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Database Entry



Mirai


Vendor detections: 7


Intelligence 7 IOCs YARA 15 File information Comments

SHA256 hash: 962074ad9a128c3fad2a02fc9065dfe48b731b94c0e05f34e2e6a5ecffd2e7c9
SHA3-384 hash: 075db3cbe9ba836751cad1eb47c40d5dc99c36e9dd1ec787b179f7066a3ba4f3320b8ed6d306933bb91a429ecc933a7b
SHA1 hash: 36dd4c848b71930eed26204c1f5c35e0807c4afa
MD5 hash: 65bf60b0d0440183d494ca3abc7cb68f
humanhash: glucose-quiet-eighteen-foxtrot
File name:akuma_arm64
Download: download sample
Signature Mirai
File size:571'512 bytes
First seen:2026-10-10 06:12:49 UTC
Last seen:2026-10-10 07:46:56 UTC
File type: elf
MIME type:application/x-executable
ssdeep 12288:3WPPuTWsZZzkMJL1kqWU5y0as2aBAkKjo:8tsZZhdWObA0
TLSH T1E4C4AEA1321F7A82F2C6F2FD4F4D0BA1741A76F652A424F12A33569DC7C25E8C9F1162
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 :
3
# of downloads :
98
Origin country :
DE DE
Vendor Threat Intelligence
No detections
Result
Verdict:
Malware
Maliciousness:

