🤲🏼 NEW | abuse.ch Community Hub! Earn recognition 🏅 for the malware intelligence you share, climb the leaderboards 📈, and connect with like-minded contributors who share your hunting focus 🤝. Ready to unlock your profile? Go to the Community Hub →

MalwareBazaar Database

You are currently viewing the MalwareBazaar entry for SHA256 7a2194fa97e68dfee74598c5d1df4da26dbf3fc9c2acf36d10dcfbde0e5164b1. While MalwareBazaar tries to identify whether the sample provided is malicious or not, there is no guarantee that a sample in MalwareBazaar is malicious.

Database Entry


Mirai


Vendor detections: 8


Intelligence 8 IOCs YARA 5 File information Comments
Download sample Add tag Delete this sample Report a False Positive

SHA256 hash: 7a2194fa97e68dfee74598c5d1df4da26dbf3fc9c2acf36d10dcfbde0e5164b1
SHA3-384 hash: be4da02b3903356ff6166571d331fb0629f99429ddfaa192436255e14551daa6f898661d05f94a7717b7fdfc4f4778b0
SHA1 hash: 8d3de2143dbfcbd6df981cf46c337348d8b3192a
MD5 hash: 5f562f185400dde397db3691bac14da1
humanhash: earth-california-steak-india
File name:mips
Download: download sample
Signature Mirai
Create hunting rule
File size:84'444 bytes
First seen:2026-10-10 11:53:44 UTC
Last seen:Never
File type: elf
MIME type:application/x-executable
ssdeep 1536:8XdCNknTBo9hPNL6oAJCFResN78Wiew0H8DBdTC/yIYr+YzVJuh:aqknwh13lRespU0H8u++wVQh
TLSH T1EA83027D7F0A7FF8C7B785FC9B56ABE514C40AE792407A489090E962CDBE0162943D8C
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 UPX
File size (compressed) :84'444 bytes
File size (de-compressed) :265'716 bytes
Format:linux/mips
Unpacked file: 77160cf477b203d792889b738873264f9ddc391fa58304c56c05fff2e1187eef

Intelligence

File Origin
# of uploads :
1
# of downloads :
89
Origin country :
DE DE
Vendor Threat Intelligence
Details
Link:
https://research.acce.ciphertechsolutions.com/results/9d136c58-942f-44f5-91e5-d13ca973765e/
Detection(s):
SecuriteInfo.com.Linux.Rootkit.420.23635.18341.UNOFFICIAL
Create hunting rule

Result
Verdict:
Malware
Maliciousness:

