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Database Entry



Mirai


Vendor detections: 11


Intelligence 11 IOCs YARA 1 File information Comments

SHA256 hash: 8c8690a19e25ec50d6f375b9cf81cab0d04bca38a2f0775f1faeb73493c5b7b9
SHA3-384 hash: aca6d6c39aea2e78e726b0e642620bf3723dad9c930c2074757a467fc46408065f9fbf1c145074f0affcb9dcadb08e8d
SHA1 hash: 8991855fe7692ad2151276b846a047d08773638c
MD5 hash: 89059c523aa4b4505bbda6df5f6834d8
humanhash: eighteen-texas-beer-jig
File name:m68k
Download: download sample
Signature Mirai
File size:120'380 bytes
First seen:2025-12-17 18:23:39 UTC
Last seen:Never
File type: elf
MIME type:application/x-executable
ssdeep 3072:JpJeG4ibbFKIM47yVRJ2adfE5Sfkf4P1W3hO8:BMisIpyVLbxEkfeBhO8
TLSH T1EBC34CCBF400DD7DF84A9B7A4473490AF630A3911A831F6B625BBED3AD321986C17E45
Magika elf
Reporter abuse_ch
Tags:elf mirai

Intelligence


File Origin
# of uploads :
1
# of downloads :
79
Origin country :
DE DE
Vendor Threat Intelligence
Malware configuration found for:
Mirai
Details
Mirai
an XOR decryption key and at least a c2 socket address
Verdict:
Unknown
Threat level:
  2.5/10
Confidence:
100%
Tags:
opendir
Verdict:
Malicious
File Type:
elf.32.be
First seen:
2025-12-17T15:39:00Z UTC
Last seen:
2025-12-19T05:17:00Z UTC
Hits:
~100
Detections:
HEUR:Backdoor.Linux.Mirai.b
Status:
terminated
Behavior Graph:
%3 guuid=508a6433-1b00-0000-51f4-4fdd590b0000 pid=2905 /usr/bin/sudo guuid=84e8cf36-1b00-0000-51f4-4fdd610b0000 pid=2913 /tmp/sample.bin guuid=508a6433-1b00-0000-51f4-4fdd590b0000 pid=2905->guuid=84e8cf36-1b00-0000-51f4-4fdd610b0000 pid=2913 execve
Result
Threat name:
Detection:
malicious
Classification:
spre.troj.evad
Score:
92 / 100
Signature
Connects to many ports of the same IP (likely port scanning)
Drops files in suspicious directories
Modifies the '.bashrc' or '.bash_profile' file typically for persisting actions
Multi AV Scanner detection for submitted file
Sample tries to persist itself using /etc/profile
Sample tries to persist itself using cron
Sample tries to persist itself using System V runlevels
Writes identical ELF files to multiple locations
Yara detected Mirai
Behaviour
Behavior Graph:
behaviorgraph top1 dnsIp2 2 Behavior Graph ID: 1835243 Sample: m68k.elf Startdate: 17/12/2025 Architecture: LINUX Score: 92 76 boberkurwa.phoneparts.icu 89.32.41.172, 32465, 39074, 39076 HOSTMAZEHOSTMAZERO Romania 2->76 78 Multi AV Scanner detection for submitted file 2->78 80 Yara detected Mirai 2->80 82 Connects to many ports of the same IP (likely port scanning) 2->82 8 m68k.elf 2->8         started        12 systemd m68k.elf 2->12         started        14 systemd m68k.elf 2->14         started        16 19 other processes 2->16 signatures3 process4 file5 62 /var/spool/cron/root, ASCII 8->62 dropped 64 /var/spool/cron/crontabs/root, ASCII 8->64 dropped 66 /root/.bashrc, ASCII 8->66 dropped 74 3 other malicious files 8->74 dropped 88 Sample tries to persist itself using /etc/profile 8->88 90 Drops files in suspicious directories 8->90 92 Modifies the '.bashrc' or '.bash_profile' file typically for persisting actions 8->92 94 Sample tries to persist itself using cron 8->94 18 m68k.elf sh 8->18         started        20 m68k.elf sh 8->20         started        28 21 other processes 8->28 96 Sample tries to persist itself using System V runlevels 12->96 22 m68k.elf sh 12->22         started        24 m68k.elf sh 12->24         started        30 17 other processes 12->30 26 m68k.elf sh 14->26         started        32 14 other processes 14->32 68 /etc/rcS.d/S99sysinit, POSIX 16->68 dropped 70 /etc/init.d/S99sysinit, POSIX 16->70 dropped 72 /etc/network/if-up.d/sysinit, POSIX 16->72 dropped 34 104 other processes 16->34 signatures6 process7 process8 36 2 other processes 18->36 39 2 other processes 20->39 42 2 other processes 22->42 44 2 other processes 24->44 46 2 other processes 26->46 48 23 other processes 28->48 50 17 other processes 30->50 52 13 other processes 32->52 54 95 other processes 34->54 file9 56 /usr/bin/sysinit, ELF 39->56 dropped 58 /usr/sbin/sysinit, ELF 44->58 dropped 60 /usr/lib/libsysinit.so, ELF 46->60 dropped 84 Writes identical ELF files to multiple locations 46->84 86 Drops files in suspicious directories 50->86 signatures10
Threat name:
Linux.Worm.Mirai
Status:
Malicious
First seen:
2025-12-17 18:24:44 UTC
File Type:
ELF32 Big (Exe)
AV detection:
13 of 24 (54.17%)
Threat level:
  5/5
Result
Malware family:
Score:
  10/10
Tags:
family:mirai botnet:wicked linux
Verdict:
Malicious
Tags:
Unix.Trojan.Mirai-6981989-0
YARA:
n/a
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YARA Signatures


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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 8c8690a19e25ec50d6f375b9cf81cab0d04bca38a2f0775f1faeb73493c5b7b9

(this sample)

  
Delivery method
Distributed via web download

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