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Database Entry



Mirai


Vendor detections: 7


Intelligence 7 IOCs YARA 9 File information Comments

SHA256 hash: 8aac189d8fabc0f3daf1d392f85d16935c2e4eec8d6c4b3c07d3e0a87be43f94
SHA3-384 hash: 2ddc2c3d980ebdcf8b04c513a4bf851fe139276ff6fac5e86669f968192fff773577101907ea1d88802202b9984d2792
SHA1 hash: 938a62b110835d372843b24ef5c330cab4c222c4
MD5 hash: 227a84f8fc7d7716f6f00118d16fbc38
humanhash: purple-florida-fish-oscar
File name:m-p.s-l.Sakura
Download: download sample
Signature Mirai
File size:126'058 bytes
First seen:2026-09-21 07:08:53 UTC
Last seen:2026-09-22 02:43:18 UTC
File type: elf
MIME type:application/x-executable
ssdeep 1536:EHeTYbAWnkYzZ5W1aIw43Q8CwiN/cMpm7jWkirmW+IFB1Df11hR/:EcMowGQ8CJcMU7DirmW+IFB1Dt1hR/
TLSH T152C3941BBB618FB7D81FDE33059A4902108DA58A12D96F6FB2B4C92CE74B94F08D3D54
telfhash t1fe11104270b6891c2bb259245cbc42b0165532232381be74bf0ec5c05937002ba79e8b
Magika elf
Reporter abuse_ch
Tags:elf mirai

Intelligence


File Origin
# of uploads :
2
# of downloads :
80
Origin country :
DE DE
Vendor Threat Intelligence
No detections
Result
Verdict:
Malware
Maliciousness:

Behaviour
Connection attempt
Runs as daemon
Verdict:
Unknown
Threat level:
  0/10
Confidence:
100%
Tags:
gcc
Verdict:
Malicious
File Type:
elf.32.le
First seen:
2026-09-20T22:26:00Z UTC
Last seen:
2026-09-21T16:38:00Z UTC
Hits:
~10
Status:
terminated
Behavior Graph:
%3 guuid=33a5d622-1e00-0000-f09a-1143630a0000 pid=2659 /usr/bin/sudo guuid=d7d17e25-1e00-0000-f09a-1143670a0000 pid=2663 /tmp/sample.bin guuid=33a5d622-1e00-0000-f09a-1143630a0000 pid=2659->guuid=d7d17e25-1e00-0000-f09a-1143670a0000 pid=2663 execve
Threat name:
Linux.Exploit.Mirai
Status:
Malicious
First seen:
2026-09-21 03:23:40 UTC
File Type:
ELF32 Little (Exe)
AV detection:
16 of 24 (66.67%)
Threat level:
  5/5
Result
Malware family:
Score:
  10/10
Tags:
family:gafgyt botnet discovery
Behaviour
Reads system network configuration
Reads system routing table
Please note that we are no longer able to provide a coverage score for Virus Total.

YARA Signatures


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Rule name:botnet_dayzddos
Author:NDA0E
Description:dayzddos botnet
Rule name:ELF_DDoS_Gafgyt_Variant
Author:Serhii Kocherhan
Description:Detects Gafgyt (Qbot) / Mirai variant with specific DDoS functions (vseattack, ftcp, SendHTTPHex) and recon routines
Rule name:ELF_Toriilike_persist
Author:4r4
Description:Detects Torii IoT Botnet (stealthier Mirai alternative)
Reference:Identified via researched data
Rule name:Linux_Gafgyt_Generic
Author:albertzsigovits
Description:Generic Approach to Mirai/Gafgyt samples
Rule name:Linux_Trojan_Gafgyt_28a2fe0c
Author:Elastic Security
Rule name:Mal_LNX_Gafgyt_Botnet_ELF
Author:Phatcharadol Thangplub
Description:Use to detect Gafgyt botnet, and there variants.
Rule name:setsockopt
Author:Tim Brown @timb_machine
Description:Hunts for setsockopt() red flags
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 8aac189d8fabc0f3daf1d392f85d16935c2e4eec8d6c4b3c07d3e0a87be43f94

(this sample)

  
Delivery method
Distributed via web download

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