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Database Entry



Mirai


Vendor detections: 8


Intelligence 8 IOCs YARA 3 File information Comments

SHA256 hash: 978deb118194a75768d394f2cb1bfd993b3ea9b17b73975667a2d58b284eca18
SHA3-384 hash: f891c4c0e54212f8ef6b28571dee40a2127fd3ee20cca0513d4241b3b8dd0243985d4537b5f5a5bef137a91cea7667ee
SHA1 hash: 0100214c5159c204f2b936f42128fe63ee7f1287
MD5 hash: a2544195b6678ec36109e4a5fe20b58f
humanhash: angel-jersey-steak-dakota
File name:nabx86
Download: download sample
Signature Mirai
File size:58'356 bytes
First seen:2026-01-18 19:11:32 UTC
Last seen:Never
File type: elf
MIME type:application/x-executable
ssdeep 1536:l/BkBNyVyefdh+iZTt5vQCn07b4sgYXRR:l/BkBQHVh+iT54Pnp
TLSH T19F434AC69683D8FEE819097214B7E7B326B2E53A1574EBC3FB54DD31BC12202A54A35C
telfhash t17b2136a74fb609f877e47901c39766e24e7ac53701603a9502b39ce032c28d2d17dc3a
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 :
1
# of downloads :
32
Origin country :
DE DE
Vendor Threat Intelligence
No detections
Result
Gathering data
Result
Threat name:
Detection:
malicious
Classification:
troj
Score:
72 / 100
Signature
Antivirus / Scanner detection for submitted sample
Malicious sample detected (through community Yara rule)
Multi AV Scanner detection for submitted file
Yara detected Mirai
Behaviour
Behavior Graph:
behaviorgraph top1 dnsIp2 2 Behavior Graph ID: 1852969 Sample: nabx86.elf Startdate: 18/01/2026 Architecture: LINUX Score: 72 16 209.49.254.7 XO-AS15US United States 2->16 18 205.126.227.131, 23 WEST-NET-WESTUS United States 2->18 20 100 other IPs or domains 2->20 22 Malicious sample detected (through community Yara rule) 2->22 24 Antivirus / Scanner detection for submitted sample 2->24 26 Multi AV Scanner detection for submitted file 2->26 28 Yara detected Mirai 2->28 8 nabx86.elf 2->8         started        signatures3 process4 process5 10 nabx86.elf 8->10         started        process6 12 nabx86.elf 10->12         started        14 nabx86.elf 10->14         started       
Threat name:
Linux.Backdoor.Mirai
Status:
Malicious
First seen:
2026-01-18 19:12:45 UTC
File Type:
ELF32 Little (Exe)
AV detection:
14 of 36 (38.89%)
Threat level:
  5/5
Result
Malware family:
n/a
Score:
  9/10
Tags:
discovery linux
Behaviour
Reads runtime system information
Enumerates running processes
Renames itself
Contacts a large (32934) amount of remote hosts
Creates a large amount of network flows
Verdict:
Malicious
Tags:
trojan mirai Unix.Trojan.Mirai-7755770-0
YARA:
Linux_Trojan_Mirai_cc93863b Linux_Trojan_Mirai_8aa7b5d3
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YARA Signatures


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Rule name:Linux_Trojan_Mirai_8aa7b5d3
Author:Elastic Security
Rule name:Linux_Trojan_Mirai_cc93863b
Author:Elastic Security
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 978deb118194a75768d394f2cb1bfd993b3ea9b17b73975667a2d58b284eca18

(this sample)

  
Delivery method
Distributed via web download

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