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Database Entry



Mirai


Vendor detections: 9


Intelligence 9 IOCs YARA 12 File information Comments

SHA256 hash: 79470e722fcc76b61df510b3053dc645bdd7715ff719dbfab79e4f51511f278f
SHA3-384 hash: fd55c38effad03132440b63560b85996defef65f606a67055e62874b6e54715103b88678af4b7b8809c7f52bd2665509
SHA1 hash: b5ab94679fb3294de5a6c27841608e7d741b5e8c
MD5 hash: 352a25ed85bf8fb7d4ce3c33f32e8fab
humanhash: idaho-virginia-minnesota-speaker
File name:ntp
Download: download sample
Signature Mirai
File size:196'044 bytes
First seen:2026-10-07 17:46:03 UTC
Last seen:2026-10-08 15:30:14 UTC
File type: elf
MIME type:application/x-executable
ssdeep 3072:01DYjqXwGNybEK5Y92ydhF7EAdD2tSKeS8ajwbY:0yjvKK5YgyvJEAdD2tSKeS8ajwbY
TLSH T17014A56AABA19EB7DC0ECE3305D94502108CE55A52D96FAFF2B4C51CE38BC4E09D3D58
telfhash t10d21325262bd8a193ff349389c7c03b12456551263817f70ef6ec5c01537009b965ddf
Magika elf
Reporter abuse_ch
Tags:elf gafgyt mirai

Intelligence


File Origin
# of uploads :
2
# of downloads :
87
Origin country :
DE DE
Vendor Threat Intelligence
No detections
Result
Verdict:
Malware
Maliciousness:

Behaviour
Sets a written file as executable
Runs as daemon
Changes access rights for a written file
Creating a file
Launching a process
Connection attempt
Creating a file in the %temp% directory
Manages services
Substitutes an application name
Creates or modifies files in /cron to set up autorun
Creates or modifies symbolic links in /init.d to set up autorun
Creates or modifies files to set up autorun
Creates or modifies files in /init.d to set up autorun
Verdict:
Malicious
Threat level:
  10/10
Confidence:
100%
Tags:
bash gcc javac lolbin
Verdict:
Malicious
File Type:
elf.32.le
First seen:
2026-10-07T13:07:00Z UTC
Last seen:
2026-10-07T13:48:00Z UTC
Hits:
~10
Status:
terminated
Behavior Graph:
%3 guuid=adc978a6-1700-0000-9d6d-3dd253090000 pid=2387 /usr/bin/sudo guuid=8f1f0ea9-1700-0000-9d6d-3dd258090000 pid=2392 /tmp/sample.bin guuid=adc978a6-1700-0000-9d6d-3dd253090000 pid=2387->guuid=8f1f0ea9-1700-0000-9d6d-3dd258090000 pid=2392 execve
Threat name:
Linux.Trojan.Gafgyt
Status:
Malicious
First seen:
2026-10-07 17:46:30 UTC
File Type:
ELF32 Little (Exe)
AV detection:
16 of 24 (66.67%)
Threat level:
  5/5
Result
Malware family:
Score:
  10/10
Tags:
family:gafgyt botnet defense_evasion discovery execution persistence privilege_escalation
Behaviour
Reads runtime system information
Writes file to tmp directory
Changes its process name
Reads system network configuration
Modifies Bash startup script
Creates/modifies Cron job
Creates/modifies environment variables
Modifies init.d
Modifies rc script
Modifies systemd
Reads system routing table
Schedules an At job
File and Directory Permissions Modification
Malware Config
C2 Extraction:
64.89.161.96:55487
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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:ach_202503_elf_Mirai
Author:abuse.ch
Description:Detects Mirai 'TSource' ELF files
Rule name:DetectEncryptedVariants
Author:Zinyth
Description:Detects 'encrypted' in ASCII, Unicode, base64, or hex-encoded
Rule name:ELF_DDoS_Gafgyt_Variant
Author:Serhii Kocherhan
Description:Detects Gafgyt (Qbot) / Mirai variant with specific DDoS functions (vseattack, ftcp, SendHTTPHex) and recon routines
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:enterpriseapps2
Author:Tim Brown @timb_machine
Description:Enterprise apps
Rule name:Linux_Gafgyt_Generic
Author:albertzsigovits
Description:Generic Approach to Mirai/Gafgyt samples
Rule name:linux_generic_ipv6_catcher
Author:@_lubiedo
Description:ELF samples using IPv6 addresses
Rule name:RANSOMWARE
Author:ToroGuitar
Rule name:setsockopt
Author:Tim Brown @timb_machine
Description:Hunts for setsockopt() red flags
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 79470e722fcc76b61df510b3053dc645bdd7715ff719dbfab79e4f51511f278f

(this sample)

  
Delivery method
Distributed via web download

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