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Database Entry



Mirai


Vendor detections: 7


Intelligence 7 IOCs YARA 4 File information Comments

SHA256 hash: 40ca1cc50908ba6247b4a12a20c30f9bc5f11b61ebd4fa45a61bbfcf725efb88
SHA3-384 hash: 18f6d8f3f1ed534f4f12a67f8acab36c2dfca7ee39f09003675bb58d0733baaeaa787038209161f01d299bc655f3d239
SHA1 hash: fa9c030f8848d4b060f7f5ecea30cc10508be7b5
MD5 hash: 0cd2a2489598c53dc2958d5e481fbc3c
humanhash: mike-avocado-solar-montana
File name:mips
Download: download sample
Signature Mirai
File size:86'456 bytes
First seen:2026-10-17 02:34:37 UTC
Last seen:2026-10-18 00:58:39 UTC
File type: elf
MIME type:application/x-executable
ssdeep 1536:A0osGSHJK+GJ6DSIQ7rgAKcBRvS/tbYNU5lv0POXmXqGVziUHVJuY:9FGSHJDGJKp0r6gRvAYNUlv0POCqGRVJ
TLSH T1178312A481879F99D9F6F3F89C702701BD700B709A0BEADE7B1835D2546B07AA485FD0
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 UPX
File size (compressed) :86'456 bytes
File size (de-compressed) :274'812 bytes
Format:linux/mips
Unpacked file: 602ea10b62bc266484fe6c2de86c56c79747203e12fba6a824e66ba697d1be45

Intelligence


File Origin
# of uploads :
3
# of downloads :
116
Origin country :
DE DE
Vendor Threat Intelligence
Result
Verdict:
Malware
Maliciousness:

Behaviour
Creating a file
Launching a process
Sets a written file as executable
Receives data from a server
Manages services
Sets a file as executable
Kills processes
Connection attempt
Collects information on the CPU
Collects information on the RAM
Locks files
Sends data to a server
Runs as daemon
Substitutes an application name
Writes files to system subdirectory
Creates or modifies files in /cron to set up autorun
Kills critical processes
Deleting of the original file
Creates or modifies files in /init.d to set up autorun
Verdict:
Unknown
Threat level:
  0/10
Confidence:
100%
Tags:
packed upx
Verdict:
Malicious
File Type:
elf.32.be
First seen:
2026-10-17T00:31:00Z UTC
Last seen:
2026-10-18T17:52:00Z UTC
Hits:
~10
Status:
terminated
Behavior Graph:
%3 guuid=5bc1f0ef-1600-0000-1dee-969ead0c0000 pid=3245 /usr/bin/sudo guuid=69e76ef1-1600-0000-1dee-969eb20c0000 pid=3250 /tmp/sample.bin guuid=5bc1f0ef-1600-0000-1dee-969ead0c0000 pid=3245->guuid=69e76ef1-1600-0000-1dee-969eb20c0000 pid=3250 execve
Threat name:
Linux.Worm.Mirai
Status:
Suspicious
First seen:
2026-10-17 02:35:29 UTC
File Type:
ELF32 Big (Exe)
AV detection:
10 of 24 (41.67%)
Threat level:
  5/5
Result
Malware family:
n/a
Score:
  9/10
Tags:
antivm defense_evasion discovery exection execution persistence privilege_escalation upx
Behaviour
Command and Scripting Interpreter: Unix Shell
Enumerates kernel/hardware configuration
Reads runtime system information
System Network Configuration Discovery
Writes file to shm directory
Writes file to tmp directory
Changes its process name
Checks CPU configuration
Reads system network configuration
UPX packed file
Creates/modifies Cron job
Deletes log files
Enumerates active TCP sockets
Enumerates running processes
Modifies rc script
Modifies systemd
Deletes itself
Deletes system logs
Modifies the /etc/hosts DNS resolution file
Modifies the dynamic linker configuration file
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YARA Signatures


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Rule name:ELF_IoT_DVR_Botnet_Hama_UPX
Author:Serhii Kocherhan
Description:Detects packed and unpacked ELF IoT/DVR botnet variants targeting UPX compression structures and uncompressed code
Rule name:SUSP_ELF_LNX_UPX_Compressed_File
Author:Florian Roth (Nextron Systems)
Description:Detects a suspicious ELF binary with UPX compression
Reference:Internal Research
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:upx_packed_elf_v1
Author:RandomMalware

File information


The table below shows additional information about this malware sample such as delivery method and external references.

Web download

Mirai

elf 40ca1cc50908ba6247b4a12a20c30f9bc5f11b61ebd4fa45a61bbfcf725efb88

(this sample)

  
Delivery method
Distributed via web download

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