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Database Entry



Mirai


Vendor detections: 8


Intelligence 8 IOCs YARA 3 File information Comments

SHA256 hash: 28a173f0fbd53a262bdf7eb328531879013006a65e1b8cddbf223fcfb134be50
SHA3-384 hash: 21536929f2aaffedd4e0a1063fc8ddf26ffcf394b0fc561a92cb269c2261a342ccf2ab5b64825fdadbaa8f3a1e0650af
SHA1 hash: c6f500ea8d4ac3877ccc51ca3b7db1e9586d69f7
MD5 hash: b8bf8223dc458d1730d667c7d790881c
humanhash: east-cat-maryland-apart
File name:TCIi
Download: download sample
Signature Mirai
File size:68'508 bytes
First seen:2026-08-02 09:28:22 UTC
Last seen:2026-08-03 01:21:55 UTC
File type: elf
MIME type:application/x-executable
ssdeep 1536:m2nifqkOsgJJ3QpDjorGn1eYiDjAxDimfPBJBtEpaU:+fZy+2Q8Yi43fPBJBQ
TLSH T176631A2AF9819F15C5D1167AFE1E534E331327BCE3DE7213EE142B65278B46B0E2A406
telfhash t13df08b388a4d19e09bf1c1514afa774459a4b5b33310405bdffd6fc64252491731b81e
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 :
69
Origin country :
DE DE
Vendor Threat Intelligence
No detections
Result
Verdict:
Malware
Maliciousness:

Behaviour
Manages services
Creating a file
Sends data to a server
Collects information on the RAM
Connection attempt
Receives data from a server
Sets a written file as executable
Kills processes
Runs as daemon
Collects information on the CPU
Writes symbolic links to system directory
Creates or modifies files in /cron to set up autorun
Creates or modifies files in /init.d to set up autorun
Verdict:
Unknown
Threat level:
  0/10
Confidence:
100%
Tags:
expand lolbin rust
Verdict:
Malicious
Uses P2P?:
false
Uses anti-vm?:
false
Architecture:
arm
Packer:
not packed
Botnet:
unknown
Number of open files:
89
Number of processes launched:
10
Processes remaning?
false
Remote TCP ports scanned:
not identified
Behaviour
Persistence
Botnet C2s
TCP botnet C2(s):
not identified
UDP botnet C2(s):
not identified
Verdict:
Malicious
File Type:
elf.32.le
First seen:
2026-08-02T05:07:00Z UTC
Last seen:
2026-08-03T23:37:00Z UTC
Hits:
~10
Status:
terminated
Behavior Graph:
%3 guuid=a82d41cb-2b00-0000-33b0-196cbe040000 pid=1214 /usr/bin/sudo guuid=6a106dd2-2b00-0000-33b0-196cc6040000 pid=1222 /tmp/sample.bin guuid=a82d41cb-2b00-0000-33b0-196cbe040000 pid=1214->guuid=6a106dd2-2b00-0000-33b0-196cc6040000 pid=1222 execve
Result
Threat name:
Generic IoTBotnet
Detection:
malicious
Classification:
spre.troj
Score:
88 / 100
Signature
Antivirus / Scanner detection for submitted sample
Connects to many ports of the same IP (likely port scanning)
Multi AV Scanner detection for submitted file
Sample reads /proc/mounts (often used for finding a writable filesystem)
Sample tries to kill multiple processes (SIGKILL)
Sample tries to persist itself using cron
Sample tries to persist itself using System V runlevels
Sample tries to set files in /etc globally writable
Yara detected Generic IoTBotnet
Behaviour
Behavior Graph:
behaviorgraph top1 dnsIp2 2 Behavior Graph ID: 1951023 Sample: TCIi.elf Startdate: 02/08/2026 Architecture: LINUX Score: 88 42 129.121.110.105, 1235, 23456, 25565 ORACLE-BMC-31898-OracleCorporationUS United States 2->42 44 129.121.114.124, 25365, 25565, 34306 ORACLE-BMC-31898-OracleCorporationUS United States 2->44 46 3 other IPs or domains 2->46 48 Antivirus / Scanner detection for submitted sample 2->48 50 Multi AV Scanner detection for submitted file 2->50 52 Yara detected Generic IoTBotnet 2->52 54 Connects to many ports of the same IP (likely port scanning) 2->54 10 TCIi.elf 2->10         started        12 systemd snapd-env-generator 2->12         started        14 systemd snapd-env-generator 2->14         started        16 6 other processes 2->16 signatures3 process4 process5 18 TCIi.elf 10->18         started        process6 20 TCIi.elf 18->20         started        process7 22 TCIi.elf 20->22         started        26 TCIi.elf 20->26         started        28 TCIi.elf 20->28         started        30 6 other processes 20->30 file8 36 /etc/rc.local, POSIX 22->36 dropped 38 /etc/crontab, ASCII 22->38 dropped 40 /etc/cron.d/crond, ASCII 22->40 dropped 56 Sample tries to set files in /etc globally writable 22->56 58 Sample reads /proc/mounts (often used for finding a writable filesystem) 22->58 60 Sample tries to persist itself using cron 22->60 62 Sample tries to persist itself using System V runlevels 22->62 32 TCIi.elf systemctl 22->32         started        34 TCIi.elf systemctl 22->34         started        64 Sample tries to kill multiple processes (SIGKILL) 26->64 signatures9 process10
Threat name:
Linux.Backdoor.Mirai
Status:
Malicious
First seen:
2026-08-02 09:29:52 UTC
File Type:
ELF32 Little (Exe)
AV detection:
14 of 24 (58.33%)
Threat level:
  5/5
Result
Malware family:
n/a
Score:
  6/10
Tags:
antivm discovery execution persistence privilege_escalation
Behaviour
Reads runtime system information
Checks CPU configuration
Creates/modifies Cron job
Enumerates running processes
Modifies rc script
Modifies systemd
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_Generic_Threat_d2dca9e7
Author:Elastic Security
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 28a173f0fbd53a262bdf7eb328531879013006a65e1b8cddbf223fcfb134be50

(this sample)

  
Delivery method
Distributed via web download

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