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Database Entry



Mirai


Vendor detections: 8


Intelligence 8 IOCs YARA 7 File information Comments

SHA256 hash: 21a037258778f11dabfeb0f8bca9cea4b5d706818a2a4c9250dc53babbd4f0b8
SHA3-384 hash: df7b8afc60939ba0eedafa8082c7818840736f826eaa8d8df3c8b4d39188ee6942b8925a31e91dc92dd25b62198c424c
SHA1 hash: 3314e141c273e01c54a96e6377e1515d49194c06
MD5 hash: a8ae839ffba2199bd7ab638e9d977fa0
humanhash: magnesium-illinois-nine-fanta
File name:ppc
Download: download sample
Signature Mirai
File size:92'064 bytes
First seen:2026-01-21 17:09:46 UTC
Last seen:Never
File type: elf
MIME type:application/x-executable
ssdeep 1536:wrTRtMgxWLtLcDcTD+rdiYRQpPixbbUZrvoxnH7OGdpKTq8kJ+unHxpeECO7Hnjv:awoWLt9T1Y2i6wpg2+2xgM/Tr
TLSH T134934B02B3180A47D1A34DB03A3F1BD1C3BFA5D121E4F689692E9B8596B5D336486FCD
Magika elf
Reporter abuse_ch
Tags:elf mirai upx-dec


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abuse_ch
UPX decompressed file, sourced from SHA256 9e74dc5377747bdd06bd70cbcb4325e0218a8dd31f66dcccfa41069b7a11ca00
File size (compressed) :42'236 bytes
File size (de-compressed) :92'064 bytes
Format:linux/ppc32
Packed file: 9e74dc5377747bdd06bd70cbcb4325e0218a8dd31f66dcccfa41069b7a11ca00

Intelligence


File Origin
# of uploads :
1
# of downloads :
49
Origin country :
NL NL
Vendor Threat Intelligence
Malware configuration found for:
Mirai
Details
Mirai
an XOR decryption key and at least a c2 socket address
Result
Gathering data
Status:
terminated
Behavior Graph:
%3 guuid=cd822186-1800-0000-4931-aec6b30c0000 pid=3251 /usr/bin/sudo guuid=c8780389-1800-0000-4931-aec6b40c0000 pid=3252 /tmp/sample.bin guuid=cd822186-1800-0000-4931-aec6b30c0000 pid=3251->guuid=c8780389-1800-0000-4931-aec6b40c0000 pid=3252 execve
Result
Threat name:
Mirai, Xmrig
Detection:
malicious
Classification:
troj.mine
Score:
84 / 100
Signature
Antivirus / Scanner detection for submitted sample
Found strings related to Crypto-Mining
Malicious sample detected (through community Yara rule)
Multi AV Scanner detection for submitted file
Yara detected Mirai
Yara detected Xmrig cryptocurrency miner
Behaviour
Behavior Graph:
Threat name:
Linux.Worm.Mirai
Status:
Malicious
First seen:
2026-01-21 17:10:24 UTC
File Type:
ELF32 Big (Exe)
AV detection:
21 of 38 (55.26%)
Threat level:
  5/5
Result
Malware family:
Score:
  10/10
Tags:
family:mirai linux
Malware Config
C2 Extraction:
ahahahahahajs.unproxy.st
Please note that we are no longer able to provide a coverage score for Virus Total.

YARA Signatures


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Rule name:CoinMiner_Strings
Author:Florian Roth (Nextron Systems)
Description:Detects mining pool protocol string in Executable
Reference:https://minergate.com/faq/what-pool-address
Rule name:CoinMiner_Strings_RID2DDE
Author:Florian Roth
Description:Detects mining pool protocol string in Executable
Reference:https://minergate.com/faq/what-pool-address
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:linux_generic_ipv6_catcher
Author:@_lubiedo
Description:ELF samples using IPv6 addresses
Rule name:Linux_Trojan_Gafgyt_28a2fe0c
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 21a037258778f11dabfeb0f8bca9cea4b5d706818a2a4c9250dc53babbd4f0b8

(this sample)

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