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Database Entry



Mirai


Vendor detections: 11


Intelligence 11 IOCs YARA 5 File information Comments

SHA256 hash: 7be084021f73caa7724d433421524f89dee3c524534b3d3805dc695f7dcdfed7
SHA3-384 hash: 7abbf0c1462ee84f68d63e76ee4a00465012e8a35a0943f1a19160d36cec30bbc686868ccd9a695bceff90e4f8f4d4b4
SHA1 hash: 776329341d34d82e9806b7887840a28cbae5d72a
MD5 hash: 324598913e14957574bfbab4688bbedb
humanhash: burger-yellow-september-lamp
File name:nklx86
Download: download sample
Signature Mirai
File size:67'376 bytes
First seen:2026-01-11 00:46:04 UTC
Last seen:Never
File type: elf
MIME type:application/x-executable
ssdeep 1536:YivbwcpgIs8f+f0Hb9TVIwzCUamHGeLcqbpHanDZRR5:YiDhpgI/WG9TiweUaoTIMED
TLSH T179636CC49A83F6F5DC59057510B3F77B5632FB311138EA93E394BA72B812702A61B25C
telfhash t17121b7f61e7e14f8f7c85848c21f6d12392dd17714a032f482b3d53422ebd466068c39
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 :
1
# of downloads :
71
Origin country :
DE DE
Vendor Threat Intelligence
No detections
Result
Verdict:
Malware
Maliciousness:

Behaviour
Connection attempt
DNS request
Runs as daemon
Receives data from a server
Creating a file
Opens a port
Sends data to a server
Substitutes an application name
Performs a bruteforce attack in the network
Result
Gathering data
Result
Threat name:
Detection:
malicious
Classification:
troj
Score:
76 / 100
Signature
Antivirus / Scanner detection for submitted sample
Connects to many IPs within the same subnet mask (likely port scanning)
Malicious sample detected (through community Yara rule)
Multi AV Scanner detection for submitted file
Yara detected Mirai
Behaviour
Behavior Graph:
behaviorgraph top1 dnsIp2 2 Behavior Graph ID: 1848090 Sample: nklx86.elf Startdate: 11/01/2026 Architecture: LINUX Score: 76 20 179.108.104.70, 23 UNASSIGNED Brazil 2->20 22 179.108.104.71, 23 UNASSIGNED Brazil 2->22 24 100 other IPs or domains 2->24 26 Malicious sample detected (through community Yara rule) 2->26 28 Antivirus / Scanner detection for submitted sample 2->28 30 Multi AV Scanner detection for submitted file 2->30 32 2 other signatures 2->32 8 systemd snap-failure 2->8         started        10 nklx86.elf 2->10         started        signatures3 process4 process5 12 snap-failure systemctl 8->12         started        14 snap-failure 8->14         started        16 nklx86.elf 10->16         started        process6 18 nklx86.elf 16->18         started       
Threat name:
Linux.Backdoor.Mirai
Status:
Malicious
First seen:
2026-01-11 00:47:30 UTC
File Type:
ELF32 Little (Exe)
AV detection:
14 of 36 (38.89%)
Threat level:
  5/5
Result
Malware family:
n/a
Score:
  9/10
Tags:
discovery linux
Behaviour
Changes its process name
Creates a large amount of network flows
Renames itself
Contacts a large (13605) amount of remote hosts
Verdict:
Malicious
Tags:
trojan mirai Unix.Trojan.Mirai-7755770-0
YARA:
Linux_Trojan_Mirai_b14f4c5d Linux_Trojan_Mirai_88de437f Linux_Trojan_Mirai_cc93863b Linux_Trojan_Mirai_8aa7b5d3
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YARA Signatures


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Rule name:Linux_Trojan_Mirai_88de437f
Author:Elastic Security
Rule name:Linux_Trojan_Mirai_8aa7b5d3
Author:Elastic Security
Rule name:Linux_Trojan_Mirai_b14f4c5d
Author:Elastic Security
Rule name:Linux_Trojan_Mirai_cc93863b
Author:Elastic Security
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 7be084021f73caa7724d433421524f89dee3c524534b3d3805dc695f7dcdfed7

(this sample)

  
Delivery method
Distributed via web download

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