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Database Entry



Mirai


Vendor detections: 6


Intelligence 6 IOCs YARA 3 File information Comments

SHA256 hash: 8478a6e5dd8953253685393e706bf21368bd540461b19d49e5cd79c3da9d42f2
SHA3-384 hash: 34eafddca8090bd4230d6e2441814d59a9692f83fbe97ff090abc4db1f2d61bfc885276b7ac3e8b86ecb187a60738bab
SHA1 hash: c99aeb8d313c9809d36c414f6710e5daebca7e21
MD5 hash: 8fc47a8342f509f1ec43bef22a805e87
humanhash: nitrogen-foxtrot-maine-ink
File name:mipsel
Download: download sample
Signature Mirai
File size:187'504 bytes
First seen:2025-12-29 23:35:05 UTC
Last seen:2025-12-30 01:22:40 UTC
File type: elf
MIME type:application/x-executable
ssdeep 1536:XK5ebYaaCpMBU7B9rvHMQuAeCwqplPkNdD3n7bWd1upXhuGZHlYW0ZhsyWk1ZDqq:hbYaaWTrvswi7id1hGujPBDqdZyf5L8
TLSH T11404C60AAF520FBBD86FDD3302E90A1539CCB81B26A53B753534E924F60A58B59D3C74
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 :
52
Origin country :
DE DE
Vendor Threat Intelligence
No detections
Verdict:
Unknown
File Type:
elf.32.le
First seen:
2025-12-29T21:15:00Z UTC
Last seen:
2025-12-29T22:11:00Z UTC
Hits:
~10
Status:
terminated
Behavior Graph:
%3 guuid=5ee52aa1-1a00-0000-8b74-b94faa0b0000 pid=2986 /usr/bin/sudo guuid=6c20eea3-1a00-0000-8b74-b94fb10b0000 pid=2993 /tmp/sample.bin guuid=5ee52aa1-1a00-0000-8b74-b94faa0b0000 pid=2986->guuid=6c20eea3-1a00-0000-8b74-b94fb10b0000 pid=2993 execve
Result
Threat name:
Detection:
malicious
Classification:
troj.mine
Score:
56 / 100
Signature
Found strings related to Crypto-Mining
Sample tries to persist itself using cron
Yara detected Mirai
Behaviour
Behavior Graph:
behaviorgraph top1 dnsIp2 2 Behavior Graph ID: 1841800 Sample: mipsel.elf Startdate: 30/12/2025 Architecture: LINUX Score: 56 21 45.153.34.74, 51400, 8954 SKYLINKNL Germany 2->21 23 Yara detected Mirai 2->23 8 mipsel.elf 2->8         started        signatures3 process4 signatures5 25 Found strings related to Crypto-Mining 8->25 11 mipsel.elf 8->11         started        15 mipsel.elf 8->15         started        process6 file7 19 /etc/cron.d/.sysupdate, ASCII 11->19 dropped 27 Sample tries to persist itself using cron 11->27 17 mipsel.elf 15->17         started        signatures8 process9
Threat name:
Linux.Worm.Mirai
Status:
Suspicious
First seen:
2025-12-29 23:36:15 UTC
File Type:
ELF32 Little (Exe)
AV detection:
8 of 24 (33.33%)
Threat level:
  5/5
Result
Malware family:
n/a
Score:
  6/10
Tags:
discovery execution persistence privilege_escalation
Behaviour
System Network Configuration Discovery
Changes its process name
Reads system network configuration
Creates/modifies Cron job
Enumerates active TCP sockets
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YARA Signatures


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Rule name:ELF_Toriilike_persist
Author:4r4
Description:Detects Torii IoT Botnet (stealthier Mirai alternative)
Reference:Identified via researched data
Rule name:linux_generic_ipv6_catcher
Author:@_lubiedo
Description:ELF samples using IPv6 addresses
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 8478a6e5dd8953253685393e706bf21368bd540461b19d49e5cd79c3da9d42f2

(this sample)

  
Delivery method
Distributed via web download

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