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Database Entry



Mirai


Vendor detections: 12


Intelligence 12 IOCs YARA 9 File information Comments

SHA256 hash: 25a79b3b2a430494e16243a0309a355faee9301f7ab80fbff1b83f68d16c6729
SHA3-384 hash: 64c65cb336f4dca9cad8343b1cd027dc3e5f0346b5694be2149f8a372775b542553dee5c4761813c9cf9faa422281d3b
SHA1 hash: 75d6035f92055f841ab4d591f662dcd0f8c849e2
MD5 hash: d1d66bba4bd84f9b9fd050e1514ed2ad
humanhash: tennessee-nuts-bravo-victor
File name:mirai.ppc
Download: download sample
Signature Mirai
File size:58'284 bytes
First seen:2025-12-17 17:58:31 UTC
Last seen:Never
File type: elf
MIME type:application/x-executable
ssdeep 768:kEXb8zi7fiJNVfbYMS9RfkBKPO7f2mWbqbZSYZCuNyT6Z3rY3rpWt5AIs4s9Jpv9:kfu7ShbYMKJPufx7SUzq6Z3r7TsDp1
TLSH T1B6435A02732C0A47E1565FF4393F27E083FEE99021F4F588660FDA468276E77158AE99
Magika elf
Reporter abuse_ch
Tags:elf mirai

Intelligence


File Origin
# of uploads :
1
# of downloads :
72
Origin country :
DE DE
Vendor Threat Intelligence
Result
Verdict:
Malware
Maliciousness:

Behaviour
Connection attempt
Sends data to a server
Receives data from a server
Runs as daemon
Opens a port
Substitutes an application name
Deleting of the original file
Performs a bruteforce attack in the network
Verdict:
Unknown
Threat level:
  2.5/10
Confidence:
100%
Tags:
botnet masquerade mirai mirai
Verdict:
Malicious
File Type:
elf.32.be
First seen:
2025-12-17T15:07:00Z UTC
Last seen:
2025-12-18T12:48:00Z UTC
Hits:
~10
Detections:
HEUR:Backdoor.Linux.Mirai.b HEUR:Backdoor.Linux.Gafgyt.x HEUR:Backdoor.Linux.Mirai.r HEUR:Backdoor.Linux.Mirai.n HEUR:Backdoor.Linux.Mirai.h HEUR:Backdoor.Linux.Mirai.fg HEUR:Backdoor.Linux.Mirai.c
Status:
terminated
Behavior Graph:
%3 guuid=38a8837c-1b00-0000-709b-f6a8b90d0000 pid=3513 /usr/bin/sudo guuid=39d3737e-1b00-0000-709b-f6a8c00d0000 pid=3520 /tmp/sample.bin guuid=38a8837c-1b00-0000-709b-f6a8b90d0000 pid=3513->guuid=39d3737e-1b00-0000-709b-f6a8c00d0000 pid=3520 execve
Result
Threat name:
Detection:
malicious
Classification:
troj.evad
Score:
84 / 100
Signature
Antivirus / Scanner detection for submitted sample
Malicious sample detected (through community Yara rule)
Multi AV Scanner detection for submitted file
Sample deletes itself
Yara detected Mirai
Behaviour
Behavior Graph:
behaviorgraph top1 dnsIp2 2 Behavior Graph ID: 1835116 Sample: mirai.ppc.elf Startdate: 17/12/2025 Architecture: LINUX Score: 84 17 41.204.221.65, 23 xneeloZA South Africa 2->17 19 165.57.167.99, 23 ZAMTELZM Zambia 2->19 21 98 other IPs or domains 2->21 23 Malicious sample detected (through community Yara rule) 2->23 25 Antivirus / Scanner detection for submitted sample 2->25 27 Multi AV Scanner detection for submitted file 2->27 29 Yara detected Mirai 2->29 8 mirai.ppc.elf 2->8         started        signatures3 process4 signatures5 31 Sample deletes itself 8->31 11 mirai.ppc.elf 8->11         started        process6 process7 13 mirai.ppc.elf 11->13         started        15 mirai.ppc.elf 11->15         started       
Threat name:
Linux.Worm.Mirai
Status:
Malicious
First seen:
2025-12-17 17:49:40 UTC
File Type:
ELF32 Big (Exe)
AV detection:
17 of 23 (73.91%)
Threat level:
  5/5
Result
Malware family:
Score:
  10/10
Tags:
family:mirai botnet:mirai linux
Verdict:
Malicious
Tags:
botnet mirai trojan Unix.Trojan.Mirai-7100807-0
YARA:
MAL_ELF_LNX_Mirai_Oct10_2 Mirai_Botnet_Malware Linux_Trojan_Mirai_0bce98a2
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YARA Signatures


MalwareBazaar uses YARA rules from several public and non-public repositories, such as YARAhub and Malpedia. Those are being matched against malware samples uploaded to MalwareBazaar as well as against any suspicious process dumps they may create. Please note that only results from TLP:CLEAR rules are being displayed.

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:unixredflags3
Author:Tim Brown @timb_machine
Description:Hunts for UNIX red flags

File information


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Web download

Mirai

elf 25a79b3b2a430494e16243a0309a355faee9301f7ab80fbff1b83f68d16c6729

(this sample)

  
Delivery method
Distributed via web download

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