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Database Entry



Mirai


Vendor detections: 11


Intelligence 11 IOCs YARA 10 File information Comments

SHA256 hash: 72b79b6ea9ff6489b23b509bb3a6b1921631ae42888d092981f54b3fe6b83655
SHA3-384 hash: dc49e5afdacec2af205e2b7ace646eec839ca7958e7f53cf1fb48a2324ee3be808335130ac65d88a6272638de0bccde1
SHA1 hash: 9a979fc95ac098f066e208469a3f78c8abc6a7b4
MD5 hash: 6f04de6fd08b22bf9b76c7a3722905d1
humanhash: minnesota-lactose-video-eleven
File name:boatnet.arm7
Download: download sample
Signature Mirai
File size:134'833 bytes
First seen:2026-01-16 19:40:54 UTC
Last seen:Never
File type: elf
MIME type:application/x-executable
ssdeep 3072:E5QjuUsEGecVpUoVO1CNLIGWSkaU7DnqlTM/9SptcnG5:E5QjuUsEGecV62O1CNLIxSe7DnqRM/9o
TLSH T182D33A46F6414B13C0D60779B6EF524A3322A7D1A3DB73069A245BB03F867AB1E63F05
telfhash t162212db1476696295951deac8adc6771061cd3072342ef33ff31c4ac240004eea2ac0f
Magika elf
Reporter abuse_ch
Tags:elf mirai upx-dec


Avatar
abuse_ch
UPX decompressed file, sourced from SHA256 1727508316339c004aad051065929cd294e434a6b66544cc0a47e2c4276e401f
File size (compressed) :47'772 bytes
File size (de-compressed) :134'833 bytes
Format:linux/arm
Packed file: 1727508316339c004aad051065929cd294e434a6b66544cc0a47e2c4276e401f

Intelligence


File Origin
# of uploads :
1
# of downloads :
46
Origin country :
NL NL
Vendor Threat Intelligence
Malware configuration found for:
Mirai
Details
Mirai
an XOR decryption key and at least a c2 socket address
Verdict:
Unknown
Threat level:
  0/10
Confidence:
100%
Tags:
gafgyt gcc masquerade mirai rust
Verdict:
Malicious
File Type:
elf.32.le
First seen:
2026-01-16T17:52:00Z UTC
Last seen:
2026-01-16T20:30:00Z UTC
Hits:
~10
Status:
terminated
Behavior Graph:
%3 guuid=dd643351-1700-0000-aafb-f482e00a0000 pid=2784 /usr/bin/sudo guuid=501fc652-1700-0000-aafb-f482e50a0000 pid=2789 /tmp/sample.bin guuid=dd643351-1700-0000-aafb-f482e00a0000 pid=2784->guuid=501fc652-1700-0000-aafb-f482e50a0000 pid=2789 execve
Result
Threat name:
Detection:
malicious
Classification:
spre.troj
Score:
80 / 100
Signature
Antivirus / Scanner detection for submitted sample
Contains symbols with names commonly found in malware
Malicious sample detected (through community Yara rule)
Multi AV Scanner detection for submitted file
Sample tries to kill multiple processes (SIGKILL)
Yara detected Mirai
Behaviour
Behavior Graph:
behaviorgraph top1 dnsIp2 2 Behavior Graph ID: 1852293 Sample: boatnet.arm7.elf Startdate: 16/01/2026 Architecture: LINUX Score: 80 24 169.254.169.254, 80 USDOSUS Reserved 2->24 26 178.16.54.217, 36608, 3778 DUSNET-ASDE Germany 2->26 28 daisy.ubuntu.com 2->28 30 Malicious sample detected (through community Yara rule) 2->30 32 Antivirus / Scanner detection for submitted sample 2->32 34 Multi AV Scanner detection for submitted file 2->34 36 2 other signatures 2->36 7 dash rm boatnet.arm7.elf 2->7         started        9 xfce4-panel wrapper-2.0 2->9         started        11 dash rm 2->11         started        13 16 other processes 2->13 signatures3 process4 process5 15 boatnet.arm7.elf 7->15         started        18 boatnet.arm7.elf 7->18         started        20 boatnet.arm7.elf 7->20         started        22 wrapper-2.0 xfpm-power-backlight-helper 9->22         started        signatures6 38 Sample tries to kill multiple processes (SIGKILL) 15->38
Threat name:
Linux.Backdoor.Mirai
Status:
Malicious
First seen:
2026-01-16 19:41:31 UTC
File Type:
ELF32 Little (Exe)
AV detection:
19 of 24 (79.17%)
Threat level:
  5/5
Result
Malware family:
Score:
  10/10
Tags:
family:mirai botnet:lzrd defense_evasion discovery
Behaviour
Reads runtime system information
Writes file to system bin folder
Modifies Watchdog functionality
Verdict:
Malicious
Tags:
trojan gafgyt Unix.Dropper.Mirai-7135925-0
YARA:
Linux_Trojan_Gafgyt_28a2fe0c Linux_Trojan_Gafgyt_ea92cca8 Linux_Gafgyt_May_2024
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YARA Signatures


MalwareBazaar uses YARA rules from several public and non-public repositories, such as YARAhub and Malpedia. Those are being matched against malware samples uploaded to MalwareBazaar as well as against any suspicious process dumps they may create. Please note that only results from TLP:CLEAR rules are being displayed.

Rule name:botnet_Yakuza
Author:NDA0E
Description:Yakuza botnet
Rule name:CP_Script_Inject_Detector
Author:DiegoAnalytics
Description:Detects attempts to inject code into another process across PE, ELF, Mach-O binaries
Rule name:ELF_Mirai
Author:NDA0E
Description:Detects multiple Mirai variants
Rule name:linux_generic_ipv6_catcher
Author:@_lubiedo
Description:ELF samples using IPv6 addresses
Rule name:Linux_Generic_Threat_8299c877
Author:Elastic Security
Rule name:Linux_Trojan_Gafgyt_28a2fe0c
Author:Elastic Security
Rule name:Linux_Trojan_Gafgyt_ea92cca8
Author:Elastic Security
Rule name:MAL_ARM_LNX_Mirai_Mar13_2022
Author:Mehmet Ali Kerimoglu a.k.a. CYB3RMX
Description:Detects new ARM Mirai variant
Rule name:setsockopt
Author:Tim Brown @timb_machine
Description:Hunts for setsockopt() red flags
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 72b79b6ea9ff6489b23b509bb3a6b1921631ae42888d092981f54b3fe6b83655

(this sample)

  
Delivery method
Distributed via web download

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