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Mirai


Vendor detections: 10


Intelligence 10 IOCs YARA 6 File information Comments

SHA256 hash: 2b38bbb299bb43147a122f896e4e4876ea8b40c453110954961019681fef915a
SHA3-384 hash: 7585d6eeb975f36cbc9004aa4a0a01747af2318d078559e0e11f312ca7ce1f617baffc0e85276427fe28b8611953ce3c
SHA1 hash: ccbf700199da238c54a6ecd67b471a86d3dc0add
MD5 hash: bfb9cfe2c02361dd1354cc5672226350
humanhash: kansas-spaghetti-wyoming-social
File name:023782pler.spc
Download: download sample
Signature Mirai
File size:135'544 bytes
First seen:2026-05-29 03:49:36 UTC
Last seen:2026-05-29 13:10:05 UTC
File type: elf
MIME type:application/x-executable
ssdeep 1536:UgRtkTLrLwRBNU32vX/akHZXe4h8AvlGE/mDk2cFDjtDWYm5J7QQ9+tbE6T36oSe:52oBNYSOE3FnZWYOJKSS5
TLSH T1D8D38D22E9391A27C5E4947711F31331F0F3438A24B89A1EBDB10E8DBF1979026677B8
Magika elf
Reporter abuse_ch
Tags:elf mirai

Intelligence


File Origin
# of uploads :
2
# of downloads :
79
Origin country :
DE DE
Vendor Threat Intelligence
Malware configuration found for:
Mirai
Details
Mirai
an XOR decryption key and at least a c2 socket address
Verdict:
Malicious
Threat level:
  10/10
Confidence:
100%
Tags:
masquerade obfuscated
Verdict:
Malicious
File Type:
elf.32.be
First seen:
2026-05-29T01:32:00Z UTC
Last seen:
2026-05-30T23:06:00Z UTC
Hits:
~10
Status:
terminated
Behavior Graph:
%3 guuid=c9808ae6-1600-0000-ef69-1f11410d0000 pid=3393 /usr/bin/sudo guuid=c5d804e9-1600-0000-ef69-1f114b0d0000 pid=3403 /tmp/sample.bin guuid=c9808ae6-1600-0000-ef69-1f11410d0000 pid=3393->guuid=c5d804e9-1600-0000-ef69-1f114b0d0000 pid=3403 execve
Result
Threat name:
Detection:
malicious
Classification:
troj
Score:
84 / 100
Signature
Antivirus / Scanner detection for submitted sample
Executes the "crontab" command typically for achieving persistence
Multi AV Scanner detection for submitted file
Sample tries to persist itself using cron
Suricata IDS alerts for network traffic
Uses known network protocols on non-standard ports
Yara detected Mirai
Behaviour
Behavior Graph:
behaviorgraph top1 dnsIp2 2 Behavior Graph ID: 1920130 Sample: 023782pler.spc.elf Startdate: 29/05/2026 Architecture: LINUX Score: 84 80 211.124.17.101 ZAQJCOMCoLtdJP Japan 2->80 82 67.141.232.116 WINDSTREAM-WindstreamCommunicationsLLCUS United States 2->82 84 99 other IPs or domains 2->84 86 Suricata IDS alerts for network traffic 2->86 88 Antivirus / Scanner detection for submitted sample 2->88 90 Multi AV Scanner detection for submitted file 2->90 92 2 other signatures 2->92 11 023782pler.spc.elf 2->11         started        13 dash rm 2->13         started        15 dash rm 2->15         started        17 python3.8 dpkg 2->17         started        signatures3 process4 process5 19 023782pler.spc.elf 11->19         started        21 023782pler.spc.elf 11->21         started        23 023782pler.spc.elf 11->23         started        process6 25 023782pler.spc.elf sh 19->25         started        27 023782pler.spc.elf sh 19->27         started        31 023782pler.spc.elf sh 19->31         started        37 6 other processes 19->37 33 023782pler.spc.elf 21->33         started        35 023782pler.spc.elf 21->35         started        file7 39 sh crontab 25->39         started        43 sh 25->43         started        45 sh crontab 25->45         started        74 /etc/cron.d/terrabot, ASCII 27->74 dropped 104 Sample tries to persist itself using cron 27->104 47 sh chmod 27->47         started        76 /etc/crontab, ASCII 31->76 dropped 49 023782pler.spc.elf sh 33->49         started        51 023782pler.spc.elf sh 33->51         started        53 023782pler.spc.elf sh 33->53         started        55 6 other processes 33->55 signatures8 process9 file10 72 /var/spool/cron/crontabs/tmp.n2CtMp, ASCII 39->72 dropped 96 Sample tries to persist itself using cron 39->96 98 Executes the "crontab" command typically for achieving persistence 39->98 57 sh crontab 43->57         started        60 sh crontab 49->60         started        63 sh 49->63         started        65 sh crontab 49->65         started        67 sh chmod 51->67         started        signatures11 process12 file13 78 /var/spool/cron/crontabs/tmp.2S895S, ASCII 60->78 dropped 100 Sample tries to persist itself using cron 60->100 102 Executes the "crontab" command typically for achieving persistence 60->102 69 sh crontab 63->69         started        signatures14 process15 signatures16 94 Executes the "crontab" command typically for achieving persistence 69->94
Threat name:
Linux.Backdoor.Mirai
Status:
Malicious
First seen:
2026-05-29 03:51:05 UTC
File Type:
ELF32 Big (Exe)
AV detection:
18 of 36 (50.00%)
Threat level:
  5/5
Result
Malware family:
Score:
  10/10
Tags:
family:mirai botnet linux
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YARA Signatures


MalwareBazaar uses YARA rules from several public and non-public repositories, such as YARAhub and Malpedia. Those are being matched against malware samples uploaded to MalwareBazaar as well as against any suspicious process dumps they may create. Please note that only results from TLP:CLEAR rules are being displayed.

Rule name:ELF_Mirai
Author:NDA0E
Description:Detects multiple Mirai variants
Rule name:ELF_Toriilike_persist
Author:4r4
Description:Detects Torii IoT Botnet (stealthier Mirai alternative)
Reference:Identified via researched data
Rule name:iot_req_metachar
Rule name:linux_generic_ipv6_catcher
Author:@_lubiedo
Description:ELF samples using IPv6 addresses
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 2b38bbb299bb43147a122f896e4e4876ea8b40c453110954961019681fef915a

(this sample)

  
Delivery method
Distributed via web download

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