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Database Entry



Mirai


Vendor detections: 10


Intelligence 10 IOCs YARA 22 File information Comments

SHA256 hash: 721e6cc6e842fcb92e93e7a7ab39cf93b939ffab0a61ad7c5869da5c6cfafc90
SHA3-384 hash: b6c671a36f9c26e021f87a977cac532fa0bf5f1a34897ca963be7eda18e6931af8b6bdc962d64b8b4b118f78796a82e2
SHA1 hash: a6145d1ea247d3e6b2085a9de8b3ec3275d62089
MD5 hash: 6ef4455422c087e059eedb18c43171fc
humanhash: cold-diet-jupiter-fourteen
File name:i586
Download: download sample
Signature Mirai
File size:571'068 bytes
First seen:2026-09-30 16:23:08 UTC
Last seen:2026-10-01 09:36:54 UTC
File type: elf
MIME type:application/x-executable
ssdeep 6144:ho1VhFc0arVYoWk77rIoZBsp7/m40QcokWXx32AEnJ5XI09nOJo+:WvFc0arVYol7o5xXcokaC9n2o+
TLSH T137C48D02AAF3D9B6F4A380B1115517B94573D97A257BD84BEBE61C90DE201C0E32D3BE
telfhash t1090289b13afd0dd8b3d0a902c24e6b21dd45e66758d438b28af3259933b3b429e71c75
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 :
2
# of downloads :
102
Origin country :
DE DE
Vendor Threat Intelligence
No detections
Result
Verdict:
Malware
Maliciousness:

Behaviour
Sends data to a server
Sets a written file as executable
Collects information on the RAM
Connection attempt
Kills processes
Creating a file in the %temp% directory
Creating a file
Receives data from a server
Substitutes an application name
Writes files to system directory
Creates or modifies files in /cron to set up autorun
Creates or modifies symbolic links in /init.d to set up autorun
Creates or modifies files in /init.d to set up autorun
Verdict:
Malicious
Threat level:
  10/10
Confidence:
100%
Tags:
gcc
Verdict:
Malicious
Uses P2P?:
false
Uses anti-vm?:
false
Architecture:
x86
Packer:
not packed
Botnet:
unknown
Number of open files:
2
Number of processes launched:
1
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:
2026-09-30T14:16:00Z UTC
Last seen:
2026-10-01T22:06:00Z UTC
Hits:
~10
Status:
terminated
Behavior Graph:
%3 guuid=00978dc8-1600-0000-2194-23a8940d0000 pid=3476 /usr/bin/sudo guuid=335344ca-1600-0000-2194-23a8980d0000 pid=3480 /tmp/sample.bin net send-data write-config write-file guuid=00978dc8-1600-0000-2194-23a8940d0000 pid=3476->guuid=335344ca-1600-0000-2194-23a8980d0000 pid=3480 execve 8b0a01dc-0728-52c1-8024-c4ba7801b8d6 8.8.8.8:53 guuid=335344ca-1600-0000-2194-23a8980d0000 pid=3480->8b0a01dc-0728-52c1-8024-c4ba7801b8d6 con 475f89ad-eac8-5659-ab59-e223569a2040 217.60.195.187:9111 guuid=335344ca-1600-0000-2194-23a8980d0000 pid=3480->475f89ad-eac8-5659-ab59-e223569a2040 send: 72B guuid=6f584dd1-1600-0000-2194-23a8ad0d0000 pid=3501 /tmp/sample.bin guuid=335344ca-1600-0000-2194-23a8980d0000 pid=3480->guuid=6f584dd1-1600-0000-2194-23a8ad0d0000 pid=3501 clone guuid=724558d1-1600-0000-2194-23a8ae0d0000 pid=3502 /tmp/sample.bin guuid=6f584dd1-1600-0000-2194-23a8ad0d0000 pid=3501->guuid=724558d1-1600-0000-2194-23a8ae0d0000 pid=3502 clone guuid=8f9b64d1-1600-0000-2194-23a8af0d0000 pid=3503 /tmp/sample.bin guuid=6f584dd1-1600-0000-2194-23a8ad0d0000 pid=3501->guuid=8f9b64d1-1600-0000-2194-23a8af0d0000 pid=3503 clone guuid=f1656fd1-1600-0000-2194-23a8b00d0000 pid=3504 /tmp/sample.bin guuid=6f584dd1-1600-0000-2194-23a8ad0d0000 pid=3501->guuid=f1656fd1-1600-0000-2194-23a8b00d0000 pid=3504 clone
Threat name:
Linux.Backdoor.Mirai
Status:
Malicious
First seen:
2026-09-30 15:44:17 UTC
File Type:
ELF32 Little (Exe)
AV detection:
15 of 38 (39.47%)
Threat level:
  5/5
Result
Malware family:
xmrig_linux
Score:
  10/10
Tags:
family:xmrig_linux discovery execution linux miner persistence privilege_escalation
Behaviour
Reads runtime system information
Writes file to tmp directory
Changes its process name
Reads system network configuration
Creates/modifies Cron job
Enumerates active TCP sockets
Enumerates running processes
Modifies init.d
Modifies rc script
Family: xmrig
Please note that we are no longer able to provide a coverage score for Virus Total.

YARA Signatures


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Rule name:ach_202503_elf_Mirai
Author:abuse.ch
Description:Detects Mirai 'TSource' ELF files
Rule name:BLOWFISH_Constants
Author:phoul (@phoul)
Description:Look for Blowfish constants
Rule name:DetectEncryptedVariants
Author:Zinyth
Description:Detects 'encrypted' in ASCII, Unicode, base64, or hex-encoded
Rule name:ELF_Toriilike_persist
Author:4r4
Description:Detects Torii IoT Botnet (stealthier Mirai alternative)
Reference:Identified via researched data
Rule name:enterpriseapps2
Author:Tim Brown @timb_machine
Description:Enterprise apps
Rule name:golang
Rule name:linux_generic_ipv6_catcher
Author:@_lubiedo
Description:ELF samples using IPv6 addresses
Rule name:Linux_Trojan_Gafgyt_5bf62ce4
Author:Elastic Security
Rule name:Linux_Trojan_Mirai_389ee3e9
Author:Elastic Security
Rule name:MD5_Constants
Author:phoul (@phoul)
Description:Look for MD5 constants
Rule name:MIRAI_TELNETCURL_payload
Author:AfterPacket
Description:Mirai-lineage ELF payload carrying the leaked-source decoy domain
Reference:https://github.com/Afterpacket/drosera-threat-intel
Rule name:NSVPS_Hydra_SSH_Bruteforce
Author:sanad (NSVPS-SOC)
Description:Hydra SSH brute-force campaign credentials pattern from NSVPS honeypot
Rule name:RANSOMWARE
Author:ToroGuitar
Rule name:RIPEMD160_Constants
Author:phoul (@phoul)
Description:Look for RIPEMD-160 constants
Rule name:SHA1_Constants
Author:phoul (@phoul)
Description:Look for SHA1 constants
Rule name:SHA512_Constants
Author:phoul (@phoul)
Description:Look for SHA384/SHA512 constants
Rule name:telebot_framework
Author:vietdx.mb
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
Rule name:VPNFilterStage3PluginTor

File information


The table below shows additional information about this malware sample such as delivery method and external references.

Web download

Mirai

elf 721e6cc6e842fcb92e93e7a7ab39cf93b939ffab0a61ad7c5869da5c6cfafc90

(this sample)

  
Delivery method
Distributed via web download

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