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Database Entry



Mirai


Vendor detections: 8


Intelligence 8 IOCs YARA 4 File information Comments

SHA256 hash: 26d61987f55508b5756094d3d5675baf3aae3b0bf3ce370c7dfd8b2418c1c124
SHA3-384 hash: 5a012886f5e04b1995eb4242367f1450aaac2034dda727a6ee73b940da366f1e69eb5e0d1a876a5b74b7bb593ccee5c1
SHA1 hash: 74e23a595d2edf237746beed793f2a808ead13e2
MD5 hash: fcf55f94e248364a2a239248488528c6
humanhash: kitten-berlin-ohio-beer
File name:mips
Download: download sample
Signature Mirai
File size:72'668 bytes
First seen:2026-08-16 20:13:23 UTC
Last seen:Never
File type: elf
MIME type:application/x-executable
ssdeep 1536:DYQXvkTMZP32bVnewrM8uOM5MaAz5UhBWNsnte+jRDMAKJ5cyxGlG7ESVJuP:DYQsKJBR5MpaWj+dDDC5cyxGMVQP
TLSH T1F46302DAB8B148EAFE3DA3BC57C9679829781D01A405F20CB78EE845DD56E8090D6FC4
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 UPX
File size (compressed) :72'668 bytes
File size (de-compressed) :224'112 bytes
Format:linux/mips
Unpacked file: 2f18af00ae5efc8655ad39339c15e565734cef7e127b71f8e50b1e83d2db54cc

Intelligence


File Origin
# of uploads :
1
# of downloads :
69
Origin country :
DE DE
Vendor Threat Intelligence
Result
Verdict:
Malware
Maliciousness:

Behaviour
Kills processes
Launching a process
Locks files
Runs as daemon
Collects information on the CPU
Creating a file
Substitutes an application name
Writes files to system directory
Kills critical processes
Deleting of the original file
Verdict:
Likely Malicious
Threat level:
  7.5/10
Confidence:
100%
Tags:
mirai packed upx
Verdict:
Malicious
File Type:
elf.32.be
First seen:
2026-08-16T13:48:00Z UTC
Last seen:
2026-08-16T14:19:00Z UTC
Hits:
~10
Status:
terminated
Behavior Graph:
%3 guuid=fe29f900-1a00-0000-f50f-e47fd6090000 pid=2518 /usr/bin/sudo guuid=93285303-1a00-0000-f50f-e47fde090000 pid=2526 /tmp/sample.bin guuid=fe29f900-1a00-0000-f50f-e47fd6090000 pid=2518->guuid=93285303-1a00-0000-f50f-e47fde090000 pid=2526 execve
Threat name:
Linux.Worm.Mirai
Status:
Suspicious
First seen:
2026-08-16 18:44:54 UTC
File Type:
ELF32 Big (Exe)
AV detection:
11 of 36 (30.56%)
Threat level:
  5/5
Result
Malware family:
n/a
Score:
  7/10
Tags:
antivm defense_evasion discovery upx
Behaviour
Reads runtime system information
System Network Configuration Discovery
Changes its process name
Checks CPU configuration
Deletes log files
Enumerates running processes
Deletes itself
Deletes system logs
Modifies the /etc/hosts DNS resolution file
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YARA Signatures


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Rule name:linux_generic_ipv6_catcher
Author:@_lubiedo
Description:ELF samples using IPv6 addresses
Rule name:SUSP_ELF_LNX_UPX_Compressed_File
Author:Florian Roth (Nextron Systems)
Description:Detects a suspicious ELF binary with UPX compression
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:upx_packed_elf_v1
Author:RandomMalware

File information


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

Web download

Mirai

elf 26d61987f55508b5756094d3d5675baf3aae3b0bf3ce370c7dfd8b2418c1c124

(this sample)

  
Delivery method
Distributed via web download

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