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Database Entry



Mirai


Vendor detections: 9


Intelligence 9 IOCs YARA 14 File information Comments

SHA256 hash: 2aebfe1317f74b79f467ecdbe6d54e177fd0472bcbe3870e0afd0a153aad28be
SHA3-384 hash: 9197d5de2179cf29888773d82e092754a5d9128eb8399f8fe74b371f868b25aca723304ca24e0b09a440d70c44e92df5
SHA1 hash: 46083f7e18a03308bd5b1d02f9e08b0f041ea83a
MD5 hash: 1e21c340265802fc8c5c0b0c70dd8e2a
humanhash: zebra-solar-illinois-utah
File name:mips
Download: download sample
Signature Mirai
File size:840'080 bytes
First seen:2026-09-26 16:26:21 UTC
Last seen:2026-09-28 06:19:14 UTC
File type: elf
MIME type:application/x-executable
ssdeep 6144:Knryd5wYdDgmt7D76AGHh8vvvrqMiwrAMR6x7QMkV5ctbtJVCzt4LN17h/WuK95h:KM62DRA8vCmqouaoYF7FO+HaC
TLSH T18605F70B6E32DF7EF579C23087F34A34D69972D726E18588E19DD20D1E2024AA51F7AC
telfhash t199a1e598293813b4ab646c4d459dff32c99338ef2a161c239e50e85eeb1fa835d20c1d
Magika elf
Reporter abuse_ch
Tags:elf mirai

Intelligence


File Origin
# of uploads :
2
# of downloads :
72
Origin country :
DE DE
Vendor Threat Intelligence
No detections
Result
Verdict:
Malware
Maliciousness:

Behaviour
Kills processes
Sets a written file as executable
Receives data from a server
Connection attempt
Sends data to a server
Creating a file in the %temp% directory
Collects information on the RAM
Creating a file
Writes files to system directory
Creates or modifies files in /cron to set up autorun
Creates or modifies symbolic links in /init.d to set up autorun
Creates or modifies files in /init.d to set up autorun
Performs a bruteforce attack in the network
Verdict:
Malicious
Threat level:
  10/10
Confidence:
100%
Tags:
gcc
Verdict:
Malicious
Uses P2P?:
false
Uses anti-vm?:
true
Architecture:
mips
Packer:
not packed
Botnet:
unknown
Number of open files:
155
Number of processes launched:
20
Processes remaning?
false
Remote TCP ports scanned:
23,2323
Behaviour
Anti-VM
Persistence
Botnet C2s
TCP botnet C2(s):
not identified
UDP botnet C2(s):
not identified
Verdict:
Unknown
File Type:
elf.32.be
First seen:
2026-09-27T03:53:00Z UTC
Last seen:
2026-09-27T05:50:00Z UTC
Hits:
~10
Status:
terminated
Behavior Graph:
%3 guuid=ed3354ba-1c00-0000-09ae-6b5490080000 pid=2192 /usr/bin/sudo guuid=b21c4abd-1c00-0000-09ae-6b5497080000 pid=2199 /tmp/sample.bin guuid=ed3354ba-1c00-0000-09ae-6b5490080000 pid=2192->guuid=b21c4abd-1c00-0000-09ae-6b5497080000 pid=2199 execve
Threat name:
Linux.Backdoor.Mirai
Status:
Malicious
First seen:
2026-09-26 16:27:23 UTC
File Type:
ELF32 Big (Exe)
AV detection:
14 of 23 (60.87%)
Threat level:
  5/5
Result
Malware family:
xmrig_linux
Score:
  10/10
Tags:
family:xmrig_linux discovery execution miner persistence privilege_escalation
Behaviour
Reads runtime system information
System Network Configuration Discovery
Writes file to tmp directory
Reads system network configuration
Creates a large amount of network flows
Creates/modifies Cron job
Enumerates active TCP sockets
Enumerates running processes
Modifies init.d
Modifies rc script
Contacts a large (2401) amount of remote hosts
Family: xmrig
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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:BLOWFISH_Constants
Author:phoul (@phoul)
Description:Look for Blowfish constants
Rule name:DetectEncryptedVariants
Author:Zinyth
Description:Detects 'encrypted' in ASCII, Unicode, base64, or hex-encoded
Rule name:ELF_Toriilike_persist
Author:4r4
Description:Detects Torii IoT Botnet (stealthier Mirai alternative)
Reference:Identified via researched data
Rule name:enterpriseapps2
Author:Tim Brown @timb_machine
Description:Enterprise apps
Rule name:golang
Rule name:linux_generic_ipv6_catcher
Author:@_lubiedo
Description:ELF samples using IPv6 addresses
Rule name:MIRAI_TELNETCURL_payload
Author:AfterPacket
Description:Mirai-lineage ELF payload carrying the leaked-source decoy domain
Reference:https://github.com/Afterpacket/drosera-threat-intel
Rule name:NSVPS_Hydra_SSH_Bruteforce
Author:sanad (NSVPS-SOC)
Description:Hydra SSH brute-force campaign credentials pattern from NSVPS honeypot
Rule name:RANSOMWARE
Author:ToroGuitar
Rule name:SHA512_Constants
Author:phoul (@phoul)
Description:Look for SHA384/SHA512 constants
Rule name:telebot_framework
Author:vietdx.mb
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 2aebfe1317f74b79f467ecdbe6d54e177fd0472bcbe3870e0afd0a153aad28be

(this sample)

  
Delivery method
Distributed via web download

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