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Database Entry



Mirai


Vendor detections: 8


Intelligence 8 IOCs YARA 20 File information Comments

SHA256 hash: 461f6dca09e2ff2d5538c5a98bd28b1abcf9bb923845283fbaf2dab1a04453e1
SHA3-384 hash: d0f2c67c8137c27b2c55935849dffde1f2c113008b65e32d0a0cb69ef8beba779808f8b5a83d5b3778bfd9b80de1175c
SHA1 hash: 0f37a0cf2c21d945cdbbd3f3046fccc55d19212a
MD5 hash: d5041bbc83718dafda59c919a4782b07
humanhash: sink-sixteen-apart-lake
File name:akuma_arm7
Download: download sample
Signature Mirai
File size:462'124 bytes
First seen:2026-10-12 09:16:49 UTC
Last seen:Never
File type: elf
MIME type:application/x-executable
ssdeep 12288:8T+VbbBkz7IUybIydIRZvxbgSaxLo7V9vJiMNj21E5:8iqPg2Z5bhQ
TLSH T19CA44959EC81AB55D5D12ABEFF7E824933131B78E3EE71129D145B3037CB90A0E3A906
telfhash t14f110262461859d49b84820cd28fe1205b46f5fa3790aca749ae6a8f48b2dd4b43112e
Magika elf
Reporter abuse_ch
Tags:elf mirai

Intelligence


File Origin
# of uploads :
1
# of downloads :
82
Origin country :
DE DE
Vendor Threat Intelligence
No detections
Result
Verdict:
Malware
Maliciousness:
Verdict:
Unknown
Threat level:
  2.5/10
Confidence:
100%
Tags:
mirai rust
Verdict:
Malicious
Uses P2P?:
false
Uses anti-vm?:
true
Architecture:
arm
Packer:
not packed
Botnet:
unknown
Number of open files:
32
Number of processes launched:
5
Processes remaning?
true
Remote TCP ports scanned:
not identified
Behaviour
Anti-VM
Persistence
Process Renaming
Botnet C2s
TCP botnet C2(s):
not identified
UDP botnet C2(s):
not identified
Verdict:
Malicious
File Type:
elf.32.le
First seen:
2026-10-12T04:46:00Z UTC
Last seen:
2026-10-12T05:02:00Z UTC
Hits:
~10
Status:
terminated
Behavior Graph:
%3 guuid=895b2e9c-1600-0000-4395-fa2c2a0d0000 pid=3370 /usr/bin/sudo guuid=0057d69d-1600-0000-4395-fa2c2c0d0000 pid=3372 /tmp/sample.bin guuid=895b2e9c-1600-0000-4395-fa2c2a0d0000 pid=3370->guuid=0057d69d-1600-0000-4395-fa2c2c0d0000 pid=3372 execve
Result
Threat name:
Mirai, Xmrig
Detection:
malicious
Classification:
troj.evad.mine
Score:
100 / 100
Signature
Antivirus / Scanner detection for submitted sample
Antivirus detection for dropped file
Drops files in suspicious directories
Found strings related to Crypto-Mining
Multi AV Scanner detection for submitted file
Sample is potentially a Mirai botnet sample
Sample tries to set files in /etc globally writable
Yara detected Mirai
Yara detected Xmrig cryptocurrency miner
Behaviour
Behavior Graph:
behaviorgraph top1 dnsIp2 2 Behavior Graph ID: 1985837 Sample: akuma_arm7.elf Startdate: 12/10/2026 Architecture: LINUX Score: 100 83 169.254.169.254, 80 USDOS-USDepartmentofStateUS ZZ 2->83 85 85.137.53.167, 25565, 48774, 48776 SOLLUTIUM-NLPL Netherlands 2->85 91 Antivirus detection for dropped file 2->91 93 Antivirus / Scanner detection for submitted sample 2->93 95 Multi AV Scanner detection for submitted file 2->95 97 3 other signatures 2->97 13 akuma_arm7.elf 2->13         started        16 systemd snapd-env-generator 2->16         started        18 systemd snapd-env-generator 2->18         started        20 3 other processes 2->20 signatures3 process4 signatures5 101 Sample tries to set files in /etc globally writable 13->101 103 Drops files in suspicious directories 13->103 22 akuma_arm7.elf 13->22         started        25 akuma_arm7.elf sh 13->25         started        27 akuma_arm7.elf sh 13->27         started        29 2 other processes 13->29 process6 signatures7 99 Found strings related to Crypto-Mining 22->99 31 akuma_arm7.elf akuma_arm7.elf 22->31         started        35 akuma_arm7.elf akuma_arm7.elf 22->35         started        37 akuma_arm7.elf akuma_arm7.elf 22->37         started        39 sh systemctl 25->39         started        41 sh systemctl 27->41         started        process8 file9 81 /etc/init.d/systemd-network-helper, ELF 31->81 dropped 87 Sample tries to set files in /etc globally writable 31->87 89 Drops files in suspicious directories 31->89 43 akuma_arm7.elf sh 31->43         started        45 akuma_arm7.elf 31->45         started        47 akuma_arm7.elf sh 31->47         started        51 3 other processes 31->51 49 systemctl systemd-sysv-install 39->49         started        signatures10 process11 process12 53 sh systemctl 43->53         started        55 akuma_arm7.elf akuma_arm7.elf 45->55         started        57 akuma_arm7.elf akuma_arm7.elf 45->57         started        59 sh systemctl 47->59         started        61 systemd-sysv-install update-rc.d 49->61         started        63 systemd-sysv-install getopt 49->63         started        65 systemd-sysv-install update-rc.d 49->65         started        67 sh systemctl 51->67         started        process13 69 systemctl systemd-sysv-install 53->69         started        71 update-rc.d systemctl 61->71         started        process14 73 systemd-sysv-install update-rc.d 69->73         started        75 systemd-sysv-install getopt 69->75         started        77 systemd-sysv-install update-rc.d 69->77         started        process15 79 update-rc.d systemctl 73->79         started       
Threat name:
Linux.Worm.Mirai
Status:
Malicious
First seen:
2026-10-12 09:17:17 UTC
File Type:
ELF32 Little (Exe)
AV detection:
14 of 36 (38.89%)
Threat level:
  5/5
Result
Malware family:
n/a
Score:
  6/10
Tags:
credential_access discovery execution persistence privilege_escalation
Behaviour
Command and Scripting Interpreter: Unix Shell
Reads runtime system information
Changes its process name
Reads system network configuration
Reads process memory
Enumerates active TCP sockets
Modifies init.d
Modifies systemd
Please note that we are no longer able to provide a coverage score for Virus Total.

