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Database Entry



Mirai


Vendor detections: 11


Intelligence 11 IOCs YARA 3 File information Comments

SHA256 hash: 52cf8db2f4fe713a8a44c9aa3336b8dc873eec8e33ad3128faad9547387c07f6
SHA3-384 hash: f0466c1df53ade13187d907479d8bc9f70c9c5d3bafe42b2d78b6c5ab1e5fafe62c53ba791f3e772ff166cc87e8f83ba
SHA1 hash: a2af51fd8dd3d5e0cdadcb02f4c15277348d8130
MD5 hash: 19a42fef0570364b66c259e03ea850fc
humanhash: twenty-social-helium-december
File name:nabx86
Download: download sample
Signature Mirai
File size:54'512 bytes
First seen:2026-01-11 18:03:58 UTC
Last seen:Never
File type: elf
MIME type:application/x-executable
ssdeep 1536:Bmmzrt7MBxNUK99ye6ojZmMbVrPH5RRp:Bmch7+x+K9Ae6SIal
TLSH T131333AC59A83D4F6FC5D1A3108BAA3731672E9361078EB92E7B4D9317D1E126E50B38C
telfhash t1422137b75e6b49f8b3d87484835963955a3ae6731d103a6540f29de837e19c1c0fc83a
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 :
44
Origin country :
DE DE
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
DNS request
Creating a file
Connection attempt
Substitutes an application name
Performs a bruteforce attack in the network
Verdict:
Malicious
File Type:
elf.32.le
First seen:
2026-01-11T16:21:00Z UTC
Last seen:
2026-01-12T08:41:00Z UTC
Hits:
~10
Result
Threat name:
Detection:
malicious
Classification:
troj
Score:
76 / 100
Signature
Antivirus / Scanner detection for submitted sample
Connects to many IPs within the same subnet mask (likely port scanning)
Malicious sample detected (through community Yara rule)
Multi AV Scanner detection for submitted file
Yara detected Mirai
Behaviour
Behavior Graph:
behaviorgraph top1 dnsIp2 2 Behavior Graph ID: 1848516 Sample: nabx86.elf Startdate: 11/01/2026 Architecture: LINUX Score: 76 18 117.5.100.92, 23 VIETEL-AS-APViettelGroupVN Viet Nam 2->18 20 117.5.124.59, 23 VIETEL-AS-APViettelGroupVN Viet Nam 2->20 22 100 other IPs or domains 2->22 24 Malicious sample detected (through community Yara rule) 2->24 26 Antivirus / Scanner detection for submitted sample 2->26 28 Multi AV Scanner detection for submitted file 2->28 30 2 other signatures 2->30 8 nabx86.elf 2->8         started        signatures3 process4 process5 10 nabx86.elf 8->10         started        process6 12 nabx86.elf 10->12         started        14 nabx86.elf 10->14         started        16 nabx86.elf 10->16         started       
Threat name:
Linux.Backdoor.Mirai
Status:
Malicious
First seen:
2026-01-11 18:04:29 UTC
File Type:
ELF32 Little (Exe)
AV detection:
12 of 24 (50.00%)
Threat level:
  5/5
Result
Malware family:
n/a
Score:
  9/10
Tags:
discovery linux
Behaviour
Reads runtime system information
Changes its process name
Reads system network configuration
Enumerates active TCP sockets
Enumerates running processes
Renames itself
Contacts a large (26988) amount of remote hosts
Creates a large amount of network flows
Verdict:
Malicious
Tags:
trojan mirai Unix.Trojan.Mirai-7755770-0
YARA:
Linux_Trojan_Mirai_cc93863b Linux_Trojan_Mirai_8aa7b5d3
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YARA Signatures


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Rule name:Linux_Trojan_Mirai_8aa7b5d3
Author:Elastic Security
Rule name:Linux_Trojan_Mirai_cc93863b
Author:Elastic Security
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 52cf8db2f4fe713a8a44c9aa3336b8dc873eec8e33ad3128faad9547387c07f6

(this sample)

  
Delivery method
Distributed via web download

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