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Database Entry



Mirai


Vendor detections: 10


Intelligence 10 IOCs YARA 9 File information Comments

SHA256 hash: 72c1e4d8d1490102dcf99e056cc0d41d48df135e195b689bb4c90e81bcf0ab1d
SHA3-384 hash: f513d9f8860d89ea96446c4a52c4f5470d6ae23c1aff7a52f0e7fd61244b0753cf44d12b4f714e6fcaa7db91589a48b5
SHA1 hash: c2f6d02de2e6d41663fe7e1a4824bc37d7d7fe96
MD5 hash: aeeaa4df223f2ff8c58a6cc3d526f833
humanhash: berlin-tennessee-johnny-arizona
File name:arm
Download: download sample
Signature Mirai
File size:195'276 bytes
First seen:2026-08-25 15:28:12 UTC
Last seen:Never
File type: elf
MIME type:application/x-executable
ssdeep 3072:gsQnDz5dvw2O9to3KuUpv46DmCjE7d8YQ6tPjrNu1EssMZc/T03ImIys61X1h5oP:gTnDz5dvw2OLo3qv466CjAxPjr+EssM8
TLSH T1BF143851BCA29A12C6C3427BFB4E424D372A535AD2DE7103FD1E5F603F8A46B4A7B181
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 :
45
Origin country :
DE DE
Vendor Threat Intelligence
No detections
Result
Verdict:
Malware
Maliciousness:
Verdict:
Likely Malicious
Threat level:
  7.5/10
Confidence:
100%
Tags:
mirai rust
Verdict:
Malicious
Uses P2P?:
false
Uses anti-vm?:
false
Architecture:
arm
Packer:
not packed
Botnet:
unknown
Number of open files:
140
Number of processes launched:
3
Processes remaning?
true
Remote TCP ports scanned:
not identified
Behaviour
Persistence
Process Renaming
Botnet C2s
TCP botnet C2(s):
not identified
UDP botnet C2(s):
not identified
Verdict:
Malicious
File Type:
elf.32.le
First seen:
2026-08-25T13:36:00Z UTC
Last seen:
2026-08-26T18:27:00Z UTC
Hits:
~10
Status:
terminated
Behavior Graph:
%3 guuid=9c979884-1b00-0000-ed30-18ed440a0000 pid=2628 /usr/bin/sudo guuid=52132687-1b00-0000-ed30-18ed490a0000 pid=2633 /tmp/sample.bin guuid=9c979884-1b00-0000-ed30-18ed440a0000 pid=2628->guuid=52132687-1b00-0000-ed30-18ed490a0000 pid=2633 execve
Result
Threat name:
Mirai, Moobot
Detection:
malicious
Classification:
troj.evad
Score:
96 / 100
Signature
Antivirus / Scanner detection for submitted sample
Detected Mirai
Drops files in suspicious directories
Multi AV Scanner detection for submitted file
Sample deletes itself
Sample reads /proc/mounts (often used for finding a writable filesystem)
Sample tries to persist itself using cron
Suricata IDS alerts for network traffic
Yara detected Moobot
Behaviour
Behavior Graph:
behaviorgraph top1 dnsIp2 2 Behavior Graph ID: 1963489 Sample: arm.elf Startdate: 25/08/2026 Architecture: LINUX Score: 96 67 198.144.179.82, 39054, 55650 AS-COLOCROSSING-HostPapaUS United States 2->67 69 Suricata IDS alerts for network traffic 2->69 71 Antivirus / Scanner detection for submitted sample 2->71 73 Detected Mirai 2->73 75 2 other signatures 2->75 10 arm.elf 2->10         started        signatures3 process4 signatures5 77 Sample deletes itself 10->77 13 arm.elf 10->13         started        process6 file7 59 /var/spool/cron/crontabs/root, ASCII 13->59 dropped 61 /etc/init.d/a8f6c9, POSIX 13->61 dropped 63 /etc/crontab, ASCII 13->63 dropped 65 /var/tmp/.r.sh, POSIX 13->65 dropped 79 Drops files in suspicious directories 13->79 81 Sample reads /proc/mounts (often used for finding a writable filesystem) 13->81 83 Sample tries to persist itself using cron 13->83 17 arm.elf 13->17         started        19 arm.elf 13->19         started        21 arm.elf 13->21         started        23 arm.elf 13->23         started        signatures8 process9 process10 25 arm.elf sh 17->25         started        27 arm.elf sh 17->27         started        29 arm.elf sh 17->29         started        37 2 other processes 17->37 31 arm.elf sh 19->31         started        33 arm.elf sh 19->33         started        35 arm.elf sh 19->35         started        39 2 other processes 19->39 process11 41 sh cp 25->41         started        43 sh chmod 25->43         started        45 sh cp 27->45         started        47 sh chmod 27->47         started        55 2 other processes 29->55 49 sh rm 31->49         started        51 sh rm 31->51         started        53 sh insmod 33->53         started        57 4 other processes 37->57
Threat name:
Linux.Backdoor.Mirai
Status:
Malicious
First seen:
2026-08-25 15:29:24 UTC
File Type:
ELF32 Little (Exe)
AV detection:
16 of 24 (66.67%)
Threat level:
  5/5
Result
Malware family:
n/a
Score:
  1/10
Tags:
n/a
Please note that we are no longer able to provide a coverage score for Virus Total.

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:CP_Script_Inject_Detector
Author:DiegoAnalytics
Description:Detects attempts to inject code into another process across PE, ELF, Mach-O binaries
Rule name:ELF_IoT_Persistence_Hunt
Author:4r4
Description:Hunts for ELF files with persistence and download capabilities
Rule name:ELF_Toriilike_persist
Author:4r4
Description:Detects Torii IoT Botnet (stealthier Mirai alternative)
Reference:Identified via researched data
Rule name:F01_s1ckrule
Author:s1ckb017
Rule name:linux_generic_ipv6_catcher
Author:@_lubiedo
Description:ELF samples using IPv6 addresses
Rule name:Linux_Generic_Threat_d94e1020
Author:Elastic Security
Rule name:Linux_Rootkit_Generic_61229bdf
Author:Elastic Security
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


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

Web download

Mirai

elf 72c1e4d8d1490102dcf99e056cc0d41d48df135e195b689bb4c90e81bcf0ab1d

(this sample)

  
Delivery method
Distributed via web download

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