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Mirai


Vendor detections: 7


Intelligence 7 IOCs YARA 8 File information Comments

SHA256 hash: 8aac8d17bc0fb3fc167b1cd17abcbbfcd925fda8eb7909bea7004dfa5328edbe
SHA3-384 hash: 8c1e6440ca2b32e4975285260838e2b6ccb00e086108bd3d75639c0d4fb0c89575f82c6e2010da57a69065f2700a6fe9
SHA1 hash: 04c0795867ceef21f687162debfe6e85fab1a389
MD5 hash: 8fb93d5e6bd432171805ac76f4f3349a
humanhash: equal-carolina-mirror-east
File name:bot-9b3cf5ac
Download: download sample
Signature Mirai
File size:295'172 bytes
First seen:2026-05-25 22:06:31 UTC
Last seen:Never
File type: elf
MIME type:application/x-executable
ssdeep 6144:62/PZI3f4liazG01YERQKdC/NJcCTx6LmW+Hb1ZKjPnais8:p5+fEiaaaYEn1hLmW+Hb1AjPnais8
TLSH T1E4543C05EA504F67C1C11BBAFA5E438D33335F64A3DB73025E24ABB42BC6B9D1E29115
telfhash t10b715258947e0ad9ee630c25a8ac6be349c3b42a22d5bf28ff16cdc0085f429f555d0b
Magika elf
Reporter abuse_ch
Tags:elf gafgyt mirai

Intelligence


File Origin
# of uploads :
1
# of downloads :
35
Origin country :
DE DE
Vendor Threat Intelligence
No detections
Result
Verdict:
Malware
Maliciousness:

Behaviour
Collects information on the CPU
Sends data to a server
Connection attempt
Receives data from a server
Runs as daemon
Kills processes
Launching a process
Substitutes an application name
Status:
terminated
Behavior Graph:
%3 guuid=c390122d-1800-0000-0531-017b0f050000 pid=1295 /usr/bin/sudo guuid=21ebb82f-1800-0000-0531-017b16050000 pid=1302 /tmp/sample.bin guuid=c390122d-1800-0000-0531-017b0f050000 pid=1295->guuid=21ebb82f-1800-0000-0531-017b16050000 pid=1302 execve
Threat name:
Linux.Backdoor.Gafgyt
Status:
Malicious
First seen:
2026-05-25 22:07:38 UTC
File Type:
ELF32 Little (Exe)
AV detection:
11 of 36 (30.56%)
Threat level:
  5/5
Result
Malware family:
n/a
Score:
  7/10
Tags:
antivm defense_evasion discovery persistence
Behaviour
Reads runtime system information
System Network Configuration Discovery
Changes its process name
Checks CPU configuration
Enumerates running processes
Write file to user bin folder
File and Directory Permissions Modification
Executes dropped EXE
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YARA Signatures


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Rule name:ach_202503_elf_Mirai
Author:abuse.ch
Description:Detects Mirai 'TSource' ELF files
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_Toriilike_persist
Author:4r4
Description:Detects Torii IoT Botnet (stealthier Mirai alternative)
Reference:Identified via researched data
Rule name:linux_generic_ipv6_catcher
Author:@_lubiedo
Description:ELF samples using IPv6 addresses
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
Rule name:woof_mirai_variant
Author:Nokia Deepfield ERT
Description:Detects Woof Mirai variant (ChaCha20 table, HTTP C2 with token/guid, .woof dropper)
Reference:Internal analysis of sample 6ef4ce02

File information


The table below shows additional information about this malware sample such as delivery method and external references.

Web download

Mirai

elf 8aac8d17bc0fb3fc167b1cd17abcbbfcd925fda8eb7909bea7004dfa5328edbe

(this sample)

  
Delivery method
Distributed via web download

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