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Database Entry



Mirai


Vendor detections: 5


Intelligence 5 IOCs YARA 6 File information Comments

SHA256 hash: 28ec63e90f1652414aea8aee820872baf0defcfddfef0660e4d76e2c5d43fa2f
SHA3-384 hash: 707278dd947b263c0a6ca066bc771becfa88ceb8b01b0a1e4c4a5439c41626200dd8a5de04d8dc5dbc8f5fe016cfd0a7
SHA1 hash: ae25693009c36fb8c2a17cdd39084c8385f2375a
MD5 hash: 876f6d32961894ed31d17b465c7a385c
humanhash: fillet-massachusetts-lima-robert
File name:plasma.mpsl
Download: download sample
Signature Mirai
File size:906'372 bytes
First seen:2026-01-13 15:57:45 UTC
Last seen:2026-01-13 19:56:30 UTC
File type: elf
MIME type:application/x-executable
ssdeep 12288:S6UFsOJh45Kxc+YmMkXLrdTsQlJXLg2n1TsO9A7Mj5TQf+etrb621gbm7SlzRK7y:kkXkXLdsQl+2Cxf+aUee5TFZHDK/fI
TLSH T1A2154C06AF415FEBC46FCD70492EC30610DDE8D756C5A72A71FC8A8CBA9D25A0ED3498
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 :
2
# of downloads :
73
Origin country :
DE DE
Vendor Threat Intelligence
No detections
Verdict:
Unknown
Threat level:
  2.5/10
Confidence:
100%
Tags:
gcc masquerade
Verdict:
Unknown
File Type:
elf.32.le
First seen:
2026-01-13T14:28:00Z UTC
Last seen:
2026-01-13T14:32:00Z UTC
Hits:
~10
Status:
terminated
Behavior Graph:
%3 guuid=f3ac72b9-2000-0000-d2ab-0c40a90a0000 pid=2729 /usr/bin/sudo guuid=e8b7f8bb-2000-0000-d2ab-0c40b20a0000 pid=2738 /tmp/sample.bin guuid=f3ac72b9-2000-0000-d2ab-0c40a90a0000 pid=2729->guuid=e8b7f8bb-2000-0000-d2ab-0c40b20a0000 pid=2738 execve
Result
Threat name:
n/a
Detection:
malicious
Classification:
troj
Score:
52 / 100
Signature
Deletes all firewall rules
Executes the "iptables" command to insert, remove and/or manipulate rules
Sample tries to persist itself using cron
Behaviour
Behavior Graph:
behaviorgraph top1 dnsIp2 2 Behavior Graph ID: 1849950 Sample: plasma.mpsl.elf Startdate: 13/01/2026 Architecture: LINUX Score: 52 66 169.254.169.254, 80 USDOSUS Reserved 2->66 68 109.202.202.202, 80 INIT7CH Switzerland 2->68 70 3 other IPs or domains 2->70 9 plasma.mpsl.elf 2->9         started        11 python3.8 dpkg 2->11         started        13 python3.8 dpkg 2->13         started        process3 process4 15 plasma.mpsl.elf 9->15         started        process5 17 plasma.mpsl.elf 15->17         started        21 plasma.mpsl.elf 15->21         started        23 plasma.mpsl.elf 15->23         started        25 139 other processes 15->25 file6 64 /etc/cron.d/sys_upd, ASCII 17->64 dropped 76 Sample tries to persist itself using cron 17->76 41 2 other processes 17->41 27 plasma.mpsl.elf sh 21->27         started        29 plasma.mpsl.elf sh 21->29         started        31 plasma.mpsl.elf sh 23->31         started        33 plasma.mpsl.elf sh 23->33         started        35 plasma.mpsl.elf sh 25->35         started        37 plasma.mpsl.elf sh 25->37         started        39 plasma.mpsl.elf sh 25->39         started        43 31 other processes 25->43 signatures7 process8 process9 49 2 other processes 27->49 45 sh chmod 29->45         started        52 2 other processes 31->52 47 sh chmod 33->47         started        54 2 other processes 35->54 56 2 other processes 37->56 58 2 other processes 39->58 60 3 other processes 41->60 62 45 other processes 43->62 signatures10 72 Deletes all firewall rules 62->72 74 Executes the "iptables" command to insert, remove and/or manipulate rules 62->74
Result
Malware family:
n/a
Score:
  6/10
Tags:
discovery execution persistence privilege_escalation
Behaviour
System Network Configuration Discovery
Changes its process name
Creates/modifies Cron job
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YARA Signatures


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Rule name:ach_202503_elf_Mirai
Author:abuse.ch
Description:Detects Mirai 'TSource' ELF files
Rule name:CP_Script_Inject_Detector
Author:DiegoAnalytics
Description:Detects attempts to inject code into another process across PE, ELF, Mach-O binaries
Rule name:F01_s1ckrule
Author:s1ckb017
Rule name:linux_generic_ipv6_catcher
Author:@_lubiedo
Description:ELF samples using IPv6 addresses
Rule name:malwareelf55503
Rule name:unixredflags3
Author:Tim Brown @timb_machine
Description:Hunts for UNIX red flags

File information


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Web download

Mirai

elf 28ec63e90f1652414aea8aee820872baf0defcfddfef0660e4d76e2c5d43fa2f

(this sample)

  
Delivery method
Distributed via web download

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