🤲🏼 NEW | abuse.ch Community Hub! Earn recognition 🏅 for the malware intelligence you share, climb the leaderboards 📈, and connect with like-minded contributors who share your hunting focus 🤝. Ready to unlock your profile? Go to the Community Hub →

MalwareBazaar Database

You are currently viewing the MalwareBazaar entry for SHA256 9e52bed4cf0339c4579fa38d9a9f93b85aef3cb1dbf176b2ea43015a042acd18. While MalwareBazaar tries to identify whether the sample provided is malicious or not, there is no guarantee that a sample in MalwareBazaar is malicious.

Database Entry



Mirai


Vendor detections: 10


Intelligence 10 IOCs YARA 17 File information Comments

SHA256 hash: 9e52bed4cf0339c4579fa38d9a9f93b85aef3cb1dbf176b2ea43015a042acd18
SHA3-384 hash: 24b6864e8672adc2a617b97821c749359041bb4c934e71e06c23b687d57977de8d9314e832f281daa41291989c637d71
SHA1 hash: e6e40b26800aa8d4c97601aff580e1c0a4ce54e2
MD5 hash: 411764ee2b2dafe4b2e99aad63f27493
humanhash: nebraska-six-summer-arkansas
File name:akbarniga.mips
Download: download sample
Signature Mirai
File size:739'596 bytes
First seen:2026-10-25 14:29:34 UTC
Last seen:Never
File type: elf
MIME type:application/x-executable
ssdeep 6144:Tb6eqIiIHFhloC71rk050LFbJHHg6AYnJ2DfKGz0bC9TCrEoWGCrS3xuvHFSktOp:TriqFkxZHg6GoC99pGISKSktO8EU8oE
TLSH T1E9F4094D6661DFAEF268CB3043739E358A9523A731E3E188F09DE2151E3024E556FBB4
telfhash t1a761d2a8097813a4a3656c4d49edff37d5a324ef3e2a1c338a10e85da729e835d25c1d
Magika elf
Reporter abuse_ch
Tags:elf mirai

Intelligence


File Origin
# of uploads :
1
# of downloads :
93
Origin country :
DE DE
Vendor Threat Intelligence
No detections
Result
Verdict:
Malware
Maliciousness:

