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Mirai


Vendor detections: 9


Intelligence 9 IOCs YARA 8 File information Comments
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SHA256 hash: 7c97e6710bc6531199ef0cfddb15b339c3138f1b8f7d83ed04b00bc3beb49e76
SHA3-384 hash: 1a906997fa8d13c94207683c2b7b477d82dd5f25518d66baeec4f6580052d7da5e2c3d80a1154d37deebeb6e5091199b
SHA1 hash: 1774b3c92beb16f3143fea26980a9676eaf88e67
MD5 hash: d9a32a5903779718efaf528fbb6b899b
humanhash: whiskey-seventeen-table-north
File name:mpsl
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Signature Mirai
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File size:294'544 bytes
First seen:2026-08-17 08:49:45 UTC
Last seen:Never
File type: elf
MIME type:application/x-executable
ssdeep 6144:wDgSzXsuWqUKK4UlpjTOOFT3mab8yQKOlssM7khWok:UUPFOOx4lssM7khWok
TLSH T1F954E90A6BB21EFBE86FCD3706D90A06258D641713983B35763CD518BF0A64F4AE3D64
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 :
65
Origin country :
DE DE
Vendor Threat Intelligence
No detections
Detection(s):
Sanesecurity.Malware.32133.LX.BOT.UNOFFICIAL
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Unix.Trojan.Mirai-9441505-0
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Result
Verdict:
Malware
Maliciousness:

