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Database Entry



Mirai


Vendor detections: 8


Intelligence 8 IOCs YARA 7 File information Comments

SHA256 hash: 17846244c538f7d917efd2d0d326a4a2cec42d9423bc0edb846d252be9f7ab3c
SHA3-384 hash: 5461557058ffc4bbe95f83b1679ef81d694a74a5a6e058013c2661ab773327d813da1d4902af112aa55dff7675b34870
SHA1 hash: 40b28ddff559142bf6d99469465cac497638a61f
MD5 hash: 7f091c42a019651e108318ff61e7c712
humanhash: iowa-arkansas-wolfram-jupiter
File name:boatnet.ppc
Download: download sample
Signature Mirai
File size:379'124 bytes
First seen:2026-04-07 11:40:35 UTC
Last seen:Never
File type: elf
MIME type:application/x-executable
ssdeep 1536:XUK+CXz5EXS3yxhnMTi2LywJ6sMKvTJLz+K+YmvAvg+giT96eETqybrQjHejTstt:XUtuz58Dxgi2N0K9LzbPvV+joC+QcPT
TLSH T1D5848813D9154492E1255CF2227733C5A94B87BB88E632D3ED5B4991FF3182B42BEEC2
Magika elf
Reporter abuse_ch
Tags:elf mirai upx-dec


Avatar
abuse_ch
UPX decompressed file, sourced from SHA256 bee50c2c6feead98fe142e943b251980dabd22aca67f0d27307fb6dbd156a309
File size (compressed) :78'268 bytes
File size (de-compressed) :379'124 bytes
Format:linux/ppc32
Packed file: bee50c2c6feead98fe142e943b251980dabd22aca67f0d27307fb6dbd156a309

Intelligence


File Origin
# of uploads :
1
# of downloads :
123
Origin country :
NL NL
Vendor Threat Intelligence
Gathering data
Result
Verdict:
Clean
Maliciousness:

Behaviour
Sends data to a server
Runs as daemon
Receives data from a server
Connection attempt
Verdict:
Likely Malicious
Threat level:
  7.5/10
Confidence:
100%
Tags:
explorer gafgyt lolbin masquerade mirai obfuscated
Verdict:
Malicious
File Type:
elf.32.be
First seen:
2026-04-05T07:22:00Z UTC
Last seen:
2026-04-08T02:20:00Z UTC
Hits:
~10
Status:
terminated
Behavior Graph:
%3 guuid=7cc39a3b-1f00-0000-f4a9-c2b841080000 pid=2113 /usr/bin/sudo guuid=092bc53d-1f00-0000-f4a9-c2b845080000 pid=2117 /tmp/sample.bin guuid=7cc39a3b-1f00-0000-f4a9-c2b841080000 pid=2113->guuid=092bc53d-1f00-0000-f4a9-c2b845080000 pid=2117 execve
Threat name:
Linux.Worm.Mirai
Status:
Malicious
First seen:
2026-04-05 12:19:27 UTC
File Type:
ELF32 Big (Exe)
AV detection:
15 of 24 (62.50%)
Threat level:
  5/5
Result
Malware family:
Score:
  10/10
Tags:
family:mirai botnet:lzrd linux
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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_Trojan_Gafgyt_28a2fe0c
Author:Elastic Security
Rule name:NET
Author:malware-lu
Rule name:ScanStringsInsocks5systemz
Author:Byambaa@pubcert.mn
Description:Scans presence of the found strings using the in-house brute force method
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 17846244c538f7d917efd2d0d326a4a2cec42d9423bc0edb846d252be9f7ab3c

(this sample)

  
Delivery method
Distributed via web download

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