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Database Entry



Mirai


Vendor detections: 8


Intelligence 8 IOCs YARA 14 File information Comments

SHA256 hash: 169e8094d6dae3bfdf9f4c54c5b8cc366f3c29d9011dd8fbba04fa045011313f
SHA3-384 hash: 72b7f77761321f83885cd40d950153b02f4b79ca37e73529d05c4b8b70d5879fc89436f5bec3e638c3a95347890cf6bc
SHA1 hash: bec06d6939f7e40fe899023cddfddfb2499003ba
MD5 hash: e0d32b89793a9b85ec5280ac1bd36132
humanhash: social-three-nineteen-avocado
File name:mips
Download: download sample
Signature Mirai
File size:858'200 bytes
First seen:2026-10-06 14:04:14 UTC
Last seen:Never
File type: elf
MIME type:application/x-executable
ssdeep 6144:6EGkOjMdyfYrlrRbPUf+k0K+oaH/Bnkr13Ax26HqOB7yDM3uYLRnYri1k7svfMPL:4kIqsgl9bJhEIaFb3VSRKOlkX
TLSH T1D605F65B2E329F7EF579C7308BF34A74D69962D726E0C588E19CD20C1E2024A651F7AC
telfhash t13aa11999193803f4bb545c4d49dcef2699a338ef3e161c23de50e86da72fa825e20c1d
Magika elf
Reporter abuse_ch
Tags:elf mirai

Intelligence


File Origin
# of uploads :
1
# of downloads :
88
Origin country :
DE DE
Vendor Threat Intelligence
No detections
Result
Verdict:
Malware
Maliciousness:

Behaviour
Receives data from a server
Collects information on the RAM
Sends data to a server
Sets a written file as executable
Runs as daemon
Connection attempt
Creating a file
Kills processes
Creating a process from a recently created file
Creating a file in the %temp% directory
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
Performs a bruteforce attack in the network
Creates or modifies files in /init.d to set up autorun
Verdict:
Malicious
Threat level:
  10/10
Confidence:
100%
Tags:
gcc
Status:
terminated
Behavior Graph:
%3 guuid=f1753d31-1c00-0000-0a59-b20bc90b0000 pid=3017 /usr/bin/sudo guuid=6fab1334-1c00-0000-0a59-b20bd10b0000 pid=3025 /tmp/sample.bin guuid=f1753d31-1c00-0000-0a59-b20bc90b0000 pid=3017->guuid=6fab1334-1c00-0000-0a59-b20bd10b0000 pid=3025 execve
Threat name:
Linux.Backdoor.Mirai
Status:
Malicious
First seen:
2026-10-06 14:05:26 UTC
File Type:
ELF32 Big (Exe)
AV detection:
8 of 36 (22.22%)
Threat level:
  5/5
Result
Malware family:
xmrig_linux
Score:
  10/10
Tags:
family:xmrig_linux discovery execution miner persistence privilege_escalation
Behaviour
Reads runtime system information
System Network Configuration Discovery
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
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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:BLOWFISH_Constants
Author:phoul (@phoul)
Description:Look for Blowfish constants
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: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: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


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

Web download

Mirai

elf 169e8094d6dae3bfdf9f4c54c5b8cc366f3c29d9011dd8fbba04fa045011313f

(this sample)

  
Delivery method
Distributed via web download

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