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Database Entry



Mirai


Vendor detections: 11


Intelligence 11 IOCs YARA 9 File information Comments

SHA256 hash: 4e278ef31f83894d66424e155d10b698be8806bc8a5d92e6688e65f34c870b26
SHA3-384 hash: 3105c8d90c2a6f6d7bf10ec64fd3dbdf4d8cfa651aeed8a36cffd4580a99a3a87a460df656b7077108a8f1fc48e2cc69
SHA1 hash: 5fcd3187c69dd64779f9cd9d7c8902a85e7bcc5f
MD5 hash: 2181f95efee901411b8d0b3cfc57c0c3
humanhash: four-burger-dakota-music
File name:mirai.arm7
Download: download sample
Signature Mirai
File size:136'708 bytes
First seen:2026-08-23 15:53:19 UTC
Last seen:2026-08-23 16:22:10 UTC
File type: elf
MIME type:application/x-executable
ssdeep 3072:9Ywg5UDk1D5hp5hUbcSj/SPF0KexongrE02q/:I1D5dJPqh0gA02q
TLSH T176D3298FF9529A52C5D516F9FB8E038D371313A8C2DF71028E185B343A9A59F0E3B582
telfhash t1b531cf26ffd51a2c6bc5c1b9914e942a4af9319d07282c6acf18a71f9c43ec2b12d817
Magika elf
Reporter abuse_ch
Tags:elf mirai

Intelligence


File Origin
# of uploads :
2
# of downloads :
56
Origin country :
DE DE
Vendor Threat Intelligence
No detections
Result
Verdict:
Malware
Maliciousness:

Behaviour
Opens a port
Receives data from a server
Sends data to a server
Connection attempt
Runs as daemon
Substitutes an application name
Deleting of the original file
Performs a bruteforce attack in the network
Verdict:
Malicious
Threat level:
  10/10
Confidence:
100%
Tags:
base64 botnet masquerade mirai mirai obfuscated obfuscated rust
Verdict:
Malicious
Uses P2P?:
false
Uses anti-vm?:
false
Architecture:
arm
Packer:
not packed
Botnet:
unknown
Number of open files:
0
Number of processes launched:
0
Processes remaning?
false
Remote TCP ports scanned:
not identified
Behaviour
no suspicious findings
Botnet C2s
TCP botnet C2(s):
not identified
UDP botnet C2(s):
not identified
Verdict:
Malicious
File Type:
elf.32.le
First seen:
2026-08-23T13:18:00Z UTC
Last seen:
2026-08-24T19:19:00Z UTC
Hits:
~10
Status:
terminated
Behavior Graph:
%3 guuid=98fe0b22-1b00-0000-f325-a09e86090000 pid=2438 /usr/bin/sudo guuid=9287d929-1b00-0000-f325-a09e96090000 pid=2454 /tmp/sample.bin guuid=98fe0b22-1b00-0000-f325-a09e86090000 pid=2438->guuid=9287d929-1b00-0000-f325-a09e96090000 pid=2454 execve
Result
Threat name:
Detection:
malicious
Classification:
troj.evad
Score:
84 / 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:
behaviorgraph top1 dnsIp2 2 Behavior Graph ID: 1962396 Sample: mirai.arm7.elf Startdate: 23/08/2026 Architecture: LINUX Score: 84 21 40.142.239.21, 23 WINDSTREAM-WindstreamCommunicationsLLCUS United States 2->21 23 196.133.156.118, 23 Vodafone-EG Egypt 2->23 25 99 other IPs or domains 2->25 27 Malicious sample detected (through community Yara rule) 2->27 29 Antivirus / Scanner detection for submitted sample 2->29 31 Multi AV Scanner detection for submitted file 2->31 33 Yara detected Mirai 2->33 8 mirai.arm7.elf 2->8         started        11 python3.8 dpkg 2->11         started        13 python3.8 dpkg 2->13         started        signatures3 process4 signatures5 35 Sample deletes itself 8->35 15 mirai.arm7.elf 8->15         started        process6 process7 17 mirai.arm7.elf 15->17         started        19 mirai.arm7.elf 15->19         started       
Threat name:
Linux.Worm.Mirai
Status:
Malicious
First seen:
2026-08-23 15:54:21 UTC
File Type:
ELF32 Little (Exe)
AV detection:
18 of 24 (75.00%)
Threat level:
  5/5
Result
Malware family:
n/a
Score:
  9/10
Tags:
defense_evasion discovery
Behaviour
Changes its process name
Deletes itself
Modifies Watchdog functionality
Contacts a large (17460) amount of remote hosts
Creates a large amount of network flows
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:CP_Script_Inject_Detector
Author:DiegoAnalytics
Description:Detects attempts to inject code into another process across PE, ELF, Mach-O binaries
Rule name:ELF_Toriilike_persist
Author:4r4
Description:Detects Torii IoT Botnet (stealthier Mirai alternative)
Reference:Identified via researched data
Rule name:Linux_Trojan_Mirai_0bce98a2
Author:Elastic Security
Rule name:Mirai_Botnet_Malware
Author:Florian Roth (Nextron Systems)
Description:Detects Mirai Botnet Malware
Reference:Internal Research
Rule name:Mirai_Botnet_Malware_RID2EF6
Author:Florian Roth
Description:Detects Mirai Botnet Malware
Reference:Internal Research
Rule name:SUSP_XORed_Mozilla_Oct19
Author:Florian Roth
Description:Detects suspicious single byte XORed keyword 'Mozilla/5.0' - it uses yara's XOR modifier and therefore cannot print the XOR key. You can use the CyberChef recipe linked in the reference field to brute force the used key.
Reference:https://gchq.github.io/CyberChef/#recipe=XOR_Brute_Force()
Rule name:SUSP_XORed_Mozilla_RID2DB4
Author:Florian Roth
Description:Detects suspicious XORed keyword - Mozilla/5.0
Reference:Internal Research
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 4e278ef31f83894d66424e155d10b698be8806bc8a5d92e6688e65f34c870b26

(this sample)

  
Delivery method
Distributed via web download

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