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Database Entry



Mirai


Vendor detections: 7


Intelligence 7 IOCs YARA 5 File information Comments

SHA256 hash: 96e46a96b57caed8d283fa683279d9928669d17bb71defeee847f27c8edf748a
SHA3-384 hash: f0b24bf7c5c1ed907be5e6c63634f122f3f74c28df0887b7daa9a910645c60970ab49d05a0225978395b3ec2c589e28c
SHA1 hash: 35e16cb7ce71200bcd77bc23c86c2327a41c78c9
MD5 hash: 00fe016ef59dd90083090d90354aa694
humanhash: delaware-seventeen-video-missouri
File name:nova.x86_64
Download: download sample
Signature Mirai
File size:1'102'944 bytes
First seen:2026-06-05 19:32:40 UTC
Last seen:2026-06-06 03:31:05 UTC
File type: elf
MIME type:application/x-executable
ssdeep 12288:rDf0/Q5nHf5SpsYSA2sUNxXtxKRa+pwySZoYmylZT9gA8/5k:rD4QZ/5SpKkUNxXtxKpxj4Bf8
TLSH T10F356D5AF2F370FCC167C030439BDB62A839F46511226E7B25C4DA352D66EB01B29F66
telfhash t196b19eb44efa74b4a3d7d614b321f0b58e32282526e939a51b12edc4ef00f844d66c2b
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 :
2
# of downloads :
45
Origin country :
DE DE
Vendor Threat Intelligence
No detections
Result
Verdict:
Malware
Maliciousness:

Behaviour
Locks files
Creating a file
Runs as daemon
Substitutes an application name
Deleting of the original file
Verdict:
Unknown
Threat level:
  0/10
Confidence:
100%
Tags:
base64 gcc
Verdict:
Malicious
Uses P2P?:
false
Uses anti-vm?:
false
Architecture:
x86
Packer:
not packed
Botnet:
unknown
Number of open files:
5
Number of processes launched:
2
Processes remaning?
true
Remote TCP ports scanned:
not identified
Behaviour
Process Renaming
Botnet C2s
TCP botnet C2(s):
not identified
UDP botnet C2(s):
not identified
Status:
terminated
Behavior Graph:
%3 guuid=49adc9ab-1900-0000-57c5-eeb710090000 pid=2320 /usr/bin/sudo guuid=78232caf-1900-0000-57c5-eeb715090000 pid=2325 /tmp/sample.bin write-file guuid=49adc9ab-1900-0000-57c5-eeb710090000 pid=2320->guuid=78232caf-1900-0000-57c5-eeb715090000 pid=2325 execve guuid=a28b78af-1900-0000-57c5-eeb717090000 pid=2327 /tmp/sample.bin delete-file zombie guuid=78232caf-1900-0000-57c5-eeb715090000 pid=2325->guuid=a28b78af-1900-0000-57c5-eeb717090000 pid=2327 clone
Result
Threat name:
n/a
Detection:
suspicious
Classification:
evad
Score:
23 / 100
Signature
Sample deletes itself
Behaviour
Behavior Graph:
behaviorgraph top1 process2 2 Behavior Graph ID: 1923834 Sample: nova.x86_64.elf Startdate: 05/06/2026 Architecture: LINUX Score: 23 5 nova.x86_64.elf 2->5         started        process3 7 nova.x86_64.elf 5->7         started        signatures4 10 Sample deletes itself 7->10
Result
Malware family:
n/a
Score:
  7/10
Tags:
linux
Behaviour
Changes its process name
Deletes itself
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YARA Signatures


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Rule name:CP_Script_Inject_Detector
Author:DiegoAnalytics
Description:Detects attempts to inject code into another process across PE, ELF, Mach-O binaries
Rule name:F01_s1ckrule
Author:s1ckb017
Rule name:malwareelf55503
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 96e46a96b57caed8d283fa683279d9928669d17bb71defeee847f27c8edf748a

(this sample)

  
Delivery method
Distributed via web download

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