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Mirai


Vendor detections: 11


Intelligence 11 IOCs YARA 8 File information Comments

SHA256 hash: 5292f45f6285a22469007b09da9768ba34b20f15eba36f0e223081807b032e1a
SHA3-384 hash: 6e085bd8a82e61723648ac4382c016159d0ca0e7b403d152b4c48c669e18531cd0287980eadd0b242510f08e02af81be
SHA1 hash: 3be18960f1e8ba5feb5b31b0fce6c506f41486ee
MD5 hash: a036e4a2788ba668914ced23cad57d50
humanhash: artist-mars-quebec-hotel
File name:xova.spc
Download: download sample
Signature Mirai
File size:74'572 bytes
First seen:2026-01-11 05:53:10 UTC
Last seen:Never
File type: elf
MIME type:application/x-executable
ssdeep 1536:P4EXDrSuW5JCHl8zLWvtJTFFwB6v3FltKJMfsFU:vDOdUKLWOgv3QJMfR
TLSH T103735A25A97D2A26C1E4B17E51FBC361F2F6230E25B4961D7CB20F4EFF24250651A2B3
Magika elf
Reporter abuse_ch
Tags:elf mirai

Intelligence


File Origin
# of uploads :
1
# of downloads :
71
Origin country :
DE DE
Vendor Threat Intelligence
Malware configuration found for:
Mirai
Details
Mirai
an XOR decryption key and at least a c2 socket address
Verdict:
Unknown
Threat level:
  0/10
Confidence:
100%
Tags:
masquerade mirai mirai
Verdict:
Malicious
File Type:
elf.32.be
First seen:
2026-01-11T03:01:00Z UTC
Last seen:
2026-01-12T12:48:00Z UTC
Hits:
~10
Detections:
HEUR:Backdoor.Linux.Mirai.b HEUR:Backdoor.Linux.Mirai.r
Status:
terminated
Behavior Graph:
%3 guuid=745eab1d-1e00-0000-66ac-515b2c060000 pid=1580 /usr/bin/sudo guuid=f4c8dd1f-1e00-0000-66ac-515b33060000 pid=1587 /tmp/sample.bin guuid=745eab1d-1e00-0000-66ac-515b2c060000 pid=1580->guuid=f4c8dd1f-1e00-0000-66ac-515b33060000 pid=1587 execve
Result
Threat name:
Detection:
malicious
Classification:
spre.troj
Score:
88 / 100
Signature
Antivirus / Scanner detection for submitted sample
Malicious sample detected (through community Yara rule)
Multi AV Scanner detection for submitted file
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: 1848255 Sample: xova.spc.elf Startdate: 11/01/2026 Architecture: LINUX Score: 88 55 161.173.43.119, 23 WAL-MARTUS United States 2->55 57 196.161.143.220, 23 Vast-Networks-ASZA South Africa 2->57 59 98 other IPs or domains 2->59 61 Malicious sample detected (through community Yara rule) 2->61 63 Antivirus / Scanner detection for submitted sample 2->63 65 Multi AV Scanner detection for submitted file 2->65 67 Yara detected Mirai 2->67 8 systemd gpu-manager 2->8         started        10 xova.spc.elf 2->10         started        12 systemd gpu-manager 2->12         started        14 38 other processes 2->14 signatures3 process4 signatures5 17 gpu-manager sh 8->17         started        19 gpu-manager sh 8->19         started        30 6 other processes 8->30 21 xova.spc.elf 10->21         started        23 xova.spc.elf 10->23         started        26 xova.spc.elf 10->26         started        28 gpu-manager sh 12->28         started        32 7 other processes 12->32 73 Sample reads /proc/mounts (often used for finding a writable filesystem) 14->73 34 20 other processes 14->34 process6 signatures7 36 sh grep 17->36         started        38 sh grep 19->38         started        40 xova.spc.elf 21->40         started        47 2 other processes 21->47 69 Sample tries to kill multiple processes (SIGKILL) 23->69 43 sh grep 28->43         started        45 sh grep 30->45         started        49 5 other processes 30->49 51 7 other processes 32->51 53 4 other processes 34->53 process8 signatures9 71 Sample tries to kill multiple processes (SIGKILL) 40->71
Threat name:
Linux.Worm.Mirai
Status:
Malicious
First seen:
2026-01-11 05:45:30 UTC
File Type:
ELF32 Big (Exe)
AV detection:
18 of 24 (75.00%)
Threat level:
  5/5
Result
Malware family:
Score:
  10/10
Tags:
family:mirai botnet:mirai linux
Verdict:
Malicious
Tags:
botnet mirai Unix.Trojan.Mirai-6976991-0
YARA:
MAL_ELF_LNX_Mirai_Oct10_2 Mirai_Botnet_Malware
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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:Linux_Mirai_Generic
Author:albertzsigovits
Description:Generic Approach to Mirai/Gafgyt samples
Rule name:MAL_ELF_LNX_Mirai_Oct10_2
Author:Florian Roth (Nextron Systems)
Description:Detects ELF malware Mirai related
Reference:Internal Research
Rule name:MAL_ELF_LNX_Mirai_Oct10_2_RID2F3A
Author:Florian Roth
Description:Detects ELF malware Mirai related
Reference:Internal Research
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: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 5292f45f6285a22469007b09da9768ba34b20f15eba36f0e223081807b032e1a

(this sample)

  
Delivery method
Distributed via web download

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