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Database Entry



Mirai


Vendor detections: 8


Intelligence 8 IOCs YARA 7 File information Comments

SHA256 hash: 996cab13bc21cff4f38ba7cbbcadd4cd31b6fe8b1fb45251d3923ca3498b3df7
SHA3-384 hash: e54034c192dc9f20f46c9850fc938c550f3e899311c8fa244bb8c28ca2b947699c12c1823ddcecd4790683d3e800f8e8
SHA1 hash: 2d935c39061ddb2efbf106517e8447516303f93a
MD5 hash: dca56af4e9d5780b89bbc8fa2c06f7e0
humanhash: venus-burger-harry-summer
File name:Mddos.arm5
Download: download sample
Signature Mirai
File size:669'972 bytes
First seen:2026-08-07 01:54:21 UTC
Last seen:2026-08-07 22:21:15 UTC
File type: elf
MIME type:application/x-executable
ssdeep 12288:6kWAxr4qaC5aKIjQIH86MzJyRWEmdkaRK3vFD9qC6rd8S8pqP8qbt:6k/EC5SDHTMFyRWLd/w/l6rbbx
TLSH T1D4E42955F8809F61C6C529B6F65D42AC73074BB9D3EB72069A144B343BEB86B0F3A701
telfhash t187f020346c4c65acb5d2c820c782f81a29f8269547047c9e6a58ae8e0e82fc138b40b7
Magika elf
Reporter abuse_ch
Tags:elf mirai

Intelligence


File Origin
# of uploads :
2
# of downloads :
93
Origin country :
DE DE
Vendor Threat Intelligence
No detections
Result
Verdict:
Malware
Maliciousness:

Behaviour
Sends data to a server
Receives data from a server
Creating a file in the %temp% directory
Runs as daemon
Deleting a recently created file
Opens a port
Collects information on the CPU
Launching a process
Collects information on the RAM
Connection attempt
Substitutes an application name
Verdict:
Likely Malicious
Threat level:
  7.5/10
Confidence:
100%
Tags:
masquerade obfuscated rust
Verdict:
Unknown
File Type:
elf.32.le
First seen:
2026-08-08T20:26:00Z UTC
Last seen:
2026-08-08T20:43:00Z UTC
Hits:
~10
Status:
terminated
Behavior Graph:
%3 guuid=fa996284-1a00-0000-cef2-08373c080000 pid=2108 /usr/bin/sudo guuid=19fb5688-1a00-0000-cef2-083743080000 pid=2115 /tmp/sample.bin guuid=fa996284-1a00-0000-cef2-08373c080000 pid=2108->guuid=19fb5688-1a00-0000-cef2-083743080000 pid=2115 execve
Threat name:
Linux.Worm.Mirai
Status:
Malicious
First seen:
2026-08-07 01:55:40 UTC
File Type:
ELF32 Little (Exe)
AV detection:
14 of 23 (60.87%)
Threat level:
  5/5
Result
Malware family:
n/a
Score:
  7/10
Tags:
antivm credential_access defense_evasion discovery
Behaviour
Reads runtime system information
Writes file to tmp directory
Changes its process name
Checks CPU configuration
Reads process memory
Modifies Watchdog functionality
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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:linux_generic_ipv6_catcher
Author:@_lubiedo
Description:ELF samples using IPv6 addresses
Rule name:Linux_Generic_Threat_da28eb8b
Author:Elastic Security
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 996cab13bc21cff4f38ba7cbbcadd4cd31b6fe8b1fb45251d3923ca3498b3df7

(this sample)

  
Delivery method
Distributed via web download

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