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Database Entry



Mirai


Vendor detections: 9


Intelligence 9 IOCs YARA 5 File information Comments

SHA256 hash: 5a38ada8c168bf7f2e88f353ea58a64033f89b3170dcd016ccfba708e64ac0fc
SHA3-384 hash: dc464ad882ea230cd005bb2f30019df11d25da512676c42d3f49a9d0585e0b7423626816dd6eb10cfb3bab742252b92c
SHA1 hash: 00008194c678e5729736025b7b678cd4d0c256b3
MD5 hash: 97d218f9e6526d9b45e8f8161b185ceb
humanhash: autumn-gee-asparagus-arizona
File name:armv4l
Download: download sample
Signature Mirai
File size:140'664 bytes
First seen:2026-07-29 18:30:56 UTC
Last seen:Never
File type: elf
MIME type:application/x-executable
ssdeep 3072:OZ82ltN093nKs4uVwx9a2uPO7Y2KnffN0b:OazXv4uVwLa2eO02CHN0
TLSH T123D31845F8419F57CAC255BBFF4E438C7B2A1768D3EE720399256F20378B85A0E3A142
telfhash t1f22114b2975419ac73d4c049929eb0370ed824fa17362465be6f7b8f42539d6f22442e
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 :
84
Origin country :
DE DE
Vendor Threat Intelligence
No detections
Result
Verdict:
Malware
Maliciousness:
Verdict:
Malicious
Uses P2P?:
false
Uses anti-vm?:
false
Architecture:
arm
Packer:
not packed
Botnet:
unknown
Number of open files:
174
Number of processes launched:
4
Processes remaning?
true
Remote TCP ports scanned:
not identified
Behaviour
Process Renaming
Information Gathering
Botnet C2s
TCP botnet C2(s):
not identified
UDP botnet C2(s):
not identified
Verdict:
Malicious
File Type:
elf.32.le
First seen:
2026-07-29T14:25:00Z UTC
Last seen:
2026-07-30T19:37:00Z UTC
Hits:
~10
Status:
terminated
Behavior Graph:
%3 guuid=5923ab63-1b00-0000-281e-a9513f0c0000 pid=3135 /usr/bin/sudo guuid=6988c267-1b00-0000-281e-a951480c0000 pid=3144 /tmp/sample.bin guuid=5923ab63-1b00-0000-281e-a9513f0c0000 pid=3135->guuid=6988c267-1b00-0000-281e-a951480c0000 pid=3144 execve
Result
Threat name:
n/a
Detection:
malicious
Classification:
evad
Score:
60 / 100
Signature
Antivirus / Scanner detection for submitted sample
Multi AV Scanner detection for submitted file
Sample deletes itself
Behaviour
Behavior Graph:
behaviorgraph top1 dnsIp2 2 Behavior Graph ID: 1949728 Sample: armv4l.elf Startdate: 29/07/2026 Architecture: LINUX Score: 60 17 169.254.169.254, 80 USDOS-USDepartmentofStateUS ZZ 2->17 19 83.168.69.141, 36622, 36624, 36626 SKYPASS-ASPL Poland 2->19 21 daisy.ubuntu.com 2->21 23 Antivirus / Scanner detection for submitted sample 2->23 25 Multi AV Scanner detection for submitted file 2->25 8 armv4l.elf 2->8         started        10 python3.8 dpkg 2->10         started        signatures3 process4 process5 12 armv4l.elf 8->12         started        process6 14 armv4l.elf 12->14         started        signatures7 27 Sample deletes itself 14->27
Threat name:
Linux.Worm.Mirai
Status:
Malicious
First seen:
2026-07-29 18:31:50 UTC
File Type:
ELF32 Little (Exe)
AV detection:
15 of 24 (62.50%)
Threat level:
  5/5
Result
Malware family:
n/a
Score:
  1/10
Tags:
n/a
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YARA Signatures


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Rule name:ELF_Toriilike_persist
Author:4r4
Description:Detects Torii IoT Botnet (stealthier Mirai alternative)
Reference:Identified via researched data
Rule name:has_telegram_urls
Author:Aaron DeVera<aaron@backchannel.re>
Description:Detects Telegram URLs
Rule name:Linux_Generic_Threat_d94e1020
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 5a38ada8c168bf7f2e88f353ea58a64033f89b3170dcd016ccfba708e64ac0fc

(this sample)

  
Delivery method
Distributed via web download

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