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Database Entry



Mirai


Vendor detections: 8


Intelligence 8 IOCs YARA 2 File information Comments

SHA256 hash: 179cfdbd65f960c0b9fb37197d7c140151289d9fe1e0672b23bc0ad426338748
SHA3-384 hash: 7ec3d3c9737fa0daf517d6b29b9b998d2625a8cca61b1ffb4084d020b9c989c875e8600314495880393f498327ea9229
SHA1 hash: f249d7778a4689843bb066cb3dbb28736094cb91
MD5 hash: ba6cdb15cffb8f8977fd9bc54c8437dd
humanhash: winter-leopard-early-nine
File name:zerarm
Download: download sample
Signature Mirai
File size:91'528 bytes
First seen:2026-01-24 23:23:24 UTC
Last seen:2026-01-25 01:22:19 UTC
File type: elf
MIME type:application/x-executable
ssdeep 1536:GrjD1SkbihLl7RGCiZF40I3kc+vB9A72JfcMxD5WatwmvgW/vwX:Gr1veXgCvP35+Z670R5W+w03wX
TLSH T10F93198ABCC5C702C5E0A1B2FB1F518E371643A8E3E6B147CD19AF29674F8670A37251
telfhash t10851ed36ffb40e5c6be19565818d641a1bed31dc2b2138a3da2c6f0f9d431c6b12e426
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 :
2
# of downloads :
105
Origin country :
DE DE
Vendor Threat Intelligence
No detections
Verdict:
Likely Malicious
Threat level:
  7.5/10
Confidence:
100%
Tags:
mirai rust
Verdict:
Malicious
Uses P2P?:
false
Uses anti-vm?:
false
Architecture:
arm
Packer:
not packed
Botnet:
unknown
Number of open files:
33
Number of processes launched:
2
Processes remaning?
false
Remote TCP ports scanned:
not identified
Behaviour
no suspicious findings
Botnet C2s
TCP botnet C2(s):
not identified
UDP botnet C2(s):
not identified
Verdict:
Unknown
File Type:
elf.32.le
First seen:
2026-01-24T22:41:00Z UTC
Last seen:
2026-01-26T00:34:00Z UTC
Hits:
~10
Status:
terminated
Behavior Graph:
%3 guuid=f9ee2463-1900-0000-8335-4172440b0000 pid=2884 /usr/bin/sudo guuid=40992565-1900-0000-8335-41724c0b0000 pid=2892 /tmp/sample.bin guuid=f9ee2463-1900-0000-8335-4172440b0000 pid=2884->guuid=40992565-1900-0000-8335-41724c0b0000 pid=2892 execve
Result
Threat name:
n/a
Detection:
malicious
Classification:
evad
Score:
56 / 100
Signature
Drops invisible ELF files
Multi AV Scanner detection for submitted file
Sample deletes itself
Behaviour
Behavior Graph:
behaviorgraph top1 dnsIp2 2 Behavior Graph ID: 1857015 Sample: zerarm.elf Startdate: 25/01/2026 Architecture: LINUX Score: 56 24 167.99.246.88, 39691, 49134 DIGITALOCEAN-ASNUS United States 2->24 26 130.12.180.64, 35558, 80 DATAHOPDatahop-SixDegreesGB Canada 2->26 28 2 other IPs or domains 2->28 30 Multi AV Scanner detection for submitted file 2->30 8 zerarm.elf .systemd-journald 2->8         started        12 systemd snap-failure 2->12         started        signatures3 process4 file5 22 /dev/shm/.systemd-journald, ELF 8->22 dropped 32 Drops invisible ELF files 8->32 34 Sample deletes itself 8->34 14 .systemd-journald 8->14         started        16 snap-failure systemctl 12->16         started        18 snap-failure 12->18         started        signatures6 process7 process8 20 .systemd-journald 14->20         started       
Threat name:
Linux.Backdoor.Mirai
Status:
Malicious
First seen:
2026-01-24 23:24:32 UTC
File Type:
ELF32 Little (Exe)
AV detection:
14 of 24 (58.33%)
Threat level:
  5/5
Result
Malware family:
n/a
Score:
  1/10
Tags:
n/a
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YARA Signatures


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Rule name:Linux_Generic_Threat_d94e1020
Author:Elastic Security
Rule name:unixredflags3
Author:Tim Brown @timb_machine
Description:Hunts for UNIX red flags

File information


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Web download

Mirai

elf 179cfdbd65f960c0b9fb37197d7c140151289d9fe1e0672b23bc0ad426338748

(this sample)

  
Delivery method
Distributed via web download

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