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Database Entry



Mirai


Vendor detections: 6


Intelligence 6 IOCs YARA 3 File information Comments

SHA256 hash: 4dae9f444d6d484da953f928ac5ea4ddd9c556e54fed41146d5059183d18fa54
SHA3-384 hash: d3b2eee2992eb34fc87ddc100a3fa1842fe29351d136a957506ce8395589aed6ae1e4022ccb3279cb57139a2d7d98423
SHA1 hash: 91dd88c4f986cccc28fab92635489afde1055992
MD5 hash: 6fb4fdd716a3684ea51f86ddd6ffe9fd
humanhash: butter-nuts-hamper-winter
File name:m68k
Download: download sample
Signature Mirai
File size:77'272 bytes
First seen:2026-01-26 00:14:24 UTC
Last seen:Never
File type: elf
MIME type:application/x-executable
ssdeep 1536:UzsBSPaqjWgS8d2j8zJyVNUtFGH8iAJCer/i9P0Qj6:AsoNWgS8d28yVNUC8dJRR+6
TLSH T1217329D7F800DDBAF80EE73B84530405B130E7A64B921B76235B796BEC750A5593BE82
Magika elf
Reporter abuse_ch
Tags:elf mirai

Intelligence


File Origin
# of uploads :
1
# of downloads :
102
Origin country :
DE DE
Vendor Threat Intelligence
No detections
Verdict:
Likely Malicious
Threat level:
  7.5/10
Confidence:
100%
Tags:
gafgyt mirai
Result
Gathering data
Status:
terminated
Behavior Graph:
%3 guuid=cd15648e-1b00-0000-c169-09b6f3080000 pid=2291 /usr/bin/sudo guuid=bdf29b91-1b00-0000-c169-09b6f6080000 pid=2294 /tmp/sample.bin guuid=cd15648e-1b00-0000-c169-09b6f3080000 pid=2291->guuid=bdf29b91-1b00-0000-c169-09b6f6080000 pid=2294 execve
Result
Threat name:
Detection:
malicious
Classification:
spre.troj
Score:
72 / 100
Signature
Connects to many ports of the same IP (likely port scanning)
Multi AV Scanner detection for submitted file
Reads system files that contain records of logged in users
Sample reads /proc/mounts (often used for finding a writable filesystem)
Sample tries to kill multiple processes (SIGKILL)
Yara detected Mirai
Behaviour
Behavior Graph:
behaviorgraph top1 dnsIp2 2 Behavior Graph ID: 1857347 Sample: m68k.elf Startdate: 26/01/2026 Architecture: LINUX Score: 72 63 200.64.186.254, 57903 UninetSAdeCVMX Mexico 2->63 65 123.39.114.41, 14839 SAMSUNGSDS-AS-KRSamsungSDSIncKR Korea Republic of 2->65 67 22 other IPs or domains 2->67 69 Multi AV Scanner detection for submitted file 2->69 71 Yara detected Mirai 2->71 73 Connects to many ports of the same IP (likely port scanning) 2->73 10 systemd gpu-manager 2->10         started        12 m68k.elf 2->12         started        15 systemd accounts-daemon 2->15         started        17 22 other processes 2->17 signatures3 process4 file5 20 gpu-manager sh 10->20         started        22 gpu-manager sh 10->22         started        24 gpu-manager sh 10->24         started        33 5 other processes 10->33 77 Sample tries to kill multiple processes (SIGKILL) 12->77 26 m68k.elf 12->26         started        35 4 other processes 12->35 79 Reads system files that contain records of logged in users 15->79 29 accounts-daemon language-validate 15->29         started        61 /var/log/wtmp, data 17->61 dropped 81 Sample reads /proc/mounts (often used for finding a writable filesystem) 17->81 31 gdm3 plymouth 17->31         started        37 4 other processes 17->37 signatures6 process7 signatures8 39 sh grep 20->39         started        41 sh grep 22->41         started        43 sh grep 24->43         started        75 Sample tries to kill multiple processes (SIGKILL) 26->75 45 language-validate language-options 29->45         started        47 sh grep 33->47         started        49 sh grep 33->49         started        51 sh grep 33->51         started        53 2 other processes 33->53 process9 process10 55 language-options sh 45->55         started        process11 57 sh locale 55->57         started        59 sh grep 55->59         started       
Threat name:
Linux.Worm.Mirai
Status:
Malicious
First seen:
2026-01-26 00:16:00 UTC
File Type:
ELF32 Big (Exe)
AV detection:
6 of 36 (16.67%)
Threat level:
  5/5
Result
Malware family:
n/a
Score:
  1/10
Tags:
linux
Please note that we are no longer able to provide a coverage score for Virus Total.

YARA Signatures


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Rule name:ELF_IoT_Persistence_Hunt
Author:4r4
Description:Hunts for ELF files with persistence and download capabilities
Rule name:ELF_Toriilike_persist
Author:4r4
Description:Detects Torii IoT Botnet (stealthier Mirai alternative)
Reference:Identified via researched data
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 4dae9f444d6d484da953f928ac5ea4ddd9c556e54fed41146d5059183d18fa54

(this sample)

  
Delivery method
Distributed via web download

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