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Database Entry



Mirai


Vendor detections: 8


Intelligence 8 IOCs YARA 3 File information Comments

SHA256 hash: 531bf9efbdb79fdd53bc4544d3c2600eaab3488ba7f982d6b37bfbd78f9bb5c4
SHA3-384 hash: b62925b7ccb4cef0b9f020869eebf25e8e5a41432b7c2fe66a7accc83f9ed1deed95be67f6be27264870b6945780e7ee
SHA1 hash: f742f5c95262aaa8e4b299ce7a5621217668e33c
MD5 hash: 1ee435ec9ddf06fe4329c2636442e202
humanhash: black-monkey-spaghetti-maine
File name:main.i486
Download: download sample
Signature Mirai
File size:34'348 bytes
First seen:2026-08-28 15:37:35 UTC
Last seen:2026-08-29 07:09:46 UTC
File type: elf
MIME type:application/x-executable
ssdeep 384:fPhSBQPbM6RUd2dJhiYMNsvlGqHkKVGPyC8p8jIWh7OyLAE4yK6xiXIo9IUWr4d+:3kBQDDKgiYMNsvlGqEKcapKhamKeWIU
TLSH T11EF2A2026E43C4B3C50320B116FA8BB64A31F9776A25D556C3A4AFF1EB161C1A2476FF
telfhash t114216ba17ed604fcf6c05d1fa35a63939b2618b3673168fa44f933453bf23b2a260911
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 :
4
# of downloads :
59
Origin country :
DE DE
Vendor Threat Intelligence
No detections
Result
Verdict:
Malware
Maliciousness:

Behaviour
Creating a file
Creating a file in the %temp% directory
Runs as daemon
Connection attempt
Launching a process
Substitutes an application name
Deleting of the original file
Verdict:
Unknown
Threat level:
  0/10
Confidence:
100%
Tags:
gcc masquerade
Verdict:
Malicious
Uses P2P?:
false
Uses anti-vm?:
false
Architecture:
x86
Packer:
not packed
Botnet:
unknown
Number of open files:
16
Number of processes launched:
5
Processes remaning?
true
Remote TCP ports scanned:
not identified
Behaviour
Process Renaming
Botnet C2s
TCP botnet C2(s):
not identified
UDP botnet C2(s):
not identified
Verdict:
Malicious
File Type:
elf.32.le
First seen:
2026-08-28T13:25:00Z UTC
Last seen:
2026-08-29T20:13:00Z UTC
Hits:
~10
Status:
terminated
Behavior Graph:
%3 guuid=b4767ad1-1a00-0000-a493-3d757f080000 pid=2175 /usr/bin/sudo guuid=af0858d7-1a00-0000-a493-3d7584080000 pid=2180 /tmp/sample.bin delete-file guuid=b4767ad1-1a00-0000-a493-3d757f080000 pid=2175->guuid=af0858d7-1a00-0000-a493-3d7584080000 pid=2180 execve guuid=9bf2f6d7-1a00-0000-a493-3d7585080000 pid=2181 /tmp/sample.bin guuid=af0858d7-1a00-0000-a493-3d7584080000 pid=2180->guuid=9bf2f6d7-1a00-0000-a493-3d7585080000 pid=2181 clone guuid=55b146d8-1a00-0000-a493-3d7587080000 pid=2183 /tmp/sample.bin net send-data zombie guuid=9bf2f6d7-1a00-0000-a493-3d7585080000 pid=2181->guuid=55b146d8-1a00-0000-a493-3d7587080000 pid=2183 clone 8b0a01dc-0728-52c1-8024-c4ba7801b8d6 8.8.8.8:53 guuid=55b146d8-1a00-0000-a493-3d7587080000 pid=2183->8b0a01dc-0728-52c1-8024-c4ba7801b8d6 con 879313db-9102-5ffc-8443-1eefa773f834 94.154.43.12:32 guuid=55b146d8-1a00-0000-a493-3d7587080000 pid=2183->879313db-9102-5ffc-8443-1eefa773f834 send: 739B guuid=d39157d8-1a00-0000-a493-3d7588080000 pid=2184 /tmp/sample.bin guuid=55b146d8-1a00-0000-a493-3d7587080000 pid=2183->guuid=d39157d8-1a00-0000-a493-3d7588080000 pid=2184 clone guuid=35ab6ed8-1a00-0000-a493-3d7589080000 pid=2185 /usr/bin/bash guuid=55b146d8-1a00-0000-a493-3d7587080000 pid=2183->guuid=35ab6ed8-1a00-0000-a493-3d7589080000 pid=2185 execve
Result
Threat name:
n/a
Detection:
malicious
Classification:
evad
Score:
60 / 100
Signature
Malicious sample detected (through community Yara rule)
Multi AV Scanner detection for submitted file
Sample deletes itself
Behaviour
Behavior Graph:
behaviorgraph top1 dnsIp2 2 Behavior Graph ID: 1965376 Sample: main.i486.elf Startdate: 28/08/2026 Architecture: LINUX Score: 60 37 94.154.43.12, 32, 45608 CDNEXTGB Turkey 2->37 39 daisy.ubuntu.com 2->39 41 Malicious sample detected (through community Yara rule) 2->41 43 Multi AV Scanner detection for submitted file 2->43 12 main.i486.elf 2->12         started        15 python3.8 dpkg 2->15         started        signatures3 process4 signatures5 45 Sample deletes itself 12->45 17 main.i486.elf 12->17         started        process6 process7 19 main.i486.elf 17->19         started        process8 21 main.i486.elf bash 19->21         started        23 main.i486.elf 19->23         started        process9 25 bash lesspipe 21->25         started        27 bash groups 21->27         started        29 bash dircolors 21->29         started        process10 31 lesspipe 25->31         started        33 lesspipe basename 25->33         started        process11 35 lesspipe dirname 31->35         started       
Threat name:
Linux.Backdoor.Mirai
Status:
Suspicious
First seen:
2026-08-28 15:38:17 UTC
File Type:
ELF32 Little (Exe)
AV detection:
13 of 24 (54.17%)
Threat level:
  5/5
Result
Malware family:
n/a
Score:
  7/10
Tags:
discovery linux
Behaviour
Reads runtime system information
System Network Configuration Discovery
Writes file to tmp directory
Changes its process name
Enumerates running processes
Deletes itself
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YARA Signatures


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Rule name:Linux_Trojan_Mirai_122ff2e6
Author:Elastic Security
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


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Web download

Mirai

elf 531bf9efbdb79fdd53bc4544d3c2600eaab3488ba7f982d6b37bfbd78f9bb5c4

(this sample)

  
Delivery method
Distributed via web download

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