-6164650b0000 pid=2917 clone guuid=65efd191-1c00-0000-d034-61643e0a0000 pid=2622 /tmp/sample.bin guuid=99cabe91-1c00-0000-d034-61643d0a0000 pid=2621->guuid=65efd191-1c00-0000-d034-61643e0a0000 pid=2622 clone guuid=fa81db91-1c00-0000-d034-61643f0a0000 pid=2623 /tmp/sample.bin net send-data zombie guuid=99cabe91-1c00-0000-d034-61643d0a0000 pid=2621->guuid=fa81db91-1c00-0000-d034-61643f0a0000 pid=2623 clone guuid=fa81db91-1c00-0000-d034-61643f0a0000 pid=2623->8b0a01dc-0728-52c1-8024-c4ba7801b8d6 con 164f15e9-2bd1-5e4c-b602-67839a27eeb0 77.239.124.123:1234 guuid=fa81db91-1c00-0000-d034-61643f0a0000 pid=2623->164f15e9-2bd1-5e4c-b602-67839a27eeb0 send: 7B guuid=b34613c2-1d00-0000-d034-6164650b0000 pid=2917->8b0a01dc-0728-52c1-8024-c4ba7801b8d6 con guuid=b34613c2-1d00-0000-d034-6164650b0000 pid=2917->164f15e9-2bd1-5e4c-b602-67839a27eeb0 send: 275B
Threat name:
Linux.Worm.Mirai
Status:
Malicious
First seen:
2026-08-22 14:12:22 UTC
File Type:
ELF32 Little (Exe)
AV detection:
23 of 36 (63.89%)
Threat level:
  5/5
Result
Malware family:
Score:
  10/10
Tags:
family:mirai botnet:lzrd botnet defense_evasion discovery linux
Behaviour
Reads runtime system information
Enumerates running processes
Writes file to system bin folder
Modifies Watchdog functionality
Malware Config
C2 Extraction:
77.239.124.123
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YARA Signatures


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Rule name:ELF_Mirai
Author:NDA0E
Description:Detects multiple Mirai variants
Rule name:ELF_Toriilike_persist
Author:4r4
Description:Detects Torii IoT Botnet (stealthier Mirai alternative)
Reference:Identified via researched data
Rule name:linux_generic_ipv6_catcher
Author:@_lubiedo
Description:ELF samples using IPv6 addresses
Rule name:Linux_Trojan_Gafgyt_28a2fe0c
Author:Elastic Security
Rule name:Linux_Trojan_Mirai_0cb1699c
Author:Elastic Security
Rule name:Linux_Trojan_Mirai_0d73971c
Author:Elastic Security
Rule name:Linux_Trojan_Mirai_268aac0b
Author:Elastic Security
Rule name:Linux_Trojan_Mirai_2e3f67a9
Author:Elastic Security
Rule name:Linux_Trojan_Mirai_485c4b13
Author:Elastic Security
Rule name:Linux_Trojan_Mirai_70ef58f1
Author:Elastic Security
Rule name:Linux_Trojan_Mirai_7d05725e
Author:Elastic Security
Rule name:Linux_Trojan_Mirai_88de437f
Author:Elastic Security
Rule name:Linux_Trojan_Mirai_cc93863b
Author:Elastic Security
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: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


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

Web download

Mirai

elf 16642d1ac3ce3ac72d5294a6a6f3190a9232c98318db1b1a34a3ae6c6300a60c

(this sample)

  
Delivery method
Distributed via web download

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