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Database Entry



Mirai


Vendor detections: 8


Intelligence 8 IOCs YARA 14 File information Comments

SHA256 hash: 8ef31fa519c7c8ed78a2c44961356be2fc44b833b0cfe2c57f33d3edbb7b5800
SHA3-384 hash: d50600fbbd09845afdbef723375b3e257dd9e73ab22d3017e9f631af47334a4dc55adedb840cb0764149f23ef3e9f395
SHA1 hash: 5892c5c6914c1f2e116d03a1e595dbba118e036a
MD5 hash: 6f0b7294e47452a3614f533869852fc5
humanhash: eighteen-mike-johnny-vegan
File name:powerpc
Download: download sample
Signature Mirai
File size:640'464 bytes
First seen:2026-10-03 17:42:36 UTC
Last seen:Never
File type: elf
MIME type:application/x-executable
ssdeep 6144:uIrAZoOUHX16WgcZmxTsgOG1hsAwSIlo/sIklXnXzZWwEO28HrR8XxNpCExYfxlj:drp5HX1Mcs8ek9h893xY5lztRbuoj
TLSH T179D44A03272D0F87D3A75DF0777717F083DEA89621F5E588EA0B69C6927187022896DE
Magika elf
Reporter abuse_ch
Tags:elf mirai

Intelligence


File Origin
# of uploads :
1
# of downloads :
95
Origin country :
DE DE
Vendor Threat Intelligence
No detections
Result
Verdict:
Malware
Maliciousness:

Behaviour
Receives data from a server
Collects information on the RAM
Sends data to a server
Sets a written file as executable
Runs as daemon
Connection attempt
Creating a file
Kills processes
Creating a process from a recently created file
Creating a file in the %temp% directory
Substitutes an application name
Writes files to system directory
Creates or modifies files in /cron to set up autorun
Creates or modifies symbolic links in /init.d to set up autorun
Performs a bruteforce attack in the network
Creates or modifies files in /init.d to set up autorun
Verdict:
Malicious
Threat level:
  10/10
Confidence:
100%
Tags:
gcc
Verdict:
Malicious
File Type:
elf.32.be
First seen:
2026-10-03T13:03:00Z UTC
Last seen:
2026-10-05T11:15:00Z UTC
Hits:
~10
Status:
terminated
Behavior Graph:
%3 guuid=c972e4e6-1c00-0000-643b-172e120c0000 pid=3090 /usr/bin/sudo guuid=e3b9c4ea-1c00-0000-643b-172e130c0000 pid=3091 /tmp/sample.bin guuid=c972e4e6-1c00-0000-643b-172e120c0000 pid=3090->guuid=e3b9c4ea-1c00-0000-643b-172e130c0000 pid=3091 execve
Threat name:
Linux.Trojan.Multiverze
Status:
Malicious
First seen:
2026-10-03 17:59:48 UTC
File Type:
ELF32 Big (Exe)
AV detection:
12 of 24 (50.00%)
Threat level:
  5/5
Result
Malware family:
n/a
Score:
  1/10
Tags:
linux
Please note that we are no longer able to provide a coverage score for Virus Total.

YARA Signatures


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Rule name:ach_202503_elf_Mirai
Author:abuse.ch
Description:Detects Mirai 'TSource' ELF files
Rule name:BLOWFISH_Constants
Author:phoul (@phoul)
Description:Look for Blowfish constants
Rule name:DetectEncryptedVariants
Author:Zinyth
Description:Detects 'encrypted' in ASCII, Unicode, base64, or hex-encoded
Rule name:ELF_Toriilike_persist
Author:4r4
Description:Detects Torii IoT Botnet (stealthier Mirai alternative)
Reference:Identified via researched data
Rule name:enterpriseapps2
Author:Tim Brown @timb_machine
Description:Enterprise apps
Rule name:golang
Rule name:linux_generic_ipv6_catcher
Author:@_lubiedo
Description:ELF samples using IPv6 addresses
Rule name:MIRAI_TELNETCURL_payload
Author:AfterPacket
Description:Mirai-lineage ELF payload carrying the leaked-source decoy domain
Reference:https://github.com/Afterpacket/drosera-threat-intel
Rule name:NSVPS_Hydra_SSH_Bruteforce
Author:sanad (NSVPS-SOC)
Description:Hydra SSH brute-force campaign credentials pattern from NSVPS honeypot
Rule name:RANSOMWARE
Author:ToroGuitar
Rule name:SHA512_Constants
Author:phoul (@phoul)
Description:Look for SHA384/SHA512 constants
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

File information


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

Web download

Mirai

elf 8ef31fa519c7c8ed78a2c44961356be2fc44b833b0cfe2c57f33d3edbb7b5800

(this sample)

  
Delivery method
Distributed via web download

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