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Database Entry



Mirai


Vendor detections: 7


Intelligence 7 IOCs YARA 2 File information Comments

SHA256 hash: 62e51ed3f589dc4463b830e736a7c161e33af159fe79a338affb20caaf548735
SHA3-384 hash: fbeec72dbedd5d03f42b56d5ce8ed7e4441679be97d4bc88ac04c66ce6861aa8a65d504c075cfc45ce9d93af1fd13db6
SHA1 hash: 6bcd0b92ab7afdc79d7cd8dd9def63530e2d1e03
MD5 hash: ccae8419704f93b631f7f3db0d0e5d58
humanhash: pennsylvania-eleven-july-winter
File name:6zq
Download: download sample
Signature Mirai
File size:101'204 bytes
First seen:2026-07-21 22:42:24 UTC
Last seen:2026-07-22 08:54:56 UTC
File type: elf
MIME type:application/x-executable
ssdeep 1536:AiB3QerROySqoXT6sqQA7yZKoubeyKioFbx6oa0fvxugBE1UQyVp:L91OySqoXmXn7IEbepxM
TLSH T1EBA3E80AAF611DBBD81BDC3305AC0B0278CCA61771643B797538D528BB8A54F8AD3CB5
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 :
3
# of downloads :
100
Origin country :
DE DE
Vendor Threat Intelligence
No detections
Result
Verdict:
Malware
Maliciousness:

Behaviour
Creating a file
Sends data to a server
Sets a written file as executable
Runs as daemon
Manages services
Kills processes
Collects information on the CPU
Collects information on the RAM
Connection attempt
Writes symbolic links to system directory
Creates or modifies files in /cron to set up autorun
Creates or modifies files in /init.d to set up autorun
Verdict:
Malicious
File Type:
elf.32.le
First seen:
2026-07-21T20:51:00Z UTC
Last seen:
2026-07-22T18:35:00Z UTC
Hits:
~10
Status:
terminated
Behavior Graph:
%3 guuid=a350d247-1800-0000-36b2-f550f1080000 pid=2289 /usr/bin/sudo guuid=cf521e4a-1800-0000-36b2-f550f9080000 pid=2297 /tmp/sample.bin guuid=a350d247-1800-0000-36b2-f550f1080000 pid=2289->guuid=cf521e4a-1800-0000-36b2-f550f9080000 pid=2297 execve
Result
Threat name:
n/a
Detection:
malicious
Classification:
spre.troj
Score:
64 / 100
Signature
Protects files from modification
Sample reads /proc/mounts (often used for finding a writable filesystem)
Sample tries to kill multiple processes (SIGKILL)
Sample tries to persist itself using cron
Sample tries to persist itself using System V runlevels
Sample tries to set files in /etc globally writable
Behaviour
Behavior Graph:
behaviorgraph top1 dnsIp2 2 Behavior Graph ID: 1946180 Sample: 6zq.elf Startdate: 22/07/2026 Architecture: LINUX Score: 64 44 94.154.43.102, 42006, 7435 CDNEXTGB Turkey 2->44 9 6zq.elf 2->9         started        11 xfce4-panel wrapper-2.0 2->11         started        13 systemd snapd-env-generator 2->13         started        15 10 other processes 2->15 process3 process4 17 6zq.elf 9->17         started        19 wrapper-2.0 xfpm-power-backlight-helper 11->19         started        process5 21 6zq.elf 17->21         started        signatures6 46 Sample tries to kill multiple processes (SIGKILL) 21->46 48 Sample tries to persist itself using cron 21->48 50 Sample tries to persist itself using System V runlevels 21->50 24 6zq.elf 21->24         started        28 6zq.elf chattr 21->28         started        30 6zq.elf chattr 21->30         started        32 28 other processes 21->32 process7 file8 38 /etc/rc.local, POSIX 24->38 dropped 40 /etc/crontab, ASCII 24->40 dropped 42 /etc/cron.d/crond, ASCII 24->42 dropped 52 Sample tries to set files in /etc globally writable 24->52 54 Sample reads /proc/mounts (often used for finding a writable filesystem) 24->54 56 Sample tries to persist itself using cron 24->56 58 Sample tries to persist itself using System V runlevels 24->58 34 6zq.elf systemctl 24->34         started        36 6zq.elf systemctl 24->36         started        60 Protects files from modification 28->60 62 Sample tries to kill multiple processes (SIGKILL) 32->62 signatures9 process10
Threat name:
Linux.Backdoor.Mirai
Status:
Malicious
First seen:
2026-07-21 22:43:38 UTC
File Type:
ELF32 Little (Exe)
AV detection:
10 of 24 (41.67%)
Threat level:
  5/5
Result
Malware family:
n/a
Score:
  6/10
Tags:
antivm discovery execution persistence privilege_escalation
Behaviour
Reads runtime system information
Checks CPU configuration
Creates/modifies Cron job
Enumerates running processes
Modifies rc script
Modifies systemd
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YARA Signatures


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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 62e51ed3f589dc4463b830e736a7c161e33af159fe79a338affb20caaf548735

(this sample)

  
Delivery method
Distributed via web download

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