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Database Entry



Mirai


Vendor detections: 8


Intelligence 8 IOCs YARA 4 File information Comments

SHA256 hash: 8a21c0400d2a5dc83ec25f2e6fd1d05a3d0c4fc252e5f419e5009124f4c05ef9
SHA3-384 hash: 2180ff33aa9775642134bc8bd93be32ac5ea047ff2c1561feb9058c7caa0582ac7e1f80fc3e2d8c8a25515a022563d69
SHA1 hash: f36500dcb58defb8feb99e7b5abbe3474e4d7171
MD5 hash: f1764b60ed1a3a516dee260988dc6ca2
humanhash: network-river-undress-seventeen
File name:.Sx86_64
Download: download sample
Signature Mirai
File size:33'964 bytes
First seen:2026-09-16 12:48:01 UTC
Last seen:2026-09-17 08:33:34 UTC
File type: elf
MIME type:application/x-executable
ssdeep 768:tcor3RG9Q1LAxv92evc9lFsAp6Qu1XlL620RoIuwLx0GR:Rg9Y9l4Qu1XlL+5RLR
TLSH T1F8E2E1A77A37C372DC216536A62E12F8FE87A9721D53432F0CAAB41B88729D165425F0
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 BlinkzSec
Tags:mirai UPX
File size (compressed) :33'964 bytes
File size (de-compressed) :67'776 bytes
Format:linux/amd64
Unpacked file: 7e911a556bca3271ff6bf938288471853d7ada06257bc6cbb3c1caaa606f0409

Intelligence


File Origin
# of uploads :
2
# of downloads :
56
Origin country :
US US
Vendor Threat Intelligence
Verdict:
Malicious
File Type:
elf.64.le
First seen:
2026-09-11T05:31:00Z UTC
Last seen:
2026-09-16T14:57:00Z UTC
Hits:
~10
Status:
terminated
Behavior Graph:
%3 guuid=4f39aff3-1900-0000-46c0-53748d0c0000 pid=3213 /usr/bin/sudo guuid=eeee49f6-1900-0000-46c0-5374930c0000 pid=3219 /tmp/sample.bin delete-file mprotect-exec net guuid=4f39aff3-1900-0000-46c0-53748d0c0000 pid=3213->guuid=eeee49f6-1900-0000-46c0-5374930c0000 pid=3219 execve 8b0a01dc-0728-52c1-8024-c4ba7801b8d6 8.8.8.8:53 guuid=eeee49f6-1900-0000-46c0-5374930c0000 pid=3219->8b0a01dc-0728-52c1-8024-c4ba7801b8d6 con guuid=f48510f7-1900-0000-46c0-5374940c0000 pid=3220 /tmp/sample.bin net send-data zombie guuid=eeee49f6-1900-0000-46c0-5374930c0000 pid=3219->guuid=f48510f7-1900-0000-46c0-5374940c0000 pid=3220 clone guuid=f48510f7-1900-0000-46c0-5374940c0000 pid=3220->8b0a01dc-0728-52c1-8024-c4ba7801b8d6 send: 31B guuid=956f26f7-1900-0000-46c0-5374950c0000 pid=3221 /tmp/sample.bin zombie guuid=f48510f7-1900-0000-46c0-5374940c0000 pid=3220->guuid=956f26f7-1900-0000-46c0-5374950c0000 pid=3221 clone guuid=acc829f7-1900-0000-46c0-5374960c0000 pid=3222 /tmp/sample.bin net zombie guuid=f48510f7-1900-0000-46c0-5374940c0000 pid=3220->guuid=acc829f7-1900-0000-46c0-5374960c0000 pid=3222 clone 63157a13-0189-542d-aa97-06e150515aa4 94.154.43.37:199 guuid=acc829f7-1900-0000-46c0-5374960c0000 pid=3222->63157a13-0189-542d-aa97-06e150515aa4 con
Threat name:
Linux.Worm.Mirai
Status:
Malicious
First seen:
2026-09-11 20:13:00 UTC
File Type:
ELF64 Little (Exe)
AV detection:
15 of 24 (62.50%)
Threat level:
  5/5
Result
Malware family:
Score:
  10/10
Tags:
family:mirai botnet defense_evasion discovery linux upx
Behaviour
Reads runtime system information
Changes its process name
Writes file to system bin folder
Deletes itself
Modifies Watchdog functionality
Traces itself
Family: Mirai
Malware Config
C2 Extraction:
cnc.omyth.net
94.154.43.37
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YARA Signatures


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Rule name:ELF_IoT_DVR_Botnet_Hama_UPX
Author:Serhii Kocherhan
Description:Detects packed and unpacked ELF IoT/DVR botnet variants targeting UPX compression structures and uncompressed code
Rule name:SUSP_ELF_LNX_UPX_Compressed_File
Author:Florian Roth (Nextron Systems)
Description:Detects a suspicious ELF binary with UPX compression
Reference:Internal Research
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:upx_packed_elf_v1
Author:RandomMalware

File information


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Web download

Mirai

elf 8a21c0400d2a5dc83ec25f2e6fd1d05a3d0c4fc252e5f419e5009124f4c05ef9

(this sample)

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