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Mirai


Vendor detections: 10


Intelligence 10 IOCs YARA 3 File information Comments

SHA256 hash: 699c8f11c521f5847eddba7decee1cc532746577d3b2baea9e161f09c8addff5
SHA3-384 hash: 04ce6933810441d987bca11578d2409826000324deceba37aa57bd382679a773f0276d50a16c6963dbe8e3a7c38f78a1
SHA1 hash: eb10e6ed902ef118a065678eb9d102fcb451b403
MD5 hash: 43c8f3958bd99c4052bc0f81ff145241
humanhash: zebra-salami-ink-speaker
File name:morte.mips
Download: download sample
Signature Mirai
File size:59'772 bytes
First seen:2025-11-29 10:02:21 UTC
Last seen:Never
File type: elf
MIME type:application/x-executable
ssdeep 1536:41XcjXAdQGHqNGfA6nKYMe0fDrFcMWhVJuI:ccbAdhaGfA6nKYv0iNhVQI
TLSH T12443F27AF31147C6DE43A3B886C60B608EC056F7A460F552EE1EDE578EC312D30976A4
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 UPX
File size (compressed) :59'772 bytes
File size (de-compressed) :198'808 bytes
Format:linux/mips
Unpacked file: b4dec03b5dad403b29d619fe5c0846cdbf1770c58f6bef2e5a53eb1bc9f0da01

Intelligence


File Origin
# of uploads :
1
# of downloads :
63
Origin country :
DE DE
Vendor Threat Intelligence
Result
Verdict:
Malware
Maliciousness:

Behaviour
Connection attempt
Changes access rights for a written file
Sets a written file as executable
Changes the time when the file was created, accessed, or modified
Runs as daemon
Receives data from a server
Creating a file
Opens a port
Deleting a recently created file
Sends data to a server
Launching a process
Removes directories
Creates or modifies files in /cron to set up autorun
Substitutes an application name
Creates or modifies files in /init.d to set up autorun
Creates or modifies symbolic links in /init.d to set up autorun
Verdict:
Suspicious
Threat level:
  5/10
Confidence:
100%
Tags:
masquerade mirai packed upx
Result
Gathering data
Verdict:
Malicious
File Type:
elf.32.be
First seen:
2025-11-29T05:21:00Z UTC
Last seen:
2025-11-29T07:04:00Z UTC
Hits:
~10
Result
Threat name:
Mirai, Gafgyt
Detection:
malicious
Classification:
troj.evad
Score:
100 / 100
Signature
Connects to many ports of the same IP (likely port scanning)
Detected Mirai
Drops files in suspicious directories
Executes the "crontab" command typically for achieving persistence
Malicious sample detected (through community Yara rule)
Multi AV Scanner detection for submitted file
Sample is packed with UPX
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
Suricata IDS alerts for network traffic
Uses known network protocols on non-standard ports
Yara detected Gafgyt
Yara detected Mirai
Behaviour
Behavior Graph:
behaviorgraph top1 dnsIp2 2 Behavior Graph ID: 1822798 Sample: morte.mips.elf Startdate: 29/11/2025 Architecture: LINUX Score: 100 54 104.66.167.207, 52869 SWISSCOMSwisscomSwitzerlandLtdCH United States 2->54 56 89.149.65.207, 52869, 80, 8080 SUNCOMMUNICATIONS-ASJVSunCommunicationsAutonomousSyst Moldova Republic of 2->56 58 98 other IPs or domains 2->58 66 Suricata IDS alerts for network traffic 2->66 68 Malicious sample detected (through community Yara rule) 2->68 70 Detected Mirai 2->70 72 6 other signatures 2->72 12 morte.mips.elf 2->12         started        signatures3 process4 process5 14 morte.mips.elf 12->14         started        process6 16 morte.mips.elf 14->16         started        file7 48 /etc/init.d/sysd, POSIX 16->48 dropped 60 Sample tries to set files in /etc globally writable 16->60 62 Drops files in suspicious directories 16->62 64 Sample tries to persist itself using System V runlevels 16->64 20 morte.mips.elf 16->20         started        23 morte.mips.elf sh 16->23         started        signatures8 process9 file10 50 /usr/Bin), ELF 20->50 dropped 25 morte.mips.elf 20->25         started        27 morte.mips.elf sh 20->27         started        29 sh cp 23->29         started        process11 process12 31 morte.mips.elf 25->31         started        33 morte.mips.elf 25->33         started        35 morte.mips.elf 25->35         started        43 1005 other processes 25->43 37 sh crontab 27->37         started        41 sh 27->41         started        file13 52 /var/spool/cron/crontabs/tmp.E26s08, ASCII 37->52 dropped 74 Sample tries to persist itself using cron 37->74 76 Executes the "crontab" command typically for achieving persistence 37->76 45 sh crontab 41->45         started        signatures14 process15 signatures16 78 Executes the "crontab" command typically for achieving persistence 45->78
Threat name:
Linux.Worm.Mirai
Status:
Malicious
First seen:
2025-11-29 10:03:16 UTC
File Type:
ELF32 Big (Exe)
AV detection:
14 of 36 (38.89%)
Threat level:
  5/5
Result
Malware family:
Score:
  10/10
Tags:
family:mirai botnet defense_evasion discovery execution persistence privilege_escalation upx
Behaviour
Reads runtime system information
System Network Configuration Discovery
Changes its process name
UPX packed file
Creates a large amount of network flows
Creates/modifies Cron job
Deletes log files
Enumerates running processes
Modifies init.d
Modifies rc script
Writes file to system bin folder
Deletes Audit logs
Deletes system logs
Modifies Watchdog functionality
Contacts a large (1989) amount of remote hosts
Mirai
Mirai family
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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:SUSP_ELF_LNX_UPX_Compressed_File
Author:Florian Roth (Nextron Systems)
Description:Detects a suspicious ELF binary with UPX compression
Reference:Internal Research
Rule name:upx_packed_elf_v1
Author:RandomMalware

File information


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Mirai

elf 699c8f11c521f5847eddba7decee1cc532746577d3b2baea9e161f09c8addff5

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