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Database Entry



Mirai


Vendor detections: 10


Intelligence 10 IOCs YARA 7 File information Comments

SHA256 hash: 74cef7e79774a79600a6432d12c0a38a9d9c84aa3fc9983311a4f451b5c6fe59
SHA3-384 hash: dff5fcd45655f3f203559e10f664a5923c80fc6e9470ba0e27f96e268c329173a4df4949d57ced26cd48c4fa5c8346b6
SHA1 hash: 495b12c825068845c93e9f5d2f782e81e7c41c71
MD5 hash: e7cd714715a6b48f91f532a283bf85a8
humanhash: leopard-diet-king-shade
File name:morte.ppc
Download: download sample
Signature Mirai
File size:116'492 bytes
First seen:2025-12-03 22:04:20 UTC
Last seen:Never
File type: elf
MIME type:application/x-executable
ssdeep 1536:Q+pox9sezjXN/D0gfmh5xjZiCa7IpQ8iRGKDsaWBim7e/C8HoyEaEnJnl:Qwogayh5x07E0Rzk70Cxy3gJnl
TLSH T17AB34A0177180F47C1930AB02E3E1BE687FAE9E122E4FA89554FD74A4275E37154AEDC
Magika elf
Reporter abuse_ch
Tags:elf mirai upx-dec


Avatar
abuse_ch
UPX decompressed file, sourced from SHA256 da787310312051f7e84e52b52640cb308dca4200f9c95b34fc9c76845e74381b
File size (compressed) :44'332 bytes
File size (de-compressed) :116'492 bytes
Format:linux/ppc32
Packed file: da787310312051f7e84e52b52640cb308dca4200f9c95b34fc9c76845e74381b

Intelligence


File Origin
# of uploads :
1
# of downloads :
61
Origin country :
NL NL
Vendor Threat Intelligence
Result
Verdict:
Malware
Maliciousness:

Behaviour
Runs as daemon
Connection attempt
Launching a process
Substitutes an application name
Verdict:
Likely Malicious
Threat level:
  7.5/10
Confidence:
100%
Tags:
masquerade mirai obfuscated
Result
Gathering data
Gathering data
Result
Threat name:
Detection:
malicious
Classification:
spre.troj.evad
Score:
84 / 100
Signature
Antivirus / Scanner detection for submitted sample
Deletes system log files
Drops files in suspicious directories
Malicious sample detected (through community Yara rule)
Sample tries to kill multiple processes (SIGKILL)
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: 1825890 Sample: morte.ppc.elf Startdate: 03/12/2025 Architecture: LINUX Score: 84 39 109.202.202.202, 80 INIT7CH Switzerland 2->39 41 91.189.91.42, 443 CANONICAL-ASGB United Kingdom 2->41 43 3 other IPs or domains 2->43 45 Malicious sample detected (through community Yara rule) 2->45 47 Antivirus / Scanner detection for submitted sample 2->47 49 Yara detected Mirai 2->49 10 morte.ppc.elf 2->10         started        12 xfce4-panel wrapper-2.0 2->12         started        14 xfce4-panel wrapper-2.0 2->14         started        16 8 other processes 2->16 signatures3 process4 process5 18 morte.ppc.elf 10->18         started        20 wrapper-2.0 xfpm-power-backlight-helper 12->20         started        process6 22 morte.ppc.elf 18->22         started        file7 37 /etc/init.d/sysd, POSIX 22->37 dropped 51 Sample tries to set files in /etc globally writable 22->51 53 Drops files in suspicious directories 22->53 55 Sample tries to persist itself using System V runlevels 22->55 26 morte.ppc.elf 22->26         started        28 morte.ppc.elf sh 22->28         started        signatures8 process9 process10 30 morte.ppc.elf 26->30         started        33 morte.ppc.elf 26->33         started        35 sh cp 28->35         started        signatures11 57 Deletes system log files 30->57 59 Sample tries to kill multiple processes (SIGKILL) 33->59
Threat name:
Linux.Worm.Mirai
Status:
Malicious
First seen:
2025-12-03 22:05:18 UTC
File Type:
ELF32 Big (Exe)
AV detection:
19 of 36 (52.78%)
Threat level:
  5/5
Result
Malware family:
Score:
  10/10
Tags:
family:mirai botnet:lzrd linux
Malware Config
C2 Extraction:
b3ry.bounceme.net
Please note that we are no longer able to provide a coverage score for Virus Total.

YARA Signatures


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Rule name:botnet_Yakuza
Author:NDA0E
Description:Yakuza botnet
Rule name:linux_generic_ipv6_catcher
Author:@_lubiedo
Description:ELF samples using IPv6 addresses
Rule name:Linux_Trojan_Gafgyt_28a2fe0c
Author:Elastic Security
Rule name:Linux_Trojan_Gafgyt_ea92cca8
Author:Elastic Security
Rule name:SUSP_XORed_Mozilla_Oct19
Author:Florian Roth
Description:Detects suspicious single byte XORed keyword 'Mozilla/5.0' - it uses yara's XOR modifier and therefore cannot print the XOR key. You can use the CyberChef recipe linked in the reference field to brute force the used key.
Reference:https://gchq.github.io/CyberChef/#recipe=XOR_Brute_Force()
Rule name:SUSP_XORed_Mozilla_RID2DB4
Author:Florian Roth
Description:Detects suspicious XORed keyword - Mozilla/5.0
Reference:Internal Research
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 74cef7e79774a79600a6432d12c0a38a9d9c84aa3fc9983311a4f451b5c6fe59

(this sample)

  
Delivery method
Distributed via web download

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