Behaviour
Kills processes
Creating a file in the %temp% subdirectories
Launching a process
Collects information on the network activity
Runs as daemon
Receives data from a server
Connection attempt
Creating a file
Creates directories in a subdirectory of a temporary directory
Deleting a recently created file
Creating a file in the %temp% directory
Collects information on the OS
Removes directories from a subdirectory of a temporary directory
Sends data to a server
Creates directories in a temporary directory
Substitutes an application name
Creates or modifies files in /cron to set up autorun
Creates or modifies files in /init.d to set up autorun
Deleting of the original file
Verdict:
Malicious
Threat level:
  10/10
Confidence:
100%
Tags:
bashlite CVE-2021-36260 mirai
Link:
https://www.filescan.io/uploads/6a82cb5ce869eac67391d0e9/reports/572608e3-f098-4089-8a66-f937f57e3965/overview
Verdict:
Malicious
File Type:
elf.32.le
First seen:
2026-08-17T04:49:00Z UTC
Last seen:
2026-08-17T05:06:00Z UTC
Hits:
~10
Link:
https://opentip.kaspersky.com/7c97e6710bc6531199ef0cfddb15b339c3138f1b8f7d83ed04b00bc3beb49e76/results?tab=lookup
Status:
terminated
Link:
https://sandbox.kunai.rocks/analysis/3c6332db-e9fc-48b3-b36b-fcdf586c0f87
Behavior Graph:
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%3 guuid=72bc0e03-1900-0000-ccd5-e6e1f40c0000 pid=3316 /usr/bin/sudo guuid=52b9d104-1900-0000-ccd5-e6e1fb0c0000 pid=3323 /tmp/sample.bin guuid=72bc0e03-1900-0000-ccd5-e6e1f40c0000 pid=3316->guuid=52b9d104-1900-0000-ccd5-e6e1fb0c0000 pid=3323 execve
Verdict:
Unknown
Link:
https://analyze.intezer.com/analyses/9e40a214-8c60-4f08-a20c-ba5edb9230e1
Result
Threat name:
Mirai, Moobot
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Detection:
malicious
Classification:
troj.evad
Score:
96 / 100
Link:
https://www.joesandbox.com/analysis/1958899
Signature
Antivirus / Scanner detection for submitted sample
Drops files in suspicious directories
Multi AV Scanner detection for submitted file
Sample deletes itself
Sample tries to persist itself using cron
Suricata IDS alerts for network traffic
Uses known network protocols on non-standard ports
Yara detected Mirai
Yara detected Moobot
Behaviour
Behavior Graph:
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behaviorgraph top1 dnsIp2 2 Behavior Graph ID: 1958899 Sample: mpsl.elf Startdate: 17/08/2026 Architecture: LINUX Score: 96 53 156.92.118.137, 80 WAL-MART-Wal-MartStoresIncUS United States 2->53 55 187.125.215.207 VtalBR Brazil 2->55 57 98 other IPs or domains 2->57 59 Suricata IDS alerts for network traffic 2->59 61 Antivirus / Scanner detection for submitted sample 2->61 63 Multi AV Scanner detection for submitted file 2->63 65 3 other signatures 2->65 10 mpsl.elf 2->10         started        signatures3 process4 signatures5 67 Sample deletes itself 10->67 13 mpsl.elf 10->13         started        process6 file7 49 /etc/init.d/a8f6c9, POSIX 13->49 dropped 51 /etc/crontab, ASCII 13->51 dropped 69 Drops files in suspicious directories 13->69 71 Sample tries to persist itself using cron 13->71 17 mpsl.elf 13->17         started        19 mpsl.elf 13->19         started        21 mpsl.elf 13->21         started        23 2 other processes 13->23 signatures8 process9 process10 25 mpsl.elf sh 17->25         started        27 mpsl.elf sh 17->27         started        29 mpsl.elf sh 17->29         started        37 3 other processes 17->37 31 mpsl.elf 19->31         started        33 mpsl.elf 19->33         started        35 mpsl.elf 19->35         started        39 8 other processes 19->39 process11 41 sh rm 25->41         started        43 sh rm 25->43         started        45 sh insmod 27->45         started        47 sh mkdir 29->47         started       
Score:
100%
Verdict:
Malware
File Type:
ELF
Link:
https://malprob.io/report/7c97e6710bc6531199ef0cfddb15b339c3138f1b8f7d83ed04b00bc3beb49e76
Detection:
mirai
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Link:
https://mwdb.cert.pl/sample/7c97e6710bc6531199ef0cfddb15b339c3138f1b8f7d83ed04b00bc3beb49e76/
Threat name:
Linux.Backdoor.Mirai
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Status:
Malicious
First seen:
2026-08-17 07:40:17 UTC
File Type:
ELF32 Little (Exe)
AV detection:
13 of 36 (36.11%)
Threat level:
  5/5
Detection(s):
Suspicious file
Link:
https://check.spamhaus.org/check/?searchterm=psl6m4ilyzjrdgppbt65wfnthhbrhdy3r56yh3iewaf4hpvutz3a._file
Result
Malware family:
n/a
Score:
  9/10
Tags:
discovery execution persistence privilege_escalation
Link:
https://tria.ge/reports/260817-krw6gsad38/
Behaviour
Reads runtime system information
System Network Configuration Discovery
Writes file to tmp directory
Changes its process name
Creates/modifies Cron job
Enumerates running processes
Modifies init.d
Deletes itself
Contacts a large (70175) 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.
Threat name:
Legit
Score:
0.00
Link:
https://yomi.yoroi.company/submissions/7c97e6710bc6531199ef0cfddb15b339c3138f1b8f7d83ed04b00bc3beb49e76

YARA Signatures

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Rule name:CP_Script_Inject_Detector
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Author:DiegoAnalytics
Description:Detects attempts to inject code into another process across PE, ELF, Mach-O binaries
Rule name:ELF_Toriilike_persist
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Author:4r4
Description:Detects Torii IoT Botnet (stealthier Mirai alternative)
Reference:Identified via researched data
Rule name:F01_s1ckrule
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Author:s1ckb017
Rule name:Linux_Exploit_CVE_2018_10562_badc0676
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Author:Elastic Security
Description:Exploit code used in the ZeroBot malware
Rule name:linux_generic_ipv6_catcher
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Author:@_lubiedo
Description:ELF samples using IPv6 addresses
Rule name:Linux_Rootkit_Generic_61229bdf
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Author:Elastic Security
Rule name:TH_Generic_MassHunt_Linux_Malware_2026_CYFARE
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Author:CYFARE
Description:Generic Linux malware mass-hunt rule - 2026
Reference:https://cyfare.net/
Rule name:unixredflags3
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Author:Tim Brown @timb_machine
Description:Hunts for UNIX red flags

File information

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Web download

Mirai

elf 7c97e6710bc6531199ef0cfddb15b339c3138f1b8f7d83ed04b00bc3beb49e76

(this sample)

  
URLhaus
https://urlhaus.abuse.ch/url/3904517/
  
Delivery method
Distributed via web download

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