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Database Entry



Mirai


Vendor detections: 8


Intelligence 8 IOCs YARA 2 File information Comments

SHA256 hash: 180ffa949c9b8aaf004e0d68bb09feae79e1578ab3df085de22c625aa027b122
SHA3-384 hash: 52f5e7b8988cf9e0d96847307f89b5e4c336b2b73ebcff4f05df95600b131e756e178ec9e8709ec32edbdf5fd619ed02
SHA1 hash: 7468483e4fe3ebb12b156770bf7a7a1938798589
MD5 hash: 8808fc82e82ae2e88511b41353c6d17d
humanhash: hawaii-sixteen-london-twelve
File name:S4Cq
Download: download sample
Signature Mirai
File size:104'480 bytes
First seen:2026-08-04 12:36:34 UTC
Last seen:Never
File type: elf
MIME type:application/x-executable
ssdeep 1536:jVIjzrLUFpWKxwJvrMvaGp1/BjvjkEl3BGXtMWVaEQa0C66syJDO3E:CwyKxqvovJFKQF
TLSH T1C4A3E91ABF611EB7D81BCD3706AD060239CC951772683B767538D828F68A54B8AD3CF4
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 :
1
# of downloads :
84
Origin country :
DE DE
Vendor Threat Intelligence
No detections
Result
Verdict:
Malware
Maliciousness:

Behaviour
Kills processes
Sets a written file as executable
Receives data from a server
Connection attempt
Sends data to a server
Manages services
Runs as daemon
Collects information on the CPU
Creating a file
Collects information on the RAM
Creates or modifies files in /cron to set up autorun
Writes symbolic links to system directory
Creates or modifies files in /init.d to set up autorun
Verdict:
Likely Malicious
Threat level:
  7.5/10
Confidence:
100%
Tags:
mirai
Verdict:
Malicious
File Type:
elf.32.le
First seen:
2026-08-04T06:28:00Z UTC
Last seen:
2026-08-04T06:55:00Z UTC
Hits:
~10
Result
Threat name:
Generic IoTBotnet
Detection:
malicious
Classification:
spre.troj
Score:
84 / 100
Signature
Antivirus / Scanner detection for submitted sample
Multi AV Scanner detection for submitted file
Sample reads /proc/mounts (often used for finding a writable filesystem)
Sample tries to kill multiple processes (SIGKILL)
Sample tries to persist itself using cron
Sample tries to persist itself using System V runlevels
Sample tries to set files in /etc globally writable
Yara detected Generic IoTBotnet
Behaviour
Behavior Graph:
behaviorgraph top1 dnsIp2 2 Behavior Graph ID: 1951909 Sample: S4Cq.elf Startdate: 04/08/2026 Architecture: LINUX Score: 84 42 129.121.110.105, 8081 ORACLE-BMC-31898-OracleCorporationUS United States 2->42 44 129.121.114.124, 35623 ORACLE-BMC-31898-OracleCorporationUS United States 2->44 46 2 other IPs or domains 2->46 48 Antivirus / Scanner detection for submitted sample 2->48 50 Multi AV Scanner detection for submitted file 2->50 52 Yara detected Generic IoTBotnet 2->52 10 S4Cq.elf 2->10         started        12 systemd snapd-env-generator 2->12         started        14 systemd snapd-env-generator 2->14         started        16 6 other processes 2->16 signatures3 process4 process5 18 S4Cq.elf 10->18         started        process6 20 S4Cq.elf 18->20         started        process7 22 S4Cq.elf 20->22         started        26 S4Cq.elf 20->26         started        28 S4Cq.elf 20->28         started        30 6 other processes 20->30 file8 36 /etc/rc.local, POSIX 22->36 dropped 38 /etc/crontab, ASCII 22->38 dropped 40 /etc/cron.d/crond, ASCII 22->40 dropped 54 Sample tries to set files in /etc globally writable 22->54 56 Sample reads /proc/mounts (often used for finding a writable filesystem) 22->56 58 Sample tries to persist itself using cron 22->58 60 Sample tries to persist itself using System V runlevels 22->60 32 S4Cq.elf systemctl 22->32         started        34 S4Cq.elf systemctl 22->34         started        62 Sample tries to kill multiple processes (SIGKILL) 26->62 signatures9 process10
Threat name:
Linux.Worm.Mirai
Status:
Malicious
First seen:
2026-08-04 12:38:01 UTC
File Type:
ELF32 Little (Exe)
AV detection:
8 of 36 (22.22%)
Threat level:
  5/5
Result
Malware family:
n/a
Score:
  6/10
Tags:
antivm discovery execution persistence privilege_escalation
Behaviour
Reads runtime system information
Checks CPU configuration
Creates/modifies Cron job
Enumerates running processes
Modifies rc script
Modifies systemd
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YARA Signatures


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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 180ffa949c9b8aaf004e0d68bb09feae79e1578ab3df085de22c625aa027b122

(this sample)

  
Delivery method
Distributed via web download

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