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Database Entry



Mirai


Vendor detections: 9


Intelligence 9 IOCs YARA 2 File information Comments

SHA256 hash: 7c966b000472b75f6ebda7643ad178fc9b3370fafe9659ecb8adf7e5034a652f
SHA3-384 hash: 9a5024b398de9d93350517415f9b0e6e6b85c26677d253e3344a588cccef6f37fbc77fc78d2b54ebdb047e9823d71efc
SHA1 hash: c2b29a89c1d631d0c9a1109b8a00ca9080d7d7c8
MD5 hash: d0013608f0d82e0f8af918d0c84857ee
humanhash: carbon-magazine-zulu-alpha
File name:nexus.mips
Download: download sample
Signature Mirai
File size:55'720 bytes
First seen:2026-02-11 15:25:39 UTC
Last seen:Never
File type: elf
MIME type:application/x-executable
ssdeep 1536:EZvJZ22DK5SOw+c0oWD5XqB7IgxUUQF0p6URcl9Wz:0t/O/c0oWk6URsC
TLSH T1CD43A20B2E658FEDF76D863887B74E219359338326E1C685D15CF9001FB024EA45FBA9
telfhash t14e01ff18453816f5d3814dddabddff75e09180df99122f378d00e596ab21a465d01c2c
Magika elf
Reporter abuse_ch
Tags:elf mirai

Intelligence


File Origin
# of uploads :
1
# of downloads :
36
Origin country :
DE DE
Vendor Threat Intelligence
No detections
Verdict:
Malicious
Uses P2P?:
false
Uses anti-vm?:
false
Architecture:
mips
Packer:
not packed
Botnet:
unknown
Number of open files:
21
Number of processes launched:
4
Processes remaning?
true
Remote TCP ports scanned:
23
Behaviour
Process Renaming
Botnet C2s
TCP botnet C2(s):
not identified
UDP botnet C2(s):
not identified
Result
Gathering data
Verdict:
Malicious
File Type:
ELF 32 BE
Detections:
HEUR:Backdoor.Linux.Mirai.b
Status:
terminated
Behavior Graph:
%3 guuid=8a39c7c3-1b00-0000-37b7-35598f0c0000 pid=3215 /usr/bin/sudo guuid=4a88b5c7-1b00-0000-37b7-3559900c0000 pid=3216 /tmp/sample.bin guuid=8a39c7c3-1b00-0000-37b7-35598f0c0000 pid=3215->guuid=4a88b5c7-1b00-0000-37b7-3559900c0000 pid=3216 execve
Result
Threat name:
n/a
Detection:
malicious
Classification:
n/a
Score:
56 / 100
Signature
Antivirus / Scanner detection for submitted sample
Multi AV Scanner detection for submitted file
Behaviour
Behavior Graph:
behaviorgraph top1 dnsIp2 2 Behavior Graph ID: 1867560 Sample: nexus.mips.elf Startdate: 11/02/2026 Architecture: LINUX Score: 56 22 109.167.232.192 WESTCALL-SPB-ASRU Russian Federation 2->22 24 90.247.48.205 VodafoneGB United Kingdom 2->24 26 98 other IPs or domains 2->26 28 Antivirus / Scanner detection for submitted sample 2->28 30 Multi AV Scanner detection for submitted file 2->30 8 nexus.mips.elf 2->8         started        10 dash rm 2->10         started        12 dash rm 2->12         started        14 python3.8 dpkg 2->14         started        signatures3 process4 process5 16 nexus.mips.elf 8->16         started        18 nexus.mips.elf 8->18         started        process6 20 nexus.mips.elf 16->20         started       
Threat name:
Linux.Worm.Mirai
Status:
Malicious
First seen:
2026-02-11 15:26:41 UTC
File Type:
ELF32 Big (Exe)
AV detection:
22 of 36 (61.11%)
Threat level:
  5/5
Result
Malware family:
n/a
Score:
  9/10
Tags:
credential_access defense_evasion discovery
Behaviour
Enumerates kernel/hardware configuration
Reads runtime system information
System Network Configuration Discovery
Changes its process name
Reads process memory
Enumerates running processes
Writes file to system bin folder
Modifies Watchdog functionality
Contacts a large (124500) amount of remote hosts
Creates a large amount of network flows
Please note that we are no longer able to provide a coverage score for Virus Total.

YARA Signatures


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Rule name:Linux_Generic_Threat_e24558e1
Author:Elastic Security
Rule name:unixredflags3
Author:Tim Brown @timb_machine
Description:Hunts for UNIX red flags

File information


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Web download

Mirai

elf 7c966b000472b75f6ebda7643ad178fc9b3370fafe9659ecb8adf7e5034a652f

(this sample)

  
Delivery method
Distributed via web download

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