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Database Entry



Mirai


Vendor detections: 9


Intelligence 9 IOCs YARA 10 File information Comments

SHA256 hash: 2242987cf8abba9a81114d8a561063a40f6bba0d59b4ef33192d817f1cb8a32c
SHA3-384 hash: 1fc44170db1305ee6461bc6ecd8b3510adfc805d4160ab4966b5b35bd7e92b4d89bdd33159f1bac42f4d8bc14ac2d277
SHA1 hash: 4fa344c6bcfcdf437960a28ade0824453a590d0f
MD5 hash: 0666df91a5f6aba6c06336358f01fb0a
humanhash: winter-summer-twelve-triple
File name:mirai.ppc
Download: download sample
Signature Mirai
File size:55'692 bytes
First seen:2026-09-15 06:07:54 UTC
Last seen:2026-09-15 12:34:05 UTC
File type: elf
MIME type:application/x-executable
ssdeep 768:FGPBjRam10q50LQBgTmhRj9ec7Lxsq/cYC+SyTceaXcEtfoiSED4zE+:FX80CBgTKL7L5T7ceaXKiSEsB
TLSH T156435A0273280A47E1A25FF0353F27E083BEE99121E4F6C9264FDA564275E77058AFD9
Magika elf
Reporter abuse_ch
Tags:elf mirai

Intelligence


File Origin
# of uploads :
2
# of downloads :
65
Origin country :
DE DE
Vendor Threat Intelligence
Verdict:
Malicious
Threat level:
  10/10
Confidence:
100%
Tags:
masquerade mirai
Verdict:
Malicious
File Type:
elf.32.be
First seen:
2026-09-15T03:59:00Z UTC
Last seen:
2026-09-16T18:34:00Z UTC
Hits:
~10
Status:
terminated
Behavior Graph:
%3 guuid=ac688b6b-2000-0000-2a53-fc2802090000 pid=2306 /usr/bin/sudo guuid=bb57866d-2000-0000-2a53-fc2806090000 pid=2310 /tmp/sample.bin guuid=ac688b6b-2000-0000-2a53-fc2802090000 pid=2306->guuid=bb57866d-2000-0000-2a53-fc2806090000 pid=2310 execve
Threat name:
Linux.Worm.Mirai
Status:
Malicious
First seen:
2026-09-15 06:08:41 UTC
File Type:
ELF32 Big (Exe)
AV detection:
18 of 24 (75.00%)
Threat level:
  5/5
Result
Malware family:
Score:
  10/10
Tags:
family:mirai botnet:mirai botnet linux
Please note that we are no longer able to provide a coverage score for Virus Total.

YARA Signatures


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Rule name:Linux_Mirai_Generic
Author:albertzsigovits
Description:Generic Approach to Mirai/Gafgyt samples
Rule name:Linux_Trojan_Mirai_0bce98a2
Author:Elastic Security
Rule name:MAL_ELF_LNX_Mirai_Oct10_2
Author:Florian Roth (Nextron Systems)
Description:Detects ELF malware Mirai related
Reference:Internal Research
Rule name:MAL_ELF_LNX_Mirai_Oct10_2_RID2F3A
Author:Florian Roth
Description:Detects ELF malware Mirai related
Reference:Internal Research
Rule name:Mirai_Botnet_Malware
Author:Florian Roth (Nextron Systems)
Description:Detects Mirai Botnet Malware
Reference:Internal Research
Rule name:Mirai_Botnet_Malware_RID2EF6
Author:Florian Roth
Description:Detects Mirai Botnet Malware
Reference:Internal Research
Rule name:SUSP_XORed_Mozilla_Oct19
Author:Florian Roth
Description:Detects suspicious single byte XORed keyword 'Mozilla/5.0' - it uses yara's XOR modifier and therefore cannot print the XOR key. You can use the CyberChef recipe linked in the reference field to brute force the used key.
Reference:https://gchq.github.io/CyberChef/#recipe=XOR_Brute_Force()
Rule name:SUSP_XORed_Mozilla_RID2DB4
Author:Florian Roth
Description:Detects suspicious XORed keyword - Mozilla/5.0
Reference:Internal Research
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 2242987cf8abba9a81114d8a561063a40f6bba0d59b4ef33192d817f1cb8a32c

(this sample)

  
Delivery method
Distributed via web download

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