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Database Entry



Mirai


Vendor detections: 8


Intelligence 8 IOCs YARA 3 File information Comments

SHA256 hash: 8e6c26e91c55c68d9f7317457cd303d1485498937bb3217a729aa6758df3938a
SHA3-384 hash: c1fbe387fad16e9814843d75580f2b431e9ee9ad9604d86ad74d9478a49eb78eab8e2dff69df722a5c816ded896f0fce
SHA1 hash: a53167b9807afd88a4b39260146789eb3c14945b
MD5 hash: 5fea5e76aace9aeb0adfea77c648c7e1
humanhash: dakota-seventeen-mars-helium
File name:powerpc
Download: download sample
Signature Mirai
File size:148'276 bytes
First seen:2025-10-13 09:55:44 UTC
Last seen:Never
File type: elf
MIME type:application/x-executable
ssdeep 1536:r11/rF12k39eInEiNcoxa+bK/7yuvIY6m9GKqgWmqhRJXovAAvHyKReMnAJKq5Wn:r11/r/9BxDITIKqgbq19Agji+n1P3w
TLSH T186E35B01771D0A43E2636EF43F3B27E1D3DF9A8120F8EA44251EBA8991B5D321586EDD
Magika elf
Reporter abuse_ch
Tags:elf gafgyt mirai

Intelligence


File Origin
# of uploads :
1
# of downloads :
125
Origin country :
DE DE
Vendor Threat Intelligence
Result
Verdict:
Malware
Maliciousness:

Behaviour
Locks files
Runs as daemon
Connection attempt
Sets a written file as executable
Creating a file in the %temp% directory
Launching a process
Kills processes
Creating a process from a recently created file
Substitutes an application name
Writes files to system directory
Creates or modifies files in /init.d to set up autorun
Verdict:
Unknown
Threat level:
  0/10
Confidence:
100%
Tags:
bash lolbin obfuscated remote
Verdict:
Malicious
File Type:
elf.32.be
First seen:
2025-10-13T08:14:00Z UTC
Last seen:
2025-10-13T09:11:00Z UTC
Hits:
~10
Status:
terminated
Behavior Graph:
%3 guuid=be58b3e8-1900-0000-7ea6-0b21280a0000 pid=2600 /usr/bin/sudo guuid=661cf7ea-1900-0000-7ea6-0b21310a0000 pid=2609 /tmp/sample.bin guuid=be58b3e8-1900-0000-7ea6-0b21280a0000 pid=2600->guuid=661cf7ea-1900-0000-7ea6-0b21310a0000 pid=2609 execve
Result
Threat name:
Gafgyt, Mirai
Detection:
malicious
Classification:
troj.evad
Score:
80 / 100
Signature
Drops files in suspicious directories
Drops invisible ELF files
Multi AV Scanner detection for submitted file
Sample tries to persist itself using System V runlevels
Sample tries to set files in /etc globally writable
Yara detected Gafgyt
Yara detected Mirai
Behaviour
Behavior Graph:
behaviorgraph top1 dnsIp2 2 Behavior Graph ID: 1793907 Sample: powerpc.elf Startdate: 13/10/2025 Architecture: LINUX Score: 80 24 185.125.190.26, 443 CANONICAL-ASGB United Kingdom 2->24 30 Multi AV Scanner detection for submitted file 2->30 32 Yara detected Gafgyt 2->32 34 Yara detected Mirai 2->34 8 powerpc.elf rsyslogd 2->8         started        signatures3 process4 file5 22 /etc/init.d/sysd, POSIX 8->22 dropped 36 Sample tries to set files in /etc globally writable 8->36 38 Drops files in suspicious directories 8->38 40 Sample tries to persist itself using System V runlevels 8->40 12 powerpc.elf sh 8->12         started        14 rsyslogd 8->14         started        signatures6 process7 process8 16 sh cp 12->16         started        file9 20 /usr/bin/.sh, ELF 16->20 dropped 26 Drops invisible ELF files 16->26 28 Drops files in suspicious directories 16->28 signatures10
Threat name:
Linux.Trojan.Gafgyt
Status:
Malicious
First seen:
2025-10-13 10:18:33 UTC
File Type:
ELF32 Big (Exe)
AV detection:
15 of 24 (62.50%)
Threat level:
  5/5
Result
Malware family:
n/a
Score:
  1/10
Tags:
linux
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YARA Signatures


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Rule name:linux_generic_ipv6_catcher
Author:@_lubiedo
Description:ELF samples using IPv6 addresses
Rule name:testlumma
Rule name:unixredflags3
Author:Tim Brown @timb_machine
Description:Hunts for UNIX red flags

File information


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Web download

Mirai

elf 8e6c26e91c55c68d9f7317457cd303d1485498937bb3217a729aa6758df3938a

(this sample)

  
Delivery method
Distributed via web download

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