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Database Entry



Mirai


Vendor detections: 7


Intelligence 7 IOCs YARA 10 File information Comments

SHA256 hash: 7997e6274f6c2539c0179e7504b0ec6d2c4f07925e499c21cb38fe698e8ea4ff
SHA3-384 hash: 59b88ea8f5b8949898042ebc5b956773f723439ee859a70de619c681f6d274b6f54f9e6a803121c8fa146a59eeb5581f
SHA1 hash: 9320741d7e41fefa3779e5a0564c93c06b953d61
MD5 hash: ced6bc55c7975b81829100b914fb57af
humanhash: bacon-arkansas-helium-enemy
File name:herios.armv5l
Download: download sample
Signature Mirai
File size:178'752 bytes
First seen:2026-01-28 20:29:29 UTC
Last seen:2026-01-28 22:20:36 UTC
File type: elf
MIME type:application/x-executable
ssdeep 3072:B5/wmr7OyYNhEtfQRN46Fq20BONhS6oBM:rIw7OJhM2N46g200HS6oBM
TLSH T12D042A56FC419A22C6C762B7FF4E824837271768D3EE32039E156F21379B95B0E3A641
telfhash t14f411127eb991f8c57f5c268529d821aa2b835cd63a13527ae6cab4fcf03481710d831
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 :
35
Origin country :
DE DE
Vendor Threat Intelligence
No detections
Result
Verdict:
Malware
Maliciousness:
Result
Gathering data
Status:
terminated
Behavior Graph:
%3 guuid=07e20181-1800-0000-fcfb-0c805e060000 pid=1630 /usr/bin/sudo guuid=2020ff82-1800-0000-fcfb-0c8065060000 pid=1637 /tmp/sample.bin guuid=07e20181-1800-0000-fcfb-0c805e060000 pid=1630->guuid=2020ff82-1800-0000-fcfb-0c8065060000 pid=1637 execve
Result
Threat name:
Gafgyt, Mirai
Detection:
malicious
Classification:
troj.evad
Score:
80 / 100
Signature
Found malware configuration
Protects files from modification
Sample deletes itself
Sample reads /proc/mounts (often used for finding a writable filesystem)
Sample tries to persist itself using cron
Yara detected Gafgyt
Yara detected Mirai
Behaviour
Behavior Graph:
behaviorgraph top1 dnsIp2 2 Behavior Graph ID: 1859401 Sample: herios.armv5l.elf Startdate: 28/01/2026 Architecture: LINUX Score: 80 67 84.54.37.191, 60930, 60932, 60934 RACKTECHRU Russian Federation 2->67 71 Found malware configuration 2->71 73 Yara detected Gafgyt 2->73 75 Yara detected Mirai 2->75 10 herios.armv5l.elf 2->10         started        signatures3 process4 signatures5 81 Sample deletes itself 10->81 83 Sample reads /proc/mounts (often used for finding a writable filesystem) 10->83 13 herios.armv5l.elf 10->13         started        15 herios.armv5l.elf sh 10->15         started        17 herios.armv5l.elf sh 10->17         started        19 5 other processes 10->19 process6 process7 21 herios.armv5l.elf 13->21         started        23 sh sed 15->23         started        26 sh pkill 15->26         started        28 sh chattr 17->28         started        36 2 other processes 17->36 30 sh chattr 19->30         started        32 sh chattr 19->32         started        34 sh chattr 19->34         started        38 7 other processes 19->38 signatures8 40 herios.armv5l.elf sh 21->40         started        42 herios.armv5l.elf sh 21->42         started        44 herios.armv5l.elf sh 21->44         started        46 34 other processes 21->46 77 Sample tries to persist itself using cron 23->77 79 Protects files from modification 28->79 process9 process10 48 sh chattr 40->48         started        59 2 other processes 40->59 51 sh chattr 42->51         started        61 2 other processes 42->61 53 sh chattr 44->53         started        63 2 other processes 44->63 55 sh chattr 46->55         started        57 sh chattr 46->57         started        65 97 other processes 46->65 signatures11 69 Protects files from modification 48->69
Threat name:
Linux.Backdoor.Mirai
Status:
Malicious
First seen:
2026-01-28 20:30:45 UTC
File Type:
ELF32 Little (Exe)
AV detection:
8 of 36 (22.22%)
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:CP_Script_Inject_Detector
Author:DiegoAnalytics
Description:Detects attempts to inject code into another process across PE, ELF, Mach-O binaries
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:F01_s1ckrule
Author:s1ckb017
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:RANSOMWARE
Author:ToroGuitar
Rule name:unixredflags3
Author:Tim Brown @timb_machine
Description:Hunts for UNIX red flags
Rule name:vmdetect
Author:nex
Description:Possibly employs anti-virtualization techniques

File information


The table below shows additional information about this malware sample such as delivery method and external references.

Web download

Mirai

elf 7997e6274f6c2539c0179e7504b0ec6d2c4f07925e499c21cb38fe698e8ea4ff

(this sample)

  
Delivery method
Distributed via web download

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