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Database Entry



Mirai


Vendor detections: 6


Intelligence 6 IOCs YARA 4 File information Comments

SHA256 hash: 4a40b533934722243cf816a07bf4b41f747b1a1438adcefc0e5cfc0da529e8af
SHA3-384 hash: f6be1c9c77a9afed0cef25c038d40401a4b6853383cc129506cbfccb3b32c24419b3283331e56e11a025bb065e349ae7
SHA1 hash: 3ea2281a59cb6a8ec77b85a72c016e1f58dc425e
MD5 hash: 89bc05786c7586e77d365c0cba26d913
humanhash: hot-green-oranges-item
File name:putita.arm6
Download: download sample
Signature Mirai
File size:124'340 bytes
First seen:2026-08-05 19:11:39 UTC
Last seen:Never
File type: elf
MIME type:application/x-sharedlib
ssdeep 3072:I85FjA5l1pSzeFMyD1IekcYEEUw60MW/NwhrRtYaPI6NeFFJduIf1Dlg:IWdUieD17kcYEEUw60MW1wXiaPcT8I95
TLSH T1C8C329A9F890DE52C6D52676FB4E018C33231778D3DE7106CE149E34E7EB95A0E3A942
Magika elf
Reporter abuse_ch
Tags:elf mirai upx-dec


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abuse_ch
UPX decompressed file, sourced from SHA256 274c944a3fb5fa52fce567d2d10b330838c9584762e8f4ccfc09a2b6d54b12d6
File size (compressed) :55'788 bytes
File size (de-compressed) :124'340 bytes
Format:linux/arm
Packed file: 274c944a3fb5fa52fce567d2d10b330838c9584762e8f4ccfc09a2b6d54b12d6

Intelligence


File Origin
# of uploads :
1
# of downloads :
68
Origin country :
NL NL
Vendor Threat Intelligence
No detections
Result
Verdict:
Malware
Maliciousness:

Behaviour
Creating a file
Sets a written file as executable
Runs as daemon
Creates or modifies symbolic links
Changes the time when the file was created, accessed, or modified
Opens a port
Connection attempt
Launching a process
Changes access rights for a written file
Writes files to system directory
Substitutes an application name
Creates or modifies files in /cron to set up autorun
Creates or modifies files in /init.d to set up autorun
Creates or modifies files to set up autorun
Creates or modifies symbolic links in /init.d to set up autorun
Deleting of the original file
Verdict:
Likely Malicious
Threat level:
  7.5/10
Confidence:
100%
Tags:
gcc masquerade mirai rust
Status:
terminated
Behavior Graph:
%3 guuid=f30cd3f9-1a00-0000-5242-0f27c5080000 pid=2245 /usr/bin/sudo guuid=0a02a1fb-1a00-0000-5242-0f27c7080000 pid=2247 /tmp/sample.bin guuid=f30cd3f9-1a00-0000-5242-0f27c5080000 pid=2245->guuid=0a02a1fb-1a00-0000-5242-0f27c7080000 pid=2247 execve
Gathering data
Threat name:
Linux.Worm.Mirai
Status:
Malicious
First seen:
2026-08-05 19:12:42 UTC
File Type:
ELF32 Little (SO)
AV detection:
7 of 36 (19.44%)
Threat level:
  5/5
Result
Malware family:
n/a
Score:
  7/10
Tags:
defense_evasion execution persistence privilege_escalation
Behaviour
Changes its process name
Modifies Bash startup script
Creates/modifies Cron job
Creates/modifies environment variables
Modifies init.d
Modifies rc script
Modifies systemd
Deletes itself
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YARA Signatures


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Rule name:elf_arm_mips_ko_so
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:unixredflags3
Author:Tim Brown @timb_machine
Description:Hunts for UNIX red flags

File information


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Web download

Mirai

elf 4a40b533934722243cf816a07bf4b41f747b1a1438adcefc0e5cfc0da529e8af

(this sample)

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