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Database Entry



Mirai


Vendor detections: 7


Intelligence 7 IOCs YARA 5 File information Comments

SHA256 hash: 5dac2dc56879d36491c9ec38bba143ce753d8d78ec0907b8522b86324d8c00e2
SHA3-384 hash: 8e0c8cbe4efd4013efd748f7aebcebc8e0cb0e6ba7f4ac178dfbf541df8aa3fe2bdbfbe0828a0533bd01a1acb50d11e5
SHA1 hash: a61d513602748fa3f6e11d60606e199f44ff804d
MD5 hash: 43180fcac99d5491163640fa06429c87
humanhash: salami-bulldog-uniform-video
File name:goon.i486
Download: download sample
Signature Mirai
File size:128'356 bytes
First seen:2026-01-21 12:12:10 UTC
Last seen:Never
File type: elf
MIME type:application/x-executable
ssdeep 1536:XSbFf6S3W5Jt2caeck2f6SqCW8oNvn3uFwXUx31Uab195oC7ZcZz0HCrZ:XSF8D2sXn0qK8C+b
TLSH T1F0C31943E783E1F1E76501F0215BE73A4A36E8324112DD66EFA4BDB27C61341B65AB2C
telfhash t1024147356ae21dcca7d08413965e6334de1e643f38203ab90bf165c533b3a41627ec79
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 :
40
Origin country :
DE DE
Vendor Threat Intelligence
No detections
Verdict:
Malicious
Uses P2P?:
false
Uses anti-vm?:
false
Architecture:
x86
Packer:
not packed
Botnet:
unknown
Number of open files:
41
Number of processes launched:
4
Processes remaning?
true
Remote TCP ports scanned:
not identified
Behaviour
Process Renaming
Anti-Debugging
Information Gathering
Botnet C2s
TCP botnet C2(s):
not identified
UDP botnet C2(s):
not identified
Result
Gathering data
Result
Threat name:
Aquabot
Detection:
malicious
Classification:
troj
Score:
68 / 100
Signature
Malicious sample detected (through community Yara rule)
Multi AV Scanner detection for submitted file
Sample reads /proc/mounts (often used for finding a writable filesystem)
Yara detected Aquabot
Behaviour
Behavior Graph:
behaviorgraph top1 dnsIp2 2 Behavior Graph ID: 1854815 Sample: goon.i486.elf Startdate: 21/01/2026 Architecture: LINUX Score: 68 23 wok.gooning.su 185.196.41.201, 46112, 6621 SOLTIAES Spain 2->23 25 89.190.156.145, 7733 HOSTUS-GLOBAL-ASHostUSHK United Kingdom 2->25 29 Malicious sample detected (through community Yara rule) 2->29 31 Multi AV Scanner detection for submitted file 2->31 33 Yara detected Aquabot 2->33 8 goon.i486.elf 2->8         started        10 systemd journalctl 2->10         started        12 systemd systemd-journald 2->12         started        14 systemd journalctl 2->14         started        signatures3 process4 process5 16 goon.i486.elf 8->16         started        signatures6 27 Sample reads /proc/mounts (often used for finding a writable filesystem) 16->27 19 goon.i486.elf 16->19         started        21 goon.i486.elf 16->21         started        process7
Threat name:
Linux.Worm.Mirai
Status:
Malicious
First seen:
2026-01-21 12:00:12 UTC
File Type:
ELF32 Little (Exe)
AV detection:
6 of 36 (16.67%)
Threat level:
  5/5
Result
Malware family:
n/a
Score:
  7/10
Tags:
discovery linux
Behaviour
Reads runtime system information
Changes its process name
Reads system network configuration
Enumerates active TCP sockets
Enumerates running processes
Traces itself
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YARA Signatures


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Rule name:ELF_IoT_Persistence_Hunt
Author:4r4
Description:Hunts for ELF files with persistence and download capabilities
Rule name:linux_generic_ipv6_catcher
Author:@_lubiedo
Description:ELF samples using IPv6 addresses
Rule name:Linux_Trojan_Mirai_3a56423b
Author:Elastic Security
Rule name:Linux_Trojan_Mirai_6e8e9257
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 5dac2dc56879d36491c9ec38bba143ce753d8d78ec0907b8522b86324d8c00e2

(this sample)

  
Delivery method
Distributed via web download

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