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Database Entry



Mirai


Vendor detections: 11


Intelligence 11 IOCs YARA 4 File information Comments

SHA256 hash: 4553773b19eddd908f896a53a9745fc11fd8901019d061f3177303aebdba40be
SHA3-384 hash: b0c92ce4ebcb01ec268fcef34cf501672c32cdf4def83215ab50f6d28a4d11ecc59f04ef7b31e74f6f0a05eeb97a5970
SHA1 hash: 7787edadd365621079a64e7e9e4bbb849c81db58
MD5 hash: 47827f4464d20f9d19696a04b8c17f07
humanhash: twenty-london-burger-december
File name:byte.m68k
Download: download sample
Signature Mirai
File size:89'332 bytes
First seen:2026-01-18 18:53:32 UTC
Last seen:Never
File type: elf
MIME type:application/x-executable
ssdeep 1536:7yE3tPkvQAgfeptdwNByP8IRhvDs8Mn26j/XLL15rIwVhAsRX:7yEdPHe7dwNByphLM26zHIwVhxRX
TLSH T1BB932B87F801DEBEF44BD6B644A30916B530B7520A530B6AB267FDD7AD321D43822F85
Magika elf
Reporter abuse_ch
Tags:elf mirai

Intelligence


File Origin
# of uploads :
1
# of downloads :
48
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:
gcc masquerade
Result
Gathering data
Status:
terminated
Behavior Graph:
%3 guuid=8b174502-1a00-0000-5e47-50e2eb0a0000 pid=2795 /usr/bin/sudo guuid=b6f93304-1a00-0000-5e47-50e2ec0a0000 pid=2796 /tmp/sample.bin guuid=8b174502-1a00-0000-5e47-50e2eb0a0000 pid=2795->guuid=b6f93304-1a00-0000-5e47-50e2ec0a0000 pid=2796 execve
Result
Threat name:
Gafgyt, Okiru
Detection:
malicious
Classification:
spre.troj
Score:
80 / 100
Signature
Multi AV Scanner detection for submitted file
Sample reads /proc/mounts (often used for finding a writable filesystem)
Sample tries to kill a massive number of system processes
Sample tries to kill multiple processes (SIGKILL)
Yara detected Gafgyt
Yara detected Okiru
Behaviour
Behavior Graph:
behaviorgraph top1 dnsIp2 2 Behavior Graph ID: 1852903 Sample: byte.m68k.elf Startdate: 18/01/2026 Architecture: LINUX Score: 80 55 98.137.59.109, 23 YAHOO-GQ1US United States 2->55 57 213.84.133.163, 23 XS4ALL-NLAmsterdamNL Netherlands 2->57 59 99 other IPs or domains 2->59 61 Multi AV Scanner detection for submitted file 2->61 63 Yara detected Okiru 2->63 65 Yara detected Gafgyt 2->65 8 byte.m68k.elf 2->8         started        10 systemd gpu-manager 2->10         started        12 systemd gpu-manager 2->12         started        14 78 other processes 2->14 signatures3 process4 signatures5 17 byte.m68k.elf 8->17         started        19 byte.m68k.elf 8->19         started        22 byte.m68k.elf 8->22         started        24 gpu-manager sh 10->24         started        26 gpu-manager sh 10->26         started        30 4 other processes 10->30 32 6 other processes 12->32 75 Sample reads /proc/mounts (often used for finding a writable filesystem) 14->75 28 gpu-manager sh 14->28         started        34 24 other processes 14->34 process6 signatures7 36 byte.m68k.elf 17->36         started        47 4 other processes 17->47 67 Sample tries to kill a massive number of system processes 19->67 69 Sample tries to kill multiple processes (SIGKILL) 19->69 39 sh grep 24->39         started        41 sh grep 26->41         started        43 sh grep 28->43         started        45 sh grep 30->45         started        49 3 other processes 30->49 51 6 other processes 32->51 53 16 other processes 34->53 process8 signatures9 71 Sample tries to kill a massive number of system processes 36->71 73 Sample tries to kill multiple processes (SIGKILL) 36->73
Threat name:
Linux.Worm.Mirai
Status:
Malicious
First seen:
2026-01-18 18:30:40 UTC
File Type:
ELF32 Big (Exe)
AV detection:
15 of 36 (41.67%)
Threat level:
  5/5
Result
Malware family:
Score:
  10/10
Tags:
family:mirai botnet:sora linux
Verdict:
Malicious
Tags:
Unix.Trojan.Mirai-6981989-0
YARA:
n/a
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YARA Signatures


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Rule name:ELF_Toriilike_persist
Author:4r4
Description:Detects Torii IoT Botnet (stealthier Mirai alternative)
Reference:Identified via researched data
Rule name:linux_generic_ipv6_catcher
Author:@_lubiedo
Description:ELF samples using IPv6 addresses
Rule name:Linux_Generic_Threat_3bcc1630
Author:Elastic Security
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 4553773b19eddd908f896a53a9745fc11fd8901019d061f3177303aebdba40be

(this sample)

  
Delivery method
Distributed via web download

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