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Mirai


Vendor detections: 7


Intelligence 7 IOCs YARA 8 File information Comments
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SHA256 hash: 2944bcab88e2c1a4f91d861d9dae3736e3e6bbe282873c63cd239a38b3efb8d7
SHA3-384 hash: 6e3f670309c3f43b29fdc3911fe553afa8dfa7d08f3787ddcd858db156996ea96711df83d42b40cc4e927d371373f88f
SHA1 hash: de968e0fdf9271503504d0e72803a8b73897f382
MD5 hash: 66b5775b0f5ca3a386d0a308ba3b0a12
humanhash: lake-fourteen-apart-magazine
File name:mpsl
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Signature Mirai
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File size:251'812 bytes
First seen:2026-08-25 15:45:50 UTC
Last seen:Never
File type: elf
MIME type:application/x-executable
ssdeep 3072:hUM4HYHWgtVjeG8qJplGmrkosHAlHbCocdFfDBu1EssMZc/T03ImIys61X1h5osn:yifJpIuDRleHxDKEssMOgh5os
TLSH T1A034E9096FB20EFBD86BDD3B06E91A06248C641722957B35763CD528BF0A54F4AE3C74
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 :
1
# of downloads :
34
Origin country :
DE DE
Vendor Threat Intelligence
No detections
Detection(s):
Unix.Trojan.Mirai-9441505-0
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Result
Verdict:
Malware
Maliciousness:

Behaviour
Removes directories from a subdirectory of a temporary directory
Connection attempt
Creating a file in the %temp% subdirectories
Sets a written file as executable
Creating a file in the %temp% directory
Receives data from a server
Collects information on the OS
Kills processes
Creating a process from a recently created file
Creates directories in a temporary directory
Creates directories in a subdirectory of a temporary directory
Creating a file
Launching a process
Deleting a recently created file
Runs as daemon
Sends data to a server
Creates or modifies files in /cron to set up autorun
Substitutes an application name
Creates or modifies files in /init.d to set up autorun
Deleting of the original file
Verdict:
Likely Malicious
Threat level:
  7.5/10
Confidence:
100%
Tags:
mirai
Link:
https://www.filescan.io/uploads/6a8db8c1ec91a3a727be5bf8/reports/d4d70998-8628-4192-93a3-fba8c7745723/overview
Status:
terminated
Link:
https://sandbox.kunai.rocks/analysis/2e31b646-5768-48a1-9499-4092d6290ea9
Behavior Graph:
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%3 guuid=587ae80e-1a00-0000-2ca2-fadbd40b0000 pid=3028 /usr/bin/sudo guuid=cc4cfe10-1a00-0000-2ca2-fadbdb0b0000 pid=3035 /tmp/sample.bin guuid=587ae80e-1a00-0000-2ca2-fadbd40b0000 pid=3028->guuid=cc4cfe10-1a00-0000-2ca2-fadbdb0b0000 pid=3035 execve
Verdict:
Unknown
Link:
https://analyze.intezer.com/analyses/73cdbb11-8445-45d6-8597-702e58bab49e
Score:
100%
Verdict:
Malware
File Type:
ELF
Link:
https://malprob.io/report/2944bcab88e2c1a4f91d861d9dae3736e3e6bbe282873c63cd239a38b3efb8d7
Detection:
mirai
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Link:
https://mwdb.cert.pl/sample/2944bcab88e2c1a4f91d861d9dae3736e3e6bbe282873c63cd239a38b3efb8d7/
Threat name:
Linux.Worm.Mirai
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Status:
Malicious
First seen:
2026-08-25 15:46:24 UTC
File Type:
ELF32 Little (Exe)
AV detection:
13 of 36 (36.11%)
Threat level:
  5/5
Detection(s):
Suspicious file
Link:
https://check.spamhaus.org/check/?searchterm=ffclzk4i4la2j6i5qyoz3lrxg3r6no7cqkdtyy6neondrm7pxdlq._file
Result
Malware family:
n/a
Score:
  7/10
Tags:
defense_evasion discovery execution persistence privilege_escalation
Link:
https://tria.ge/reports/260825-s7peksvekh/
Behaviour
Reads runtime system information
System Network Configuration Discovery
Writes file to tmp directory
Changes its process name
Creates/modifies Cron job
Enumerates running processes
Modifies init.d
File and Directory Permissions Modification
Deletes itself
Executes dropped EXE
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YARA Signatures

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Rule name:CP_Script_Inject_Detector
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Author:DiegoAnalytics
Description:Detects attempts to inject code into another process across PE, ELF, Mach-O binaries
Rule name:ELF_IoT_Persistence_Hunt
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Author:4r4
Description:Hunts for ELF files with persistence and download capabilities
Rule name:ELF_Toriilike_persist
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Author:4r4
Description:Detects Torii IoT Botnet (stealthier Mirai alternative)
Reference:Identified via researched data
Rule name:F01_s1ckrule
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Author:s1ckb017
Rule name:linux_generic_ipv6_catcher
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Author:@_lubiedo
Description:ELF samples using IPv6 addresses
Rule name:Linux_Rootkit_Generic_61229bdf
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Author:Elastic Security
Rule name:TH_Generic_MassHunt_Linux_Malware_2026_CYFARE
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Author:CYFARE
Description:Generic Linux malware mass-hunt rule - 2026
Reference:https://cyfare.net/
Rule name:unixredflags3
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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 2944bcab88e2c1a4f91d861d9dae3736e3e6bbe282873c63cd239a38b3efb8d7

(this sample)

  
URLhaus
https://urlhaus.abuse.ch/url/3904517/
  
Delivery method
Distributed via web download

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