Behaviour
Creating a process from a recently created file
Opens a port
Manages services
Launching a process
Connection attempt
Collects information on the network activity
Runs as daemon
Collects information on the RAM
Sets a written file as executable
Kills processes
Sends data to a server
Creating a file
Substitutes an application name
Creates or modifies files in /init.d to set up autorun
Gathering data
Verdict:
Malicious
File Type:
elf.64.le
First seen:
2026-10-10T03:49:00Z UTC
Last seen:
2026-10-11T17:48:00Z UTC
Hits:
~10
Status:
terminated
Behavior Graph:
%3 guuid=6bc9b2fc-1900-0000-bc07-2e12a0080000 pid=2208 /usr/bin/sudo guuid=14255d05-1a00-0000-bc07-2e12b7080000 pid=2231 /tmp/sample.bin guuid=6bc9b2fc-1900-0000-bc07-2e12a0080000 pid=2208->guuid=14255d05-1a00-0000-bc07-2e12b7080000 pid=2231 execve guuid=68241f06-1a00-0000-bc07-2e12bb080000 pid=2235 /usr/bin/dash guuid=14255d05-1a00-0000-bc07-2e12b7080000 pid=2231->guuid=68241f06-1a00-0000-bc07-2e12bb080000 pid=2235 clone guuid=87453c06-1a00-0000-bc07-2e12bc080000 pid=2236 /usr/bin/dash guuid=14255d05-1a00-0000-bc07-2e12b7080000 pid=2231->guuid=87453c06-1a00-0000-bc07-2e12bc080000 pid=2236 clone guuid=54e55506-1a00-0000-bc07-2e12be080000 pid=2238 /usr/bin/dash guuid=14255d05-1a00-0000-bc07-2e12b7080000 pid=2231->guuid=54e55506-1a00-0000-bc07-2e12be080000 pid=2238 clone
Result
Threat name:
Mirai, Xmrig
Detection:
malicious
Classification:
troj.evad.mine
Score:
100 / 100
Signature
Antivirus / Scanner detection for submitted sample
Antivirus detection for dropped file
Drops files in suspicious directories
Found strings related to Crypto-Mining
Sample is potentially a Mirai botnet sample
Sample tries to set files in /etc globally writable
Suricata IDS alerts for network traffic
Yara detected Mirai
Yara detected Xmrig cryptocurrency miner
Behaviour
Behavior Graph:
behaviorgraph top1 dnsIp2 2 Behavior Graph ID: 1985237 Sample: akuma_arm64.elf Startdate: 10/10/2026 Architecture: LINUX Score: 100 91 85.137.53.167 SOLLUTIUM-NLPL Netherlands 2->91 93 Suricata IDS alerts for network traffic 2->93 95 Antivirus detection for dropped file 2->95 97 Antivirus / Scanner detection for submitted sample 2->97 99 3 other signatures 2->99 11 akuma_arm64.elf 2->11         started        14 systemd snapd-env-generator 2->14         started        16 systemd snapd-env-generator 2->16         started        18 2 other processes 2->18 signatures3 process4 signatures5 103 Sample tries to set files in /etc globally writable 11->103 105 Drops files in suspicious directories 11->105 20 akuma_arm64.elf 11->20         started        23 akuma_arm64.elf sh 11->23         started        25 akuma_arm64.elf akuma_arm64.elf 11->25         started        27 2 other processes 11->27 process6 signatures7 101 Found strings related to Crypto-Mining 20->101 29 akuma_arm64.elf akuma_arm64.elf 20->29         started        33 akuma_arm64.elf akuma_arm64.elf 20->33         started        35 akuma_arm64.elf akuma_arm64.elf 20->35         started        37 sh systemctl 23->37         started        39 akuma_arm64.elf 25->39         started        41 akuma_arm64.elf 25->41         started        43 akuma_arm64.elf 25->43         started        45 sh systemctl 27->45         started        process8 file9 89 /etc/init.d/systemd-network-helper, ELF 29->89 dropped 107 Sample tries to set files in /etc globally writable 29->107 109 Drops files in suspicious directories 29->109 47 akuma_arm64.elf akuma_arm64.elf 29->47         started        49 akuma_arm64.elf 29->49         started        51 akuma_arm64.elf sh 29->51         started        61 3 other processes 29->61 53 systemctl systemd-sysv-install 37->53         started        55 akuma_arm64.elf 39->55         started        57 akuma_arm64.elf 41->57         started        59 akuma_arm64.elf 43->59         started        signatures10 process11 process12 63 akuma_arm64.elf 47->63         started        65 akuma_arm64.elf 47->65         started        67 akuma_arm64.elf 47->67         started        69 akuma_arm64.elf akuma_arm64.elf 49->69         started        71 akuma_arm64.elf akuma_arm64.elf 49->71         started        73 sh systemctl 51->73         started        75 systemd-sysv-install update-rc.d 53->75         started        77 2 other processes 53->77 79 2 other processes 61->79 process13 81 akuma_arm64.elf 63->81         started        83 akuma_arm64.elf 65->83         started        85 akuma_arm64.elf 67->85         started        87 update-rc.d systemctl 75->87         started       
Threat name:
Linux.Exploit.Mirai
Status:
Malicious
First seen:
2026-10-10 06:13:37 UTC
File Type:
ELF64 Little (Exe)
AV detection:
13 of 24 (54.17%)
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:CoinMiner_Strings
Author:Florian Roth (Nextron Systems)
Description:Detects mining pool protocol string in Executable
Reference:https://minergate.com/faq/what-pool-address
Rule name:CoinMiner_Strings_RID2DDE
Author:Florian Roth
Description:Detects mining pool protocol string in Executable
Reference:https://minergate.com/faq/what-pool-address
Rule name:deepfield_katana_mirai_elf
Author:Nokia Deepfield ERT
Description:Katana Mirai variant (DDoS bot with rootkit)
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:enterpriseapps2
Author:Tim Brown @timb_machine
Description:Enterprise apps
Rule name:generic_IG_stealer
Author:RE4rensics
Description:Detects stealers that interacts with IG endpoints after stealing IG cookies
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_Mirai_Busybox_Staging
Author:sanad (NSVPS-SOC)
Description:Mirai-style busybox wget/tftp payload staging seen in NSVPS honeypot
Rule name:SHA512_Constants
Author:phoul (@phoul)
Description:Look for SHA384/SHA512 constants
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:Web_Generic_Binary_URL_Download
Author:Serhii Kocherhan
Description:Detects files containing HTTP or HTTPS links pointing directly to .bin payload extensions.

File information


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Mirai

elf 962074ad9a128c3fad2a02fc9065dfe48b731b94c0e05f34e2e6a5ecffd2e7c9

(this sample)

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