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Database Entry



Mirai


Vendor detections: 7


Intelligence 7 IOCs YARA 6 File information Comments

SHA256 hash: 74a23663f3be463fa62e0a38ddca5041b3a0da3d07f88da4ea9a12720216d1b0
SHA3-384 hash: eba5e33012ca50baf927989c7b5e3a97694b0ceb0c6ee50ae2a01d59014596c4796ed1456f3ddb6e42570f0072db4575
SHA1 hash: 376b14fcb541cb3ef654e89248cf7bf60bf28e06
MD5 hash: a527aafa684d6ec70f69eb35c1a96476
humanhash: quiet-romeo-carpet-ink
File name:armv5l
Download: download sample
Signature Mirai
File size:136'804 bytes
First seen:2026-01-04 09:08:03 UTC
Last seen:2026-01-05 21:30:08 UTC
File type: elf
MIME type:application/x-executable
ssdeep 1536:mzxfRnd6SRPTPldyG2WG2LvfY74VefSTZgSNQ2MeO5RtpFSFR0Nb4Dl/1wyw6/QC:kpcMPzlj2WGl4USNgSH+iRQb0/VMrW
TLSH T1ADD3E842BD418F13C5C321F7FB9E429C7A267B6DD7FA71029925BFA0378A4D60A36211
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 :
5
# of downloads :
70
Origin country :
DE DE
Vendor Threat Intelligence
No detections
Result
Verdict:
Malware
Maliciousness:
Verdict:
Unknown
File Type:
elf.32.le
First seen:
2026-01-03T22:15:00Z UTC
Last seen:
2026-01-04T07:03:00Z UTC
Hits:
~10
Status:
terminated
Behavior Graph:
%3 guuid=3e361cbe-1900-0000-e3b5-2e22170a0000 pid=2583 /usr/bin/sudo guuid=c38718c0-1900-0000-e3b5-2e221d0a0000 pid=2589 /tmp/sample.bin guuid=3e361cbe-1900-0000-e3b5-2e22170a0000 pid=2583->guuid=c38718c0-1900-0000-e3b5-2e221d0a0000 pid=2589 execve
Result
Threat name:
Detection:
malicious
Classification:
spre.troj.evad.mine
Score:
84 / 100
Signature
Drops files in suspicious directories
Executes the "crontab" command typically for achieving persistence
Found strings related to Crypto-Mining
Multi AV Scanner detection for submitted file
Sample tries to kill multiple processes (SIGKILL)
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
Yara detected Mirai
Behaviour
Behavior Graph:
behaviorgraph top1 dnsIp2 2 Behavior Graph ID: 1844404 Sample: armv5l.elf Startdate: 04/01/2026 Architecture: LINUX Score: 84 65 45.153.34.74, 12344, 45338 SKYLINKNL Germany 2->65 67 Multi AV Scanner detection for submitted file 2->67 69 Yara detected Mirai 2->69 9 armv5l.elf 2->9         started        signatures3 process4 signatures5 73 Found strings related to Crypto-Mining 9->73 12 armv5l.elf 9->12         started        14 armv5l.elf sh 9->14         started        16 armv5l.elf sh 9->16         started        18 3 other processes 9->18 process6 file7 22 armv5l.elf sh 12->22         started        24 armv5l.elf sh 12->24         started        26 armv5l.elf sh 12->26         started        38 41 other processes 12->38 28 sh crontab 14->28         started        32 sh 14->32         started        34 sh cp 16->34         started        36 sh chmod 16->36         started        59 /etc/rc.local, ASCII 18->59 dropped 71 Sample tries to persist itself using System V runlevels 18->71 40 2 other processes 18->40 signatures8 process9 file10 42 sh pkill 22->42         started        45 sh pkill 24->45         started        47 sh pkill 26->47         started        61 /var/spool/cron/crontabs/tmp.K8yCCK, ASCII 28->61 dropped 79 Sample tries to persist itself using cron 28->79 81 Executes the "crontab" command typically for achieving persistence 28->81 49 sh crontab 32->49         started        63 /usr/bin/systemd-update, ELF 34->63 dropped 83 Drops files in suspicious directories 34->83 51 sh crontab 38->51         started        53 sh pkill 38->53         started        55 sh pkill 38->55         started        57 39 other processes 38->57 85 Sample tries to set files in /etc globally writable 40->85 signatures11 process12 signatures13 75 Sample tries to kill multiple processes (SIGKILL) 42->75 77 Executes the "crontab" command typically for achieving persistence 49->77
Threat name:
Linux.Backdoor.Mirai
Status:
Malicious
First seen:
2026-01-04 06:08:21 UTC
File Type:
ELF32 Little (Exe)
AV detection:
8 of 24 (33.33%)
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


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Rule name:ELF_Mirai
Author:NDA0E
Description:Detects multiple Mirai variants
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:linux_generic_ipv6_catcher
Author:@_lubiedo
Description:ELF samples using IPv6 addresses
Rule name:Linux_Generic_Threat_d94e1020
Author:Elastic Security
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 74a23663f3be463fa62e0a38ddca5041b3a0da3d07f88da4ea9a12720216d1b0

(this sample)

  
Delivery method
Distributed via web download

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