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Database Entry



Mirai


Vendor detections: 9


Intelligence 9 IOCs YARA 26 File information Comments

SHA256 hash: 88a6e45dd2c51af5d67faefda91a8f7df0175aa1b3cb7979d210fcc68d39ac7a
SHA3-384 hash: ea4264cebd6cfd1585a1e3a95757a722f971605a01384e256aa2f14f948358fc07b54c19e7b8fa0cb159d42e31e0a711
SHA1 hash: 855ebe11c49882cc7cfd5159bfaf8f6eed6483ef
MD5 hash: 70b0c9e2ef92729e15b37b44c00cac6a
humanhash: kansas-robin-indigo-nevada
File name:nyx_bot_linux_amd64_hkdf
Download: download sample
Signature Mirai
File size:6'590'626 bytes
First seen:2026-10-17 13:08:23 UTC
Last seen:Never
File type: elf
MIME type:application/x-executable
ssdeep 49152:d8CKcS11QoJ/TVj5ZOImnh+SGF9qZLGcqbFbba/8obc7rL6QppAWOkYuKlK1KcJy:d88SH8qbMkq6rNVJh7E5
TLSH T12E664A07EC6959E9C0AED270CA629253BB717C491B3163D71B50F3282F76BD0AEB9704
telfhash t1083256714abd3974b6aada10b3a3b5f456371d6562f838b11063e984ff85e801cf2837
gimphash e3b0c44298fc1c149afbf4c8996fb92427ae41e4649b934ca495991b7852b855
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 :
81
Origin country :
DE DE
Vendor Threat Intelligence
No detections
Result
Verdict:
Malware
Maliciousness:

Behaviour
Creating a file in the %temp% directory
Creates directories
Creating a file
Connection attempt
Creating a process from a recently created file
Changes the time when the file was created, accessed, or modified
Runs as daemon
Manages services
Changes access rights for a written file
Launching a process
Creates or modifies files in /cron to set up autorun
Creates or modifies files in /init.d to set up autorun
Creates or modifies symbolic links in /init.d to set up autorun
Verdict:
Suspicious
Threat level:
  5/10
Confidence:
100%
Tags:
anti-debug base64 crypto expand golang hacktool lolbin stealer
Verdict:
Malicious
Uses P2P?:
false
Uses anti-vm?:
false
Architecture:
x86
Packer:
not packed
Botnet:
unknown
Number of open files:
15
Number of processes launched:
10
Processes remaning?
false
Remote TCP ports scanned:
not identified
Behaviour
Persistence
Botnet C2s
TCP botnet C2(s):
not identified
UDP botnet C2(s):
not identified
Verdict:
Malicious
File Type:
elf.64.le
First seen:
2026-10-17T04:35:00Z UTC
Last seen:
2026-10-18T17:52:00Z UTC
Hits:
~10
Threat name:
Linux.Worm.Mirai
Status:
Malicious
First seen:
2026-10-17 10:46:08 UTC
File Type:
ELF64 Little (Exe)
AV detection:
10 of 24 (41.67%)
Threat level:
  5/5
Result
Malware family:
n/a
Score:
  6/10
Tags:
discovery execution linux persistence privilege_escalation
Behaviour
Enumerates kernel/hardware configuration
Reads runtime system information
Writes file to tmp directory
Creates a desktop entry file
Creates/modifies Cron job
Modifies init.d
Modifies rc script
Modifies systemd
Please note that we are no longer able to provide a coverage score for Virus Total.

YARA Signatures


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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:DetectEncryptedVariants
Author:Zinyth
Description:Detects 'encrypted' in ASCII, Unicode, base64, or hex-encoded
Rule name:DetectGoMethodSignatures
Author:Wyatt Tauber
Description:Detects Go method signatures in unpacked Go binaries
Rule name:Detect_Go_GOMAXPROCS
Author:Obscurity Labs LLC
Description:Detects Go binaries by the presence of runtime.GOMAXPROCS in the runtime metadata
Rule name:enterpriseapps2
Author:Tim Brown @timb_machine
Description:Enterprise apps
Rule name:enterpriseunix2
Author:Tim Brown @timb_machine
Description:Enterprise UNIX
Rule name:F01_s1ckrule
Author:s1ckb017
Rule name:FreddyBearDropper
Author:Dwarozh Hoshiar
Description:Freddy Bear Dropper is dropping a malware through base63 encoded powershell scrip.
Rule name:GoBinTest
Rule name:golang
Rule name:golang_binary_string
Description:Golang strings present
Rule name:Golang_Find_CSC846
Author:Ashar Siddiqui
Description:Find Go Signatuers
Rule name:Golang_Find_CSC846_Simple
Author:Ashar Siddiqui
Description:Find Go Signatuers
Rule name:identity_golang
Author:Eric Yocam
Description:find Golang malware
Rule name:LIN_Sample_Unique_4c099562
Author:Marjoriefort
Description:Detects Unknown (elf, etat binaire)
Rule name:MD5_Constants
Author:phoul (@phoul)
Description:Look for MD5 constants
Rule name:MIRAI_TELNETCURL_payload
Author:AfterPacket
Description:Mirai-lineage ELF payload carrying the leaked-source decoy domain
Reference:https://github.com/Afterpacket/drosera-threat-intel
Rule name:ProgramLanguage_Golang
Author:albertzsigovits
Description:Application written in Golang programming language
Rule name:RANSOMWARE
Author:ToroGuitar
Rule name:RIPEMD160_Constants
Author:phoul (@phoul)
Description:Look for RIPEMD-160 constants
Rule name:setsockopt
Author:Tim Brown @timb_machine
Description:Hunts for setsockopt() red flags
Rule name:SHA1_Constants
Author:phoul (@phoul)
Description:Look for SHA1 constants
Rule name:SHA512_Constants
Author:phoul (@phoul)
Description:Look for SHA384/SHA512 constants
Rule name:Suspicious_Golang_Binary
Author:Tim Machac
Description:Triage: Golang-compiled binary with suspicious OS/persistence/network strings (not family-specific)
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 88a6e45dd2c51af5d67faefda91a8f7df0175aa1b3cb7979d210fcc68d39ac7a

(this sample)

  
Delivery method
Distributed via web download

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