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Database Entry



Mirai


Vendor detections: 9


Intelligence 9 IOCs YARA 18 File information Comments

SHA256 hash: 8946e27fde02523e175cccdaa694bf8cbb2884b4290e6fe9dab228f6c5a2d0b2
SHA3-384 hash: a89b4465b564621d5c1f862f38cf531108cf44e591d89f02690042d41d80edcf22361c5954d4b4876bace2fd0f6011f6
SHA1 hash: 15227b3c134679a5650f85ecf74e8070f8ce04e2
MD5 hash: 7f7b2b5ac838e3e3075f5cca83056ec7
humanhash: twelve-helium-alanine-princess
File name:x.x86_64
Download: download sample
Signature Mirai
File size:9'815'608 bytes
First seen:2026-01-05 15:10:51 UTC
Last seen:2026-01-06 13:28:05 UTC
File type: elf
MIME type:application/x-sharedlib
ssdeep 98304:HumS1Xn3QdjukKI7rGgooWxRycNgKn/EAMrKnakSOElE2umKeDJX216KWeIQ1z/3:Mt2OGKeDQZ1aLOf8We3ZIpptaLBvYis
TLSH T1FDA66B07B5A714FCC2BAC530466FD672BA30789441257EBB3694DA302F67E201B6DFA1
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 radixm46
Tags:elf miner mirai

Intelligence


File Origin
# of uploads :
5
# of downloads :
51
Origin country :
JP JP
Vendor Threat Intelligence
No detections
Result
Verdict:
Malware
Maliciousness:

Behaviour
Collects information on the RAM
Collects information on the CPU
Verdict:
Likely Malicious
Threat level:
  7.5/10
Confidence:
100%
Tags:
coinminer gcc miner monero rust xmrig
Verdict:
Adware
File Type:
elf.64.le
First seen:
2026-01-01T07:40:00Z UTC
Last seen:
2026-01-06T07:55:00Z UTC
Hits:
~10
Status:
terminated
Behavior Graph:
%3 guuid=826b0336-1900-0000-553a-3bb36f120000 pid=4719 /usr/bin/sudo guuid=5a59c238-1900-0000-553a-3bb376120000 pid=4726 /tmp/sample.bin mprotect-exec guuid=826b0336-1900-0000-553a-3bb36f120000 pid=4719->guuid=5a59c238-1900-0000-553a-3bb376120000 pid=4726 execve
Threat name:
Linux.Trojan.Miner
Status:
Malicious
First seen:
2026-01-01 12:33:36 UTC
File Type:
ELF64 Little (SO)
AV detection:
12 of 24 (50.00%)
Threat level:
  5/5
Result
Malware family:
xmrig_linux
Score:
  10/10
Tags:
family:xmrig family:xmrig_linux antivm discovery linux miner
Behaviour
Enumerates kernel/hardware configuration
Reads runtime system information
Checks CPU configuration
Reads CPU attributes
Checks hardware identifiers (DMI)
Reads hardware information
Xmrig_linux family
xmrig
Verdict:
Unknown
Tags:
cryptojacking xmrig
YARA:
MacOS_Cryptominer_Xmrig_241780a1 XMRIG_Monero_Miner MAL_ELF_XMRig_Jul_09
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YARA Signatures


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Rule name:BLOWFISH_Constants
Author:phoul (@phoul)
Description:Look for Blowfish constants
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:enterpriseapps2
Author:Tim Brown @timb_machine
Description:Enterprise apps
Rule name:ldpreload
Author:xorseed
Reference:https://stuff.rop.io/
Rule name:Linux_Trojan_Pornoasset_927f314f
Author:Elastic Security
Rule name:MacOS_Cryptominer_Xmrig_241780a1
Author:Elastic Security
Rule name:MD5_Constants
Author:phoul (@phoul)
Description:Look for MD5 constants
Rule name:Multi_Cryptominer_Xmrig_f9516741
Author:Elastic Security
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:unixredflags3
Author:Tim Brown @timb_machine
Description:Hunts for UNIX red flags
Rule name:WHIRLPOOL_Constants
Author:phoul (@phoul)
Description:Look for WhirlPool constants
Rule name:XMRIG_Monero_Miner
Author:Florian Roth (Nextron Systems)
Description:Detects Monero mining software
Reference:https://github.com/xmrig/xmrig/releases
Rule name:xmrig_v1
Author:RandomMalware

File information


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Web download

Mirai

elf 8946e27fde02523e175cccdaa694bf8cbb2884b4290e6fe9dab228f6c5a2d0b2

(this sample)

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