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Database Entry



Mirai


Vendor detections: 8


Intelligence 8 IOCs YARA 6 File information Comments

SHA256 hash: 8baef9bd09ba1754a911b99ca446853a2fe0248da2a394ccd60b67dc831c2ac8
SHA3-384 hash: 8b9a6d2f9d67f8c935838f1dd503dae936adb65805cc1edcec061ebedfda583effd0ea049b687fdabef5293aee8beb20
SHA1 hash: 3be54233b7a6df21130176e44a7baa87b77069a7
MD5 hash: 8d4bf39b37926921c993a4f66e53c50e
humanhash: monkey-saturn-enemy-bulldog
File name:morte.mpsl
Download: download sample
Signature Mirai
File size:118'424 bytes
First seen:2026-10-05 06:28:07 UTC
Last seen:Never
File type: elf
MIME type:application/x-executable
ssdeep 1536:VYHBoLIaHOte3gPdFoBFHGCdz2BwqS97ZmFZCzCvZP2fcTIJpA4ooQ22CnfSh:ShWyeGe8F7v8Fnx2Cq
TLSH T162C3080AEB610EFBDC6FDD3706A90B0529CC651722B83B793574D828F64A64B49E3C74
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 :
94
Origin country :
DE DE
Vendor Threat Intelligence
Result
Verdict:
Malware
Maliciousness:

Behaviour
Changes the time when the file was created, accessed, or modified
Deleting a recently created file
Changes access rights for a written file
DNS request
Connection attempt
Launching a process
Runs as daemon
Creating a file
Removes directories
Substitutes an application name
Writes files to system directory
Creates or modifies files in /cron to set up autorun
Creates or modifies files in /init.d to set up autorun
Gathering data
Verdict:
Malicious
File Type:
elf.32.le
First seen:
2026-10-04T17:20:00Z UTC
Last seen:
2026-10-06T19:47:00Z UTC
Hits:
~10
Status:
terminated
Behavior Graph:
%3 guuid=ce26e50c-1a00-0000-a05f-3e9c850c0000 pid=3205 /usr/bin/sudo guuid=8153b410-1a00-0000-a05f-3e9c870c0000 pid=3207 /tmp/sample.bin guuid=ce26e50c-1a00-0000-a05f-3e9c850c0000 pid=3205->guuid=8153b410-1a00-0000-a05f-3e9c870c0000 pid=3207 execve
Threat name:
Linux.Worm.Mirai
Status:
Malicious
First seen:
2026-10-05 06:30:33 UTC
File Type:
ELF32 Little (Exe)
AV detection:
15 of 24 (62.50%)
Threat level:
  5/5
Result
Malware family:
Score:
  10/10
Tags:
family:mirai antivm botnet defense_evasion discovery execution persistence privilege_escalation
Behaviour
Reads runtime system information
Changes its process name
Reads system network configuration
Checks SCSI settings
Checks hardware identifiers (DMI)
Creates/modifies Cron job
Enumerates running processes
Modifies rc script
Writes file to system bin folder
Deletes Audit logs
Deletes journal logs
Family: Mirai
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YARA Signatures


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Rule name:ELF_Toriilike_persist
Author:4r4
Description:Detects Torii IoT Botnet (stealthier Mirai alternative)
Reference:Identified via researched data
Rule name:telebot_framework
Author:vietdx.mb
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:vmdetect
Author:nex
Description:Possibly employs anti-virtualization techniques
Rule name:Web_Generic_Binary_URL_Download
Author:Serhii Kocherhan
Description:Detects files containing HTTP or HTTPS links pointing directly to .bin payload extensions.

File information


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

Web download

Mirai

elf 8baef9bd09ba1754a911b99ca446853a2fe0248da2a394ccd60b67dc831c2ac8

(this sample)

  
Delivery method
Distributed via web download

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