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Database Entry



Mirai


Vendor detections: 7


Intelligence 7 IOCs YARA 8 File information Comments

SHA256 hash: 8561161f1ad07e2fd0773de22b260185a87bc130d44aa73a2a3f54f643c83a86
SHA3-384 hash: a412f0d9dffcb69c66953b29d2f5e857a64f5a287ca7636659a847c971eda083099927412a898ccb043b935f4ea068bf
SHA1 hash: 2afd782763468968a645ab96a814f332c9955378
MD5 hash: fd06cbc34821748dfee8855e060d24cb
humanhash: lamp-washington-carolina-magnesium
File name:kushnet.arm7
Download: download sample
Signature Mirai
File size:202'372 bytes
First seen:2026-10-20 05:24:58 UTC
Last seen:2026-10-21 03:27:57 UTC
File type: elf
MIME type:application/x-executable
ssdeep 3072:Y42CfYg9s6IX/fUY10pRmpDgTFrUE9+YWlNCARwmVVS3KGVUBZjDB8LHzpUqu:RzsnvfUY10PmMvp/m/4KG0X8DzpUqu
TLSH T1F114195AF842CE91F58011F9BB4D83D83B1313FBC2FA7402DD195BB8279B55A0E7A942
telfhash t1394100a7fa282f5d73cd85f4c16a503a96f0358b4714265a8e48f72f9983ed3302d823
Magika elf
Reporter abuse_ch
Tags:elf mirai

Intelligence


File Origin
# of uploads :
2
# of downloads :
73
Origin country :
DE DE
Vendor Threat Intelligence
No detections
Result
Verdict:
Malware
Maliciousness:

Behaviour
Launching a process
Creating a file
Runs as daemon
Unmounts file systems
Sets a written file as executable
Manages services
Mounts file systems
Connection attempt
Sends data to a server
Kills processes
Creates or modifies files in /cron to set up autorun
Substitutes an application name
Creates or modifies files in /init.d to set up autorun
Performs a bruteforce attack in the network
Creates or modifies symbolic links in /init.d to set up autorun
Gathering data
Verdict:
Malicious
File Type:
elf.32.le
First seen:
2026-10-20T03:03:00Z UTC
Last seen:
2026-10-21T17:49:00Z UTC
Hits:
~10
Status:
terminated
Behavior Graph:
%3 guuid=0c3138fc-1900-0000-17e0-52da82060000 pid=1666 /usr/bin/sudo guuid=a75eaafd-1900-0000-17e0-52da83060000 pid=1667 /tmp/sample.bin guuid=0c3138fc-1900-0000-17e0-52da82060000 pid=1666->guuid=a75eaafd-1900-0000-17e0-52da83060000 pid=1667 execve
Result
Threat name:
Detection:
malicious
Classification:
troj
Score:
84 / 100
Signature
Antivirus / Scanner detection for submitted sample
Malicious sample detected (through community Yara rule)
Multi AV Scanner detection for submitted file
Sample reads /proc/mounts (often used for finding a writable filesystem)
Yara detected Mirai
Behaviour
Behavior Graph:
behaviorgraph top1 dnsIp2 2 Behavior Graph ID: 1989187 Sample: kushnet.arm7.elf Startdate: 20/10/2026 Architecture: LINUX Score: 84 23 176.244.28.193, 23 VODAFONE-IT-ASNIT Italy 2->23 25 150.207.92.237, 23 VOCUS-VAS-AUVocusAdvancedServicesAU Australia 2->25 27 99 other IPs or domains 2->27 29 Malicious sample detected (through community Yara rule) 2->29 31 Antivirus / Scanner detection for submitted sample 2->31 33 Multi AV Scanner detection for submitted file 2->33 35 Yara detected Mirai 2->35 8 kushnet.arm7.elf 2->8         started        10 python3.8 dpkg 2->10         started        signatures3 process4 process5 12 kushnet.arm7.elf 8->12         started        process6 14 kushnet.arm7.elf 12->14         started        17 kushnet.arm7.elf 12->17         started        19 kushnet.arm7.elf 12->19         started        21 33 other processes 12->21 signatures7 37 Sample reads /proc/mounts (often used for finding a writable filesystem) 14->37
Threat name:
Linux.Worm.Mirai
Status:
Malicious
First seen:
2026-10-20 05:26:34 UTC
File Type:
ELF32 Little (Exe)
AV detection:
18 of 38 (47.37%)
Threat level:
  5/5
Result
Malware family:
n/a
Score:
  6/10
Tags:
discovery execution persistence privilege_escalation
Behaviour
Reads runtime system information
Changes its process name
Creates/modifies Cron job
Enumerates running processes
Modifies init.d
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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:CP_Script_Inject_Detector
Author:DiegoAnalytics
Description:Detects attempts to inject code into another process across PE, ELF, Mach-O binaries
Rule name:ELF_IoT_Persistence_Hunt
Author:4r4
Description:Hunts for ELF files with persistence and download capabilities
Rule name:ELF_Toriilike_persist
Author:4r4
Description:Detects Torii IoT Botnet (stealthier Mirai alternative)
Reference:Identified via researched data
Rule name:enterpriseapps2
Author:Tim Brown @timb_machine
Description:Enterprise apps
Rule name:linux_generic_ipv6_catcher
Author:@_lubiedo
Description:ELF samples using IPv6 addresses
Rule name:Linux_Trojan_Gafgyt_28a2fe0c
Author:Elastic Security
Rule name:TH_Generic_MassHunt_Linux_Malware_2026_CYFARE
Author:CYFARE
Description:Generic Linux malware mass-hunt rule - 2026
Reference:https://cyfare.net/
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 8561161f1ad07e2fd0773de22b260185a87bc130d44aa73a2a3f54f643c83a86

(this sample)

  
Delivery method
Distributed via web download

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