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Database Entry



Mirai


Vendor detections: 5


Intelligence 5 IOCs YARA 9 File information Comments

SHA256 hash: 516ac5ca316aaab121bd1786abe5c790e275f84c07191769bd7c49110fde2428
SHA3-384 hash: 8b5c458ac1a3814d7729f23da66b2f3b1bf0ddf5021201a460c3987e5a9f1410f57b5a7798263438710fee9942f5870d
SHA1 hash: 66831022657bedd0a5e2b5cbfc693ecf5925d83a
MD5 hash: 827fefe4b9f4b568a953e635fe3f651c
humanhash: lactose-berlin-fifteen-fillet
File name:mirai.sh4
Download: download sample
Signature Mirai
File size:463'092 bytes
First seen:2026-02-17 01:16:14 UTC
Last seen:Never
File type: elf
MIME type:application/x-executable
ssdeep 12288:lUNO5sobNcEq/s4/qZI2WqQDuTbHDxQpjy7B:NjbCTwYq/vr
TLSH T16BA4C023F6609ED1C8224AB45CFAE2340705E6A113827681F2FACD553C4F97ABD8E775
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 :
69
Origin country :
DE DE
Vendor Threat Intelligence
No detections
Verdict:
Unknown
Threat level:
  2.5/10
Confidence:
100%
Tags:
gcc masquerade mirai mirai
Result
Gathering data
Status:
terminated
Behavior Graph:
%3 guuid=1d90629e-1700-0000-32f1-74a4b6090000 pid=2486 /usr/bin/sudo guuid=2018eaa0-1700-0000-32f1-74a4ba090000 pid=2490 /tmp/sample.bin guuid=1d90629e-1700-0000-32f1-74a4b6090000 pid=2486->guuid=2018eaa0-1700-0000-32f1-74a4ba090000 pid=2490 execve
Threat name:
Linux.Worm.Mirai
Status:
Malicious
First seen:
2026-02-17 01:16:35 UTC
File Type:
ELF32 Little (Exe)
AV detection:
18 of 36 (50.00%)
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:CP_Script_Inject_Detector
Author:DiegoAnalytics
Description:Detects attempts to inject code into another process across PE, ELF, Mach-O binaries
Rule name:enterpriseapps2
Author:Tim Brown @timb_machine
Description:Enterprise apps
Rule name:F01_s1ckrule
Author:s1ckb017
Rule name:linux_generic_ipv6_catcher
Author:@_lubiedo
Description:ELF samples using IPv6 addresses
Rule name:Linux_Trojan_Mirai_0bce98a2
Author:Elastic Security
Rule name:malwareelf55503
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: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 516ac5ca316aaab121bd1786abe5c790e275f84c07191769bd7c49110fde2428

(this sample)

  
Delivery method
Distributed via web download

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