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Database Entry



Mirai


Vendor detections: 7


Intelligence 7 IOCs YARA 13 File information Comments

SHA256 hash: 96f0ce2154f0402382d3e4d689810ae24efc756684b6d261f63dcd05338a97c4
SHA3-384 hash: e457acbd14598e3e63a01cc524bcf845e7f16f71f69f2cf7822e8dfb36772794913ade5b1e6d19215ec01daa54f560e4
SHA1 hash: 799310df62026bc1edefb6a0d53a5ec59800b6b0
MD5 hash: c4bd600476305c5f2864cb47ac89ad6e
humanhash: foxtrot-march-cardinal-utah
File name:watchdogd
Download: download sample
Signature Mirai
File size:134'942 bytes
First seen:2026-10-06 05:14:30 UTC
Last seen:Never
File type: elf
MIME type:application/x-executable
ssdeep 3072:NOfgHjF188F/47sxodUc3Pws+R9uQV0jfDQJoYVfThLo5:JjF1T/4QLc4L9uCifDQJoYVfThLo5
TLSH T172D308CFD4914EB6C055B975E9AA2533071AE4341B0FDA8660FBEAB0424F5DE700F6E8
telfhash t114212e42627e8e292ff249249cac07b129566522b2803f70ef5ec2c01537009b969d9f
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 gafgyt mirai

Intelligence


File Origin
# of uploads :
1
# of downloads :
81
Origin country :
DE DE
Vendor Threat Intelligence
No detections
Gathering data
Verdict:
Malicious
File Type:
elf.32.le
First seen:
2026-10-06T03:20:00Z UTC
Last seen:
2026-10-07T21:41:00Z UTC
Hits:
~10
Status:
terminated
Behavior Graph:
%3 guuid=0831b033-1f00-0000-9ab2-71f9130a0000 pid=2579 /usr/bin/sudo guuid=13a7aa35-1f00-0000-9ab2-71f9190a0000 pid=2585 /tmp/sample.bin guuid=0831b033-1f00-0000-9ab2-71f9130a0000 pid=2579->guuid=13a7aa35-1f00-0000-9ab2-71f9190a0000 pid=2585 execve
Threat name:
Linux.Trojan.Gafgyt
Status:
Malicious
First seen:
2026-10-06 05:15:27 UTC
File Type:
ELF32 Little (Exe)
AV detection:
15 of 23 (65.22%)
Threat level:
  5/5
Result
Malware family:
Score:
  10/10
Tags:
family:gafgyt botnet linux
Malware Config
C2 Extraction:
64.89.160.222:55487
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:DetectEncryptedVariants
Author:Zinyth
Description:Detects 'encrypted' in ASCII, Unicode, base64, or hex-encoded
Rule name:ELF_DDoS_Gafgyt_Variant
Author:Serhii Kocherhan
Description:Detects Gafgyt (Qbot) / Mirai variant with specific DDoS functions (vseattack, ftcp, SendHTTPHex) and recon routines
Rule name:ELF_IoT_Persistence_Hunt
Author:4r4
Description:Hunts for ELF files with persistence and download capabilities
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:Linux_Gafgyt_Generic
Author:albertzsigovits
Description:Generic Approach to Mirai/Gafgyt samples
Rule name:linux_generic_ipv6_catcher
Author:@_lubiedo
Description:ELF samples using IPv6 addresses
Rule name:Mal_LNX_Gafgyt_Botnet_ELF
Author:Phatcharadol Thangplub
Description:Use to detect Gafgyt botnet, and there variants.
Rule name:RANSOMWARE
Author:ToroGuitar
Rule name:setsockopt
Author:Tim Brown @timb_machine
Description:Hunts for setsockopt() red flags
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 96f0ce2154f0402382d3e4d689810ae24efc756684b6d261f63dcd05338a97c4

(this sample)

  
Delivery method
Distributed via web download

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