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Database Entry



Mirai


Vendor detections: 8


Intelligence 8 IOCs YARA 2 File information Comments

SHA256 hash: 73229bbc4a24cf0315595b156a52aee04496d152445a9be25e45dc2f38d6d8bc
SHA3-384 hash: e74197a69467b12dc9420944b9f652715a29c57c69141dab3f5cae0f48ef09e75628a3ed572e4ac2b33f708006135263
SHA1 hash: d2cf3f3e8d6fd01a50d1bf9771b478ee7f7c328a
MD5 hash: d5025e16c07445d048aba2ddae378165
humanhash: steak-lactose-early-illinois
File name:killbotx.x86
Download: download sample
Signature Mirai
File size:116'088 bytes
First seen:2026-08-04 13:11:28 UTC
Last seen:2026-08-05 08:06:55 UTC
File type: elf
MIME type:application/x-sharedlib
ssdeep 3072:XQUz2tuI9yVE/VvLjkYaC1sM4zTHRTxm2v:AtII9oK94H3mU
TLSH T1F0B35B82F693D1F0F4534270002BE76B8F35ED258125DE4AEB693A71ECB1B424A5B76C
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 :
82
Origin country :
DE DE
Vendor Threat Intelligence
No detections
Result
Verdict:
Malware
Maliciousness:

Behaviour
Manages services
Launching a process
Creating a file
Connection attempt
Sets a written file as executable
Changes access rights for a written file
Kills processes
Changes the time when the file was created, accessed, or modified
Runs as daemon
Changes access rights for a file
DNS request
Opens a port
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
Verdict:
Unknown
Threat level:
  0/10
Confidence:
100%
Tags:
masquerade rust
Verdict:
Malicious
Uses P2P?:
false
Uses anti-vm?:
false
Architecture:
x86
Packer:
UPX
Botnet:
unknown
Number of open files:
20
Number of processes launched:
11
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
Threat name:
Linux.Worm.Mirai
Status:
Malicious
First seen:
2026-08-04 13:12:39 UTC
File Type:
ELF32 Little (SO)
AV detection:
12 of 24 (50.00%)
Threat level:
  5/5
Result
Malware family:
n/a
Score:
  6/10
Tags:
discovery execution linux persistence privilege_escalation
Behaviour
Reads runtime system information
Changes its process name
Creates/modifies Cron job
Modifies rc script
Modifies systemd
Write file to user bin folder
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YARA Signatures


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Rule name:ELF_IoT_Persistence_Hunt
Author:4r4
Description:Hunts for ELF files with persistence and download capabilities
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 73229bbc4a24cf0315595b156a52aee04496d152445a9be25e45dc2f38d6d8bc

(this sample)

  
Delivery method
Distributed via web download

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