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Database Entry



Mirai


Vendor detections: 6


Intelligence 6 IOCs YARA 3 File information Comments

SHA256 hash: 5aa92ab04d89876d4cbf86d39bf1858bb7ff77c8acc40301965309387f09eb88
SHA3-384 hash: 723a30a996f9c1502edb9b41d25347a8585c87103c715d7fa7788439a77bf55d34d8c39f92c7fc0c8b0afd821b6d0341
SHA1 hash: a7333b545833e2be5990fb5d3211819c00c7bfc2
MD5 hash: 51087b22397006bce91c8b32f1fd2c13
humanhash: five-seven-nitrogen-triple
File name:kworkerd-netns-rt
Download: download sample
Signature Mirai
File size:430'948 bytes
First seen:2026-07-14 01:06:09 UTC
Last seen:2026-07-14 21:52:23 UTC
File type: elf
MIME type:application/x-executable
ssdeep 6144:6cCEm/L4tRN7icJHR/KBYwWHRZLXRWGeNfhoBPvH07QOgY9yl8khlTwZJlqnECga:6nEm/cl7ic3/9r7RWyRH0TvkIDlqfN
TLSH T12094221E6233C99AD344A57F4973C0192FBDAA053AA2F218F479DC403F1C2ED9694BD8
telfhash t192d00224587813b052cd8c6e55dceb08a860a5e7aaa31d1fdd94c899ea26e4b9d01d2c
Magika elf
Reporter abuse_ch
Tags:elf mirai

Intelligence


File Origin
# of uploads :
3
# of downloads :
122
Origin country :
DE DE
Vendor Threat Intelligence
No detections
Result
Verdict:
Malware
Maliciousness:

Behaviour
Kills processes
Launching a process
Manages services
Runs as daemon
Changes access rights for a written file
Opens a port
Receives data from a server
Changes the time when the file was created, accessed, or modified
Connection attempt
Creating a file
Deleting a recently created file
Creating a file in the %temp% directory
Creating a process from a recently created file
Sets a written file as executable
Sends data to a server
Collects information on the CPU
Kills critical processes
Substitutes an application name
Creates or modifies files in /cron to set up autorun
Creates or modifies files in /init.d to set up autorun
Creates or modifies files to set up autorun
Verdict:
Unknown
Threat level:
  0/10
Confidence:
100%
Tags:
gcc
Verdict:
Malicious
File Type:
elf.32.be
First seen:
2026-07-14T00:01:00Z UTC
Last seen:
2026-07-14T00:26:00Z UTC
Hits:
~10
Status:
terminated
Behavior Graph:
%3 guuid=1b51a73c-1900-0000-52ed-094f2e140000 pid=5166 /usr/bin/sudo guuid=87cd2a3f-1900-0000-52ed-094f2f140000 pid=5167 /tmp/sample.bin guuid=1b51a73c-1900-0000-52ed-094f2e140000 pid=5166->guuid=87cd2a3f-1900-0000-52ed-094f2f140000 pid=5167 execve
Result
Threat name:
Mirai, Xmrig
Detection:
malicious
Classification:
spre.troj.spyw.evad.mine
Score:
100 / 100
Signature
Antivirus detection for dropped file
Drops files in suspicious directories
Drops invisible ELF files
Executes itself again with its parent PID as an argument (indicative of hampering debugging)
Executes the "crontab" command typically for achieving persistence
Found strings related to Crypto-Mining
Malicious sample detected (through community Yara rule)
Opens /sys/class/net/* files useful for querying network interface information
Sample deletes itself
Sample tries to persist itself using /etc/profile
Sample tries to persist itself using cron
Sample tries to set files in /etc globally writable
Yara detected Mirai
Yara detected Xmrig cryptocurrency miner
Behaviour
Behavior Graph:
behaviorgraph top1 dnsIp2 2 Behavior Graph ID: 1941896 Sample: kworkerd-netns-rt.elf Startdate: 14/07/2026 Architecture: LINUX Score: 100 82 91.92.40.118, 443, 44474, 44476 TODYL-CLOUD-TodylIncUS Bulgaria 2->82 84 109.202.202.202, 80 INIT7CH Switzerland 2->84 86 3 other IPs or domains 2->86 90 Malicious sample detected (through community Yara rule) 2->90 92 Antivirus detection for dropped file 2->92 94 Yara detected Mirai 2->94 96 Yara detected Xmrig cryptocurrency miner 2->96 11 kworkerd-netns-rt.elf 2->11         started        15 systemd sh 2->15         started        17 systemd snapd-env-generator 2->17         started        19 3 other processes 2->19 signatures3 process4 file5 80 /tmp/.6229, ELF 11->80 dropped 112 Drops invisible ELF files 11->112 114 Sample deletes itself 11->114 21 kworkerd-netns-rt.elf .6229 11->21         started        24 sh sh 15->24         started        26 sh wget 15->26         started        29 sh rm 15->29         started        signatures6 process7 file8 98 Found strings related to Crypto-Mining 21->98 31 .6229 21->31         started        33 sh wget 24->33         started        37 sh .k 24->37         started        39 sh chmod 24->39         started        76 /tmp/..redis-sentinel, POSIX 26->76 dropped signatures9 process10 file11 41 .6229 31->41         started        70 /tmp/.k, ELF 33->70 dropped 88 Drops invisible ELF files 33->88 45 .k 37->45         started        signatures12 process13 file14 72 /etc/profile.d/red...aof-rewrite-d03v.sh, ASCII 41->72 dropped 74 /etc/init.d/redis-...ck aof-rewrite-8qmp, POSIX 41->74 dropped 100 Sample tries to set files in /etc globally writable 41->100 102 Opens /sys/class/net/* files useful for querying network interface information 41->102 104 Sample tries to persist itself using /etc/profile 41->104 106 Drops files in suspicious directories 41->106 47 .6229 sh 41->47         started        50 .6229 sh 41->50         started        52 .6229 sh 41->52         started        56 2 other processes 41->56 54 .k 45->54         started        signatures15 process16 signatures17 116 Executes itself again with its parent PID as an argument (indicative of hampering debugging) 47->116 58 sh crontab 47->58         started        62 sh crontab 50->62         started        64 sh systemctl 52->64         started        66 sh systemctl 56->66         started        68 sh update-rc.d 56->68         started        process18 file19 78 /var/spool/cron/crontabs/tmp.eeHpK6, ASCII 58->78 dropped 108 Sample tries to persist itself using cron 58->108 110 Executes the "crontab" command typically for achieving persistence 58->110 signatures20
Result
Malware family:
n/a
Score:
  1/10
Tags:
n/a
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YARA Signatures


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Rule name:linux_generic_ipv6_catcher
Author:@_lubiedo
Description:ELF samples using IPv6 addresses
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 5aa92ab04d89876d4cbf86d39bf1858bb7ff77c8acc40301965309387f09eb88

(this sample)

  
Delivery method
Distributed via web download

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