Behaviour
Collects information on the CPU
Collects information on the RAM
Connection attempt
Sets a file as executable
Manages services
Locks files
Sends data to a server
Creates directories
Creating a file
Receives data from a server
Sets a written file as executable
Launching a process
Kills processes
Runs as daemon
Creates or modifies files in /cron to set up autorun
Substitutes an application name
Writes files to system subdirectory
Kills critical processes
Creates or modifies files in /init.d to set up autorun
Deleting of the original file
Gathering data
Verdict:
Malicious
File Type:
elf.32.be
Link:
https://opentip.kaspersky.com/7a2194fa97e68dfee74598c5d1df4da26dbf3fc9c2acf36d10dcfbde0e5164b1/results?tab=lookup
Status:
terminated
Link:
https://sandbox.kunai.rocks/analysis/ea95e51b-6642-4235-980b-6c03f6873f36
Behavior Graph:
Download SVG
%3 guuid=f3f6353e-1c00-0000-b2c8-b121090c0000 pid=3081 /usr/bin/sudo guuid=f17dfb3f-1c00-0000-b2c8-b1210c0c0000 pid=3084 /tmp/sample.bin guuid=f3f6353e-1c00-0000-b2c8-b121090c0000 pid=3081->guuid=f17dfb3f-1c00-0000-b2c8-b1210c0c0000 pid=3084 execve
Verdict:
Unknown
Link:
https://analyze.intezer.com/analyses/c7ace7a7-ffe9-45f0-97f0-a77c731c0d7e
Result
Threat name:
Mirai
Create hunting rule
Detection:
malicious
Classification:
troj.evad.mine
Score:
96 / 100
Link:
https://www.joesandbox.com/analysis/1985280
Signature
Antivirus / Scanner detection for submitted sample
Antivirus detection for dropped file
Drops invisible ELF files
Found strings related to Crypto-Mining
Multi AV Scanner detection for submitted file
Sample deletes itself
Sample is packed with UPX
Sample tries to persist itself using cron
Sample tries to persist itself using System V runlevels
Yara detected Mirai
Behaviour
Behavior Graph:
Download SVG
behaviorgraph top1 dnsIp2 2 Behavior Graph ID: 1985280 Sample: mips.elf Startdate: 10/10/2026 Architecture: LINUX Score: 96 57 169.254.169.254, 80 USDOS-USDepartmentofStateUS ZZ 2->57 59 83.168.69.95, 56998, 57000, 57002 SKYPASS-ASPL Poland 2->59 61 daisy.ubuntu.com 2->61 63 Antivirus detection for dropped file 2->63 65 Antivirus / Scanner detection for submitted sample 2->65 67 Multi AV Scanner detection for submitted file 2->67 69 2 other signatures 2->69 11 mips.elf 2->11         started        14 systemd snapd-env-generator 2->14         started        16 systemd snapd-env-generator 2->16         started        18 python3.8 dpkg 2->18         started        signatures3 process4 signatures5 79 Found strings related to Crypto-Mining 11->79 20 mips.elf 11->20         started        process6 process7 22 mips.elf 20->22         started        signatures8 71 Sample deletes itself 22->71 25 mips.elf 22->25         started        29 mips.elf 22->29         started        31 mips.elf 22->31         started        33 mips.elf 22->33         started        process9 file10 51 /usr/lib/systemd/.system-helper, ELF 25->51 dropped 53 /etc/rc.local, ASCII 25->53 dropped 55 /etc/cron.d/killer-helper, ASCII 25->55 dropped 73 Drops invisible ELF files 25->73 75 Sample tries to persist itself using cron 25->75 77 Sample tries to persist itself using System V runlevels 25->77 35 mips.elf sh 25->35         started        37 mips.elf sh 29->37         started        39 mips.elf iptables 29->39         started        41 mips.elf iptables-restore 29->41         started        43 3 other processes 29->43 signatures11 process12 process13 45 sh systemctl 35->45         started        47 sh systemctl 35->47         started        49 sh journalctl 37->49         started       
Score:
100%
Verdict:
Malware
File Type:
ELF
Link:
https://malprob.io/report/7a2194fa97e68dfee74598c5d1df4da26dbf3fc9c2acf36d10dcfbde0e5164b1
Detection:
n/a
Link:
https://mwdb.cert.pl/sample/7a2194fa97e68dfee74598c5d1df4da26dbf3fc9c2acf36d10dcfbde0e5164b1/
Threat name:
Linux.Worm.Mirai
Create hunting rule
Status:
Suspicious
First seen:
2026-10-10 11:54:25 UTC
File Type:
ELF32 Big (Exe)
AV detection:
7 of 36 (19.44%)
Threat level:
  5/5
Detection(s):
Suspicious file
Link:
https://check.spamhaus.org/check/?searchterm=piqzj6ux42g75z2ftdc5dx2nujw36p6jykwpg3iq3t554dsrmsyq._file
Result
Malware family:
n/a
Score:
  7/10
Tags:
antivm defense_evasion discovery execution persistence privilege_escalation upx
Link:
https://tria.ge/reports/261010-n2zk5sez9v/
Behaviour
Command and Scripting Interpreter: Unix Shell
Enumerates kernel/hardware configuration
Reads runtime system information
System Network Configuration Discovery
Changes its process name
Checks CPU configuration
Reads system network configuration
UPX packed file
Creates/modifies Cron job
Deletes log files
Enumerates active TCP sockets
Enumerates running processes
Modifies rc script
Modifies systemd
Deletes itself
Deletes system logs
Modifies the /etc/hosts DNS resolution file
Please note that we are no longer able to provide a coverage score for Virus Total.

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:ELF_IoT_DVR_Botnet_Hama_UPX
Create hunting rule
Author:Serhii Kocherhan
Description:Detects packed and unpacked ELF IoT/DVR botnet variants targeting UPX compression structures and uncompressed code
Rule name:linux_generic_ipv6_catcher
Create hunting rule
Author:@_lubiedo
Description:ELF samples using IPv6 addresses
Rule name:SUSP_ELF_LNX_UPX_Compressed_File
Create hunting rule
Author:Florian Roth (Nextron Systems)
Description:Detects a suspicious ELF binary with UPX compression
Reference:Internal Research
Rule name:TH_Generic_MassHunt_Linux_Malware_2026_CYFARE
Create hunting rule
Author:CYFARE
Description:Generic Linux malware mass-hunt rule - 2026
Reference:https://cyfare.net/
Rule name:upx_packed_elf_v1
Create hunting rule
Author:RandomMalware

File information

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

Web download

Mirai

elf 7a2194fa97e68dfee74598c5d1df4da26dbf3fc9c2acf36d10dcfbde0e5164b1

(this sample)

Mirai

elf 77160cf477b203d792889b738873264f9ddc391fa58304c56c05fff2e1187eef

  
URLhaus
https://urlhaus.abuse.ch/url/3925718/
  
Delivery method
Distributed via web download
  
Dropping
SHA256 77160cf477b203d792889b738873264f9ddc391fa58304c56c05fff2e1187eef
  
Dropping
MD5 784bf55c7b9816ea568c4bf5e4ea95b4

Comments