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Database Entry



Mirai


Vendor detections: 5


Intelligence 5 IOCs YARA 7 File information Comments

SHA256 hash: 498ac2d84c8ea5730bcb960556734a0e7407faeb33fb859f01602b93aed5d786
SHA3-384 hash: 4169d168fa04fe9ae9f5cd31ca52c8f95046e5e5c0a4ed24f61c76a91c58e8002a35d661d004520e35df979c8c3c730c
SHA1 hash: 09a50bba2396b1ccb8a074c07fa45ed9da78d888
MD5 hash: 358dcde4b9943090dab8fc5eb81e2d8e
humanhash: sodium-delta-pizza-whiskey
File name:main_mpsl
Download: download sample
Signature Mirai
File size:173'476 bytes
First seen:2026-10-13 05:11:11 UTC
Last seen:Never
File type: elf
MIME type:application/x-executable
ssdeep 1536:Z8h1yd05/4hJzC8sqFPNcN2QCg+Rqnhype2Zwenqc0tlmp/chvHYDbSwoS:Ayq+hNCxOuwpe2DIlmpkh6SZS
TLSH T13E04D816AF510FBBDCAFCD3706A9070139CCA55B22A43B363674D528F54B64B4AE3C68
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

Intelligence


File Origin
# of uploads :
1
# of downloads :
94
Origin country :
DE DE
Vendor Threat Intelligence
No detections
Result
Verdict:
Malware
Maliciousness:

Behaviour
Creating a file
Connection attempt
Runs as daemon
Sends data to a server
Substitutes an application name
Deleting of the original file
Gathering data
Status:
terminated
Behavior Graph:
%3 guuid=a04e3791-1900-0000-3af6-c537bc060000 pid=1724 /usr/bin/sudo guuid=d7b25094-1900-0000-3af6-c537c2060000 pid=1730 /tmp/sample.bin guuid=a04e3791-1900-0000-3af6-c537bc060000 pid=1724->guuid=d7b25094-1900-0000-3af6-c537c2060000 pid=1730 execve
Result
Threat name:
Detection:
malicious
Classification:
troj.evad
Score:
76 / 100
Signature
Antivirus / Scanner detection for submitted sample
Malicious sample detected (through community Yara rule)
Multi AV Scanner detection for submitted file
Sample deletes itself
Yara detected Mirai
Behaviour
Behavior Graph:
Gathering data
Result
Malware family:
n/a
Score:
  7/10
Tags:
n/a
Behaviour
Writes file to tmp directory
Changes its process name
Deletes itself
Please note that we are no longer able to provide a coverage score for Virus Total.

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:botnet_Yakuza
Author:NDA0E
Description:Yakuza botnet
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_Trojan_Gafgyt_28a2fe0c
Author:Elastic Security
Rule name:Linux_Trojan_Gafgyt_ea92cca8
Author:Elastic Security
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 498ac2d84c8ea5730bcb960556734a0e7407faeb33fb859f01602b93aed5d786

(this sample)

  
Delivery method
Distributed via web download

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