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Mirai


Vendor detections: 10


Intelligence 10 IOCs YARA 13 File information Comments

SHA256 hash: 5178dfd3285e0ecd43574ba0e58dfb83a71835c897c482d32f2db5ea1c0dbe68
SHA3-384 hash: f6e17c1b661fd04e86fadee0385c0dc11b8e5dbe1e608f30ac6ff27d3cdb12ff6d5c11169e310ecc3eea96adaf28ebe8
SHA1 hash: 42ca54a8e963458f30b4bb3c57f49a4242212db9
MD5 hash: 11b7f9c008f11001f367aa7d8660b5f1
humanhash: mockingbird-violet-equal-nevada
File name:mirai.x86
Download: download sample
Signature Mirai
File size:838'436 bytes
First seen:2025-12-09 07:13:44 UTC
Last seen:Never
File type: elf
MIME type:application/x-executable
ssdeep 24576:VMhCjoRZlhIOhv4gx2/N02id2spU6k8p2Yjp:RjoDlhIOhvlOKq+I
TLSH T1FC057D8DF7C3D6F2F29341B1014EC7F20574A11AE463FAF2EB452A6674B27921E1622D
telfhash t1260189314b216a224a51dd88acdda723652cc60b8a1dfd77c931844c30040fed93bc4f
Magika elf
Reporter juroots
Tags:elf mirai x86

Intelligence


File Origin
# of uploads :
1
# of downloads :
49
Origin country :
CH CH
Vendor Threat Intelligence
No detections
Result
Verdict:
Malware
Maliciousness:

Behaviour
Runs as daemon
Receives data from a server
Opens a port
Sends data to a server
Connection attempt
Kills critical processes
Substitutes an application name
Deleting of the original file
Verdict:
Malicious
File Type:
elf.32.le
First seen:
2025-12-09T05:27:00Z UTC
Last seen:
2025-12-10T01:37:00Z UTC
Hits:
~100
Detections:
HEUR:Backdoor.Linux.Mirai.h HEUR:Backdoor.Linux.Mirai.fg HEUR:Backdoor.Linux.Mirai.c HEUR:Backdoor.Linux.Mirai.bv HEUR:Backdoor.Linux.Mirai.bj HEUR:Backdoor.Linux.Mirai.r HEUR:Backdoor.Linux.Mirai.hv
Threat name:
Linux.Backdoor.Mirai
Status:
Malicious
First seen:
2025-12-09 07:08:59 UTC
File Type:
ELF32 Little (Exe)
AV detection:
19 of 38 (50.00%)
Threat level:
  5/5
Result
Malware family:
n/a
Score:
  9/10
Tags:
defense_evasion discovery linux
Behaviour
Reads runtime system information
Changes its process name
Reads system network configuration
Enumerates active TCP sockets
Enumerates running processes
Deletes itself
Modifies Watchdog functionality
Contacts a large (23844) amount of remote hosts
Creates a large amount of network flows
Verdict:
Malicious
Tags:
trojan mirai Unix.Trojan.Mirai-7100807-0
YARA:
Linux_Trojan_Mirai_0bce98a2 Linux_Trojan_Mirai_95e0056c
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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:F01_s1ckrule
Author:s1ckb017
Rule name:ldpreload
Author:xorseed
Reference:https://stuff.rop.io/
Rule name:linux_generic_ipv6_catcher
Author:@_lubiedo
Description:ELF samples using IPv6 addresses
Rule name:Linux_Mirai_Generic
Author:albertzsigovits
Description:Generic Approach to Mirai/Gafgyt samples
Rule name:Linux_Trojan_Mirai_0bce98a2
Author:Elastic Security
Rule name:Linux_Trojan_Mirai_95e0056c
Author:Elastic Security
Rule name:malwareelf55503
Rule name:MAL_ARM_LNX_Mirai_Mar13_2022
Author:Mehmet Ali Kerimoglu a.k.a. CYB3RMX
Description:Detects new ARM Mirai variant
Rule name:setsockopt
Author:Tim Brown @timb_machine
Description:Hunts for setsockopt() red flags
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


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Web download

Mirai

elf 5178dfd3285e0ecd43574ba0e58dfb83a71835c897c482d32f2db5ea1c0dbe68

(this sample)

  
Delivery method
Distributed via web download

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