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Database Entry



Mirai


Vendor detections: 7


Intelligence 7 IOCs YARA 7 File information Comments

SHA256 hash: 253f87d887637ca92d57113b189992ceb81507ea4f4e72cc18f64ed4600a6fb1
SHA3-384 hash: 88dea9aa8a84f19de7474fba5f7d49cef7f52ca5ec6b3c56c9b5b786e7bb02e8bd5bf75ba040db38a6498cfb7ef6e321
SHA1 hash: 5e9f2ea570fa07791d53f3d9493fab2c5097a09a
MD5 hash: c74218f8b32abed9e84cffbd02aa9ac8
humanhash: lactose-mississippi-zulu-saturn
File name:data_arm6
Download: download sample
Signature Mirai
File size:257'736 bytes
First seen:2026-08-14 19:17:38 UTC
Last seen:2026-08-15 13:25:29 UTC
File type: elf
MIME type:application/x-executable
ssdeep 6144:a4F1CvF4SvwOWZlimhbUh/aB4VWUTScS6zZ4dkarTBijD4vW:jQvF4SAliYNBhUTScS6zukav4jD4
TLSH T186442C66E941DB92D1C116BEFF6EC24933132F78E3EE7202DD145F60678A89A0E7B501
telfhash t148e0e57406aa86fa92f08585417e2b5a940c7cae2b443c56c4dd1e8c4667fc534d2c29
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 :
3
# of downloads :
87
Origin country :
DE DE
Vendor Threat Intelligence
No detections
Result
Verdict:
Malware
Maliciousness:

Behaviour
Kills processes
Opens a port
Receives data from a server
Sends data to a server
Connection attempt
Launching a process
Runs as daemon
Creating a file in the %temp% directory
DNS request
Changes access rights for a file
Changes owner for a written file
Changes access rights for a written file
Creating a file
Substitutes an application name
Verdict:
Unknown
Threat level:
  0/10
Confidence:
100%
Tags:
bash expand gcc lolbin rust
Verdict:
Malicious
File Type:
elf.32.le
First seen:
2026-08-14T17:27:00Z UTC
Last seen:
2026-08-14T17:46:00Z UTC
Hits:
~10
Status:
terminated
Behavior Graph:
%3 guuid=92eea654-1b00-0000-81f6-136d41090000 pid=2369 /usr/bin/sudo guuid=15efb858-1b00-0000-81f6-136d46090000 pid=2374 /tmp/sample.bin guuid=92eea654-1b00-0000-81f6-136d41090000 pid=2369->guuid=15efb858-1b00-0000-81f6-136d46090000 pid=2374 execve
Threat name:
Linux.Backdoor.Mirai
Status:
Malicious
First seen:
2026-08-14 19:19:29 UTC
File Type:
ELF32 Little (Exe)
AV detection:
12 of 24 (50.00%)
Threat level:
  5/5
Result
Malware family:
n/a
Score:
  6/10
Tags:
credential_access discovery
Behaviour
Reads runtime system information
Writes file to tmp directory
Changes its process name
Reads system network configuration
Reads process memory
Enumerates active TCP sockets
Enumerates running processes
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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_generic_ipv6_catcher
Author:@_lubiedo
Description:ELF samples using IPv6 addresses
Rule name:SHA512_Constants
Author:phoul (@phoul)
Description:Look for SHA384/SHA512 constants
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
Rule name:VPNFilter
Author:Christiaan Beek @ McAfee Advanced Threat Research
Description:Filter for 2nd stage malware used in VPNfilter attack
Reference:https://blog.talosintelligence.com/2018/05/VPNFilter.html

File information


The table below shows additional information about this malware sample such as delivery method and external references.

Web download

Mirai

elf 253f87d887637ca92d57113b189992ceb81507ea4f4e72cc18f64ed4600a6fb1

(this sample)

  
Delivery method
Distributed via web download

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