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Database Entry

Mirai

Vendor detections: 6

Intelligence 6 IOCs YARA 11 File information Comments

SHA256 hash:	78c9a54f0f497bf8bbf838c8427be06e4bb1cafbf789a477e435d50db7ca10d7
SHA3-384 hash:	716faa24ba25f518517e2f67bbe06ed97c6b6151f8d5604ee1ccd922b50ebf1af64fbf148d1f862efddd626a45ef9843
SHA1 hash:	8ef9b1fb1d8a195afece443d1fe0b6136145ac37
MD5 hash:	7c84f716978644529471721325569960
humanhash:	north-alpha-iowa-princess
File name:	netlink-monitor
Download:	download sample
Signature	Mirai Create hunting rule
File size:	276'392 bytes
First seen:	2026-10-09 21:04:08 UTC
Last seen:	Never
File type:	elf
MIME type:	application/x-sharedlib
ssdeep	3072:2onN9Y1UeZDdmjAC29JRaJ3eldO6gyj9cgkcHqCuG/Axb9CrvU7d4Rt9Bbde8mdX:2+iNIjFc3NCgfHq8/AF9V7u9Bb6dX
TLSH	T108447C03F58154FED8EED170874FA237BA33B8855221FA5B26A46A612D77F702709BC1
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	xtanjw
Tags:	elf mirai

xtanjw

file name changes itself constantly but same hash so yeah

Intelligence

File Origin

# of uploads :

# of downloads :

Origin country :

Vendor Threat Intelligence

No detections

Result

Verdict:

Malware

Maliciousness:

Behaviour

Creates or modifies symbolic links

Creating a process from a recently created file

Connection attempt

Launching a process

Changes the time when the file was created, accessed, or modified

Runs as daemon

Sets a written file as executable

Changes access rights for a written file

DNS request

Mounts file systems

Creating a file in the %temp% directory

Deleting a recently created file

Creating a file

Substitutes an application name

Writes files to system directory

Creates or modifies files in /cron to set up autorun

Deleting of the original file

Gathering data

Verdict:

Malicious

File Type:

elf.64.le

First seen:

2026-10-09T17:47:00Z UTC

Last seen:

2026-10-11T12:52:00Z UTC

Hits:

~10

Link:

https://opentip.kaspersky.com/78c9a54f0f497bf8bbf838c8427be06e4bb1cafbf789a477e435d50db7ca10d7/results?tab=lookup

Status:

terminated

Link:

https://sandbox.kunai.rocks/analysis/0b2d06ed-8eb0-4570-99e2-3ac373f6d2f5

Behavior Graph:

Download SVG

Score:

100%

Verdict:

Malware

File Type:

ELF

Link:

https://malprob.io/report/78c9a54f0f497bf8bbf838c8427be06e4bb1cafbf789a477e435d50db7ca10d7

Gathering data

Threat name:

Linux.Worm.Mirai

Status:

Malicious

First seen:

2026-10-10 00:15:22 UTC

File Type:

ELF64 Little (SO)

AV detection:

16 of 38 (42.11%)

Threat level:

5/5

Detection(s):

Suspicious file

Link:

https://check.spamhaus.org/check/?searchterm=pde2ktypjf57ro7yhdeee67anzf3dsx366e2i57egxkq3n6kcdlq._file

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YARA Signatures

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Rule name:	ELF_IoT_Persistence_Hunt Create hunting rule
Author:	4r4
Description:	Hunts for ELF files with persistence and download capabilities

Rule name:	ELF_Mirai Create hunting rule
Author:	NDA0E
Description:	Detects multiple Mirai variants

Rule name:	ELF_Packer_Dropper_Fileless_Armhf Create hunting rule
Author:	Serhii Kocherhan
Description:	Detects obfuscated Linux ELF packers/droppers featuring ChaCha20/RC4 decryption, memfd_create/execveat fileless execution capabilities, and unique binary artifacts.

Rule name:	enterpriseapps2 Create hunting rule
Author:	Tim Brown @timb_machine
Description:	Enterprise apps

Rule name:	LIN_Malware_Unknown_ForgeAuto_0daebbb8 Create hunting rule
Author:	Marjoriefort
Description:	Detects Unknown (elf, etat binaire)

Rule name:	MD5_Constants Create hunting rule
Author:	phoul (@phoul)
Description:	Look for MD5 constants

Rule name:	RIPEMD160_Constants Create hunting rule
Author:	phoul (@phoul)
Description:	Look for RIPEMD-160 constants

Rule name:	setsockopt Create hunting rule
Author:	Tim Brown @timb_machine
Description:	Hunts for setsockopt() red flags

Rule name:	SHA1_Constants Create hunting rule
Author:	phoul (@phoul)
Description:	Look for SHA1 constants

Rule name:	SHA512_Constants Create hunting rule
Author:	phoul (@phoul)
Description:	Look for SHA384/SHA512 constants

Rule name:	unixredflags3 Create hunting rule
Author:	Tim Brown @timb_machine
Description:	Hunts for UNIX red flags

File information

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Mirai

sh c7796eb035bd1484b9268947e000b865c3b786a94603f86bfca441a79dfa2680

Mirai

elf 9926ba5a427bb92b2b2d3472c6e9a1a8418f9185945adcd1e6fd32539e8bf09c

Mirai

elf 78c9a54f0f497bf8bbf838c8427be06e4bb1cafbf789a477e435d50db7ca10d7

(this sample)

Dropped by

SHA256 9926ba5a427bb92b2b2d3472c6e9a1a8418f9185945adcd1e6fd32539e8bf09c

Dropped by

MD5 49442e8286c98ab5c26a60eaa49796c2

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