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Database Entry



Mirai


Vendor detections: 9


Intelligence 9 IOCs YARA 12 File information Comments

SHA256 hash: 8dc026640c8dd359ad7248d1ea0a4740bf3bbbf1a3abcfbbf6390e0ecdb31ebb
SHA3-384 hash: 5544c3d10926c8ba0dbbe2dddc60141c77a5e80ae45012543e37fa4cc0bd4e352fca67507b6cd61e66aa1791ab3e2495
SHA1 hash: 14b54c3557873c65d4b82aeed1ee5dcf46ef1b1e
MD5 hash: 337fd49a0d4f775f02ac3a822c853824
humanhash: alpha-october-potato-berlin
File name:kaizen.mips
Download: download sample
Signature Mirai
File size:191'616 bytes
First seen:2026-08-26 05:38:36 UTC
Last seen:Never
File type: elf
MIME type:application/x-executable
ssdeep 3072:YwKDsx6qx5kDZihGVkg3uOU7PWHJFBj83TMljWVKutKXarrUnr3v6opxINrUVNZZ:iHuaFhWVKutKEw6BUFZ
TLSH T10514F81D3E308F1DFB95C33545B38925929833D636E1C089D1BCFA216EA068B781BF99
telfhash t10d21901c0a7813f0a3751c5d5addfb77d5b071ee6a256d238e01ad6eabbc9428e10c1c
Magika elf
Reporter abuse_ch
Tags:elf mirai

Intelligence


File Origin
# of uploads :
1
# of downloads :
63
Origin country :
DE DE
Vendor Threat Intelligence
No detections
Result
Verdict:
Malware
Maliciousness:

Behaviour
Opens a port
Changes the time when the file was created, accessed, or modified
Connection attempt
Runs as daemon
Sends data to a server
Creates or modifies files in /cron to set up autorun
Substitutes an application name
Writes files to system directory
Deleting of the original file
Creates or modifies files in /init.d to set up autorun
Verdict:
Malicious
Uses P2P?:
false
Uses anti-vm?:
false
Architecture:
mips
Packer:
not packed
Botnet:
unknown
Number of open files:
2
Number of processes launched:
21
Processes remaning?
true
Remote TCP ports scanned:
8080,2323,8083,23,80,37215,7547,52869
Behaviour
Persistence
Process Renaming
Botnet C2s
TCP botnet C2(s):
not identified
UDP botnet C2(s):
not identified
Verdict:
Malicious
File Type:
elf.32.be
First seen:
2026-08-13T06:45:00Z UTC
Last seen:
2026-08-13T07:19:00Z UTC
Hits:
~10
Status:
terminated
Behavior Graph:
%3 guuid=0e8d32ad-1a00-0000-9bb0-03f3d1080000 pid=2257 /usr/bin/sudo guuid=f09bb3b0-1a00-0000-9bb0-03f3d7080000 pid=2263 /tmp/sample.bin guuid=0e8d32ad-1a00-0000-9bb0-03f3d1080000 pid=2257->guuid=f09bb3b0-1a00-0000-9bb0-03f3d7080000 pid=2263 execve
Threat name:
Linux.Worm.Mirai
Status:
Malicious
First seen:
2026-08-13 05:32:12 UTC
File Type:
ELF32 Big (Exe)
AV detection:
20 of 36 (55.56%)
Threat level:
  5/5
Result
Malware family:
n/a
Score:
  9/10
Tags:
defense_evasion discovery execution persistence privilege_escalation
Behaviour
System Network Configuration Discovery
Reads system network configuration
Changes its process name
Creates/modifies Cron job
Enumerates active TCP sockets
Modifies rc script
Write file to user bin folder
Deletes itself
Modifies Watchdog functionality
Contacts a large (1593362) amount of remote hosts
Creates a large amount of network flows
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YARA Signatures


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Rule name:CVE_2017_17215
Author:NDA0E
Description:Detects exploitation attempt of CVE-2017-17215
Rule name:ELF_Mirai
Author:NDA0E
Description:Detects multiple Mirai variants
Rule name:ELF_Toriilike_persist
Author:4r4
Description:Detects Torii IoT Botnet (stealthier Mirai alternative)
Reference:Identified via researched data
Rule name:iot_req_metachar
Rule name:Linux_Exploit_CVE_2017_17215_8b78a857
Author:Elastic Security
Description:Exploit code used in the ZeroBot malware
Rule name:linux_generic_ipv6_catcher
Author:@_lubiedo
Description:ELF samples using IPv6 addresses
Rule name:Linux_Generic_Threat_1ac392ca
Author:Elastic Security
Rule name:MAL_ELF_LNX_Mirai_Oct10_2
Author:Florian Roth (Nextron Systems)
Description:Detects ELF malware Mirai related
Reference:Internal Research
Rule name:MAL_ELF_LNX_Mirai_Oct10_2_RID2F3A
Author:Florian Roth
Description:Detects ELF malware Mirai related
Reference:Internal Research
Rule name:testlumma
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


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Web download

Mirai

elf 8dc026640c8dd359ad7248d1ea0a4740bf3bbbf1a3abcfbbf6390e0ecdb31ebb

(this sample)

  
Delivery method
Distributed via web download

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