YARA Signatures


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Rule name:ach_202503_elf_Mirai
Author:abuse.ch
Description:Detects Mirai 'TSource' ELF files
Rule name:CoinMiner_Strings
Author:Florian Roth (Nextron Systems)
Description:Detects mining pool protocol string in Executable
Reference:https://minergate.com/faq/what-pool-address
Rule name:CoinMiner_Strings_RID2DDE
Author:Florian Roth
Description:Detects mining pool protocol string in Executable
Reference:https://minergate.com/faq/what-pool-address
Rule name:deepfield_katana_mirai_elf
Author:Nokia Deepfield ERT
Description:Katana Mirai variant (DDoS bot with rootkit)
Rule name:ELF_IoT_Persistence_Hunt
Author:4r4
Description:Hunts for ELF files with persistence and download capabilities
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:generic_IG_stealer
Author:RE4rensics
Description:Detects stealers that interacts with IG endpoints after stealing IG cookies
Rule name:Linux_Akuma_Bot
Author:KSI Digital
Description:akuma IoT bot ELF (Mirai-based): plain-text persistence strings for its systemd-network-helper service and init scripts
Reference:https://github.com/ksi-digital/threat-research/tree/main/akuma-loader
Rule name:linux_generic_ipv6_catcher
Author:@_lubiedo
Description:ELF samples using IPv6 addresses
Rule name:Linux_Generic_Threat_8299c877
Author:Elastic Security
Rule name:MD5_Constants
Author:phoul (@phoul)
Description:Look for MD5 constants
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_Mirai_Busybox_Staging
Author:sanad (NSVPS-SOC)
Description:Mirai-style busybox wget/tftp payload staging seen in NSVPS honeypot
Rule name:RIPEMD160_Constants
Author:phoul (@phoul)
Description:Look for RIPEMD-160 constants
Rule name:SHA1_Constants
Author:phoul (@phoul)
Description:Look for SHA1 constants
Rule name:SHA512_Constants
Author:phoul (@phoul)
Description:Look for SHA384/SHA512 constants
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
Rule name:Web_Generic_Binary_URL_Download
Author:Serhii Kocherhan
Description:Detects files containing HTTP or HTTPS links pointing directly to .bin payload extensions.

File information


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

Web download

Mirai

elf 461f6dca09e2ff2d5538c5a98bd28b1abcf9bb923845283fbaf2dab1a04453e1

(this sample)

  
Delivery method
Distributed via web download

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