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Database Entry



Mirai


Vendor detections: 9


Intelligence 9 IOCs YARA 12 File information Comments

SHA256 hash: 56c17e283d9349a7d46a01f52ee8d4892d69e57cb722e9dab01f771aa2bf6783
SHA3-384 hash: 541a851b5b6672964991874819ca50c1a3de19e04f249fe40aaa406fe35301ab1ea78702681dabf017f7569721e9f288
SHA1 hash: ca40f9143aa48985ef67b3331af729bf198ce962
MD5 hash: 3690dc433f189df6eef755ba8841b0d7
humanhash: maine-speaker-lithium-eight
File name:gnome
Download: download sample
Signature Mirai
File size:195'980 bytes
First seen:2026-10-07 11:08:00 UTC
Last seen:2026-10-08 01:39:16 UTC
File type: elf
MIME type:application/x-executable
ssdeep 3072:wDWEozQ2+wuNXcR1UXSfGxi/Bt+voCkt1dDRtSKeS8ajwbY:oW7zjmi1v+vAjdDRtSKeS8ajwbY
TLSH T17C14633ABE21BF7EE668873107F26FB4C79621D223A19395E17CD6185EB124C089F750
telfhash t10d21325262bd8a193ff349389c7c03b12456551263817f70ef6ec5c01537009b965ddf
Magika elf
Reporter abuse_ch
Tags:elf gafgyt mirai

Intelligence


File Origin
# of uploads :
2
# of downloads :
98
Origin country :
DE DE
Vendor Threat Intelligence
No detections
Result
Verdict:
Malware
Maliciousness:

Behaviour
Launching a process
Connection attempt
Changes access rights for a written file
Creating a file in the %temp% directory
Runs as daemon
Sets a written file as executable
Manages services
Creating a file
Creates or modifies files in /cron to set up autorun
Substitutes an application name
Creates or modifies symbolic links in /init.d to set up autorun
Creates or modifies files to set up autorun
Creates or modifies files in /init.d to set up autorun
Verdict:
Malicious
Threat level:
  10/10
Confidence:
100%
Tags:
bash gcc javac lolbin
Verdict:
Malicious
File Type:
elf.32.be
First seen:
2026-10-07T09:16:00Z UTC
Last seen:
2026-10-07T09:40:00Z UTC
Hits:
~10
Status:
terminated
Behavior Graph:
%3 guuid=1f324bd9-1c00-0000-2071-e7c6160c0000 pid=3094 /usr/bin/sudo guuid=784407dd-1c00-0000-2071-e7c6170c0000 pid=3095 /tmp/sample.bin guuid=1f324bd9-1c00-0000-2071-e7c6160c0000 pid=3094->guuid=784407dd-1c00-0000-2071-e7c6170c0000 pid=3095 execve
Threat name:
Linux.Backdoor.Gafgyt
Status:
Malicious
First seen:
2026-10-07 11:08:38 UTC
File Type:
ELF32 Big (Exe)
AV detection:
22 of 38 (57.89%)
Threat level:
  5/5
Result
Malware family:
Score:
  10/10
Tags:
family:gafgyt botnet defense_evasion discovery execution persistence privilege_escalation
Behaviour
Enumerates kernel/hardware configuration
Reads runtime system information
Writes file to tmp directory
Changes its process name
Reads system network configuration
Modifies Bash startup script
Creates/modifies Cron job
Creates/modifies environment variables
Modifies init.d
Modifies rc script
Modifies systemd
Reads system routing table
Schedules an At job
File and Directory Permissions Modification
Detected Gafgyt variant
Family: Gafgyt/Bashlite
Malware Config
C2 Extraction:
64.89.161.96:55487
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YARA Signatures


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Rule name:ach_202503_elf_Mirai
Author:abuse.ch
Description:Detects Mirai 'TSource' ELF files
Rule name:DetectEncryptedVariants
Author:Zinyth
Description:Detects 'encrypted' in ASCII, Unicode, base64, or hex-encoded
Rule name:ELF_DDoS_Gafgyt_Variant
Author:Serhii Kocherhan
Description:Detects Gafgyt (Qbot) / Mirai variant with specific DDoS functions (vseattack, ftcp, SendHTTPHex) and recon routines
Rule name:ELF_IoT_Persistence_Hunt
Author:4r4
Description:Hunts for ELF files with persistence and download capabilities
Rule name:ELF_Toriilike_persist
Author:4r4
Description:Detects Torii IoT Botnet (stealthier Mirai alternative)
Reference:Identified via researched data
Rule name:enterpriseapps2
Author:Tim Brown @timb_machine
Description:Enterprise apps
Rule name:Linux_Gafgyt_Generic
Author:albertzsigovits
Description:Generic Approach to Mirai/Gafgyt samples
Rule name:linux_generic_ipv6_catcher
Author:@_lubiedo
Description:ELF samples using IPv6 addresses
Rule name:RANSOMWARE
Author:ToroGuitar
Rule name:setsockopt
Author:Tim Brown @timb_machine
Description:Hunts for setsockopt() red flags
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


The table below shows additional information about this malware sample such as delivery method and external references.

Web download

Mirai

elf 56c17e283d9349a7d46a01f52ee8d4892d69e57cb722e9dab01f771aa2bf6783

(this sample)

  
Delivery method
Distributed via web download

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