Behaviour
Kills processes
Connection attempt
Creating a file
Opens a port
Launching a process
Runs as daemon
Manages services
Substitutes an application name
Traces processes
Verdict:
Suspicious
Threat level:
  5/10
Confidence:
100%
Tags:
base64 expand lolbin masquerade obfuscated
Verdict:
Malicious
File Type:
elf.32.be
First seen:
2026-10-25T12:45:00Z UTC
Last seen:
2026-10-25T13:11:00Z UTC
Hits:
~10
Status:
terminated
Behavior Graph:
%3 guuid=0d21783c-1700-0000-f9b4-5f6aa10c0000 pid=3233 /usr/bin/sudo guuid=5a07153e-1700-0000-f9b4-5f6aa80c0000 pid=3240 /tmp/sample.bin guuid=0d21783c-1700-0000-f9b4-5f6aa10c0000 pid=3233->guuid=5a07153e-1700-0000-f9b4-5f6aa80c0000 pid=3240 execve
Result
Threat name:
DirtyFrag, Gafgyt, Mirai, Xmrig
Detection:
malicious
Classification:
troj.evad.mine
Score:
100 / 100
Signature
Antivirus / Scanner detection for submitted sample
Antivirus detection for dropped file
Attempts to enable/disable Ctrl-Alt-Delete system rebooting
Drops files in suspicious directories
Drops invisible ELF files
Found malware configuration
Found strings related to Crypto-Mining
Multi AV Scanner detection for submitted file
Sample tries to persist itself using System V runlevels
Sample tries to set files in /etc globally writable
Writes identical ELF files to multiple locations
Yara detected DirtyFrag
Yara detected Gafgyt
Yara detected Mirai
Yara detected Xmrig cryptocurrency miner
Behaviour
Behavior Graph:
behaviorgraph top1 dnsIp2 2 Behavior Graph ID: 1991389 Sample: akbarniga.mips.elf Startdate: 25/10/2026 Architecture: LINUX Score: 100 35 }S?wSu 2->35 37 >{~VX'[^Y 2->37 39 17 other IPs or domains 2->39 49 Found malware configuration 2->49 51 Antivirus detection for dropped file 2->51 53 Antivirus / Scanner detection for submitted sample 2->53 55 5 other signatures 2->55 9 akbarniga.mips.elf 2->9         started        signatures3 process4 signatures5 57 Found strings related to Crypto-Mining 9->57 12 akbarniga.mips.elf 9->12         started        process6 signatures7 59 Attempts to enable/disable Ctrl-Alt-Delete system rebooting 12->59 15 akbarniga.mips.elf 12->15         started        process8 file9 27 /var/tmp/.network-dispatch, ELF 15->27 dropped 29 /var/lib/network-dispatch, ELF 15->29 dropped 31 /var/cache/.network-dispatch, ELF 15->31 dropped 33 8 other malicious files 15->33 dropped 41 Sample tries to set files in /etc globally writable 15->41 43 Writes identical ELF files to multiple locations 15->43 45 Drops invisible ELF files 15->45 47 2 other signatures 15->47 19 akbarniga.mips.elf systemctl 15->19         started        21 akbarniga.mips.elf systemctl 15->21         started        23 akbarniga.mips.elf systemctl 15->23         started        25 13 other processes 15->25 signatures10 process11
Threat name:
Linux.Backdoor.Mirai
Status:
Malicious
First seen:
2026-10-25 14:30:30 UTC
File Type:
ELF32 Big (Exe)
AV detection:
15 of 38 (39.47%)
Threat level:
  5/5
Result
Malware family:
Score:
  10/10
Tags:
family:mirai botnet discovery
Behaviour
System Network Configuration Discovery
Please note that we are no longer able to provide a coverage score for Virus Total.

YARA Signatures


MalwareBazaar uses YARA rules from several public and non-public repositories, such as YARAhub and Malpedia. Those are being matched against malware samples uploaded to MalwareBazaar as well as against any suspicious process dumps they may create. Please note that only results from TLP:CLEAR rules are being displayed.

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:dsc
Author:Aaron DeVera
Description:Discord domains
Rule name:ELF_Packer_Dropper_Fileless_Armhf
Author:Serhii Kocherhan
Description:Detects obfuscated Linux ELF packers/droppers featuring ChaCha20/RC4 decryption, memfd_create/execveat fileless execution capabilities, and unique binary artifacts.
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:exploit_any_poppopret
Author:Jeff White [karttoon@gmail.com] @noottrak
Description:Identify POP -> POP -> RET opcodes for quick ROP Gadget creation in target binaries.
Rule name:EXPL_HKTL_LNX_DirtyFragShellcode_May26
Author:Pezier Pierre-Henri (Nextron Systems)
Description:Detects a shellcode observed in dirtyfrag, a local privilege escalation exploit for Linux.
Reference:https://github.com/V4bel/dirtyfrag/tree/master
Rule name:EXPL_LNX_DirtyFrag_ForensicArtefacts_May26
Author:Florian Roth
Description:Detects DirtyFrag exploit code POC usage in Linux environments
Reference:https://github.com/V4bel/dirtyfrag/tree/master
Rule name:linux_generic_ipv6_catcher
Author:@_lubiedo
Description:ELF samples using IPv6 addresses
Rule name:linux_generic_irc_catcher
Author:@_lubiedo
Description:Find new ELF IRC samples
Rule name:MIRAI_OHSHIT_payload
Author:AfterPacket
Description:MIRAI_OHSHIT ELF payload -- compiled-in C2 set, all architectures
Reference:https://github.com/Afterpacket/drosera-threat-intel
Rule name:NSVPS_Hydra_SSH_Bruteforce
Author:sanad (NSVPS-SOC)
Description:Hydra SSH brute-force campaign credentials pattern from NSVPS honeypot
Rule name:setsockopt
Author:Tim Brown @timb_machine
Description:Hunts for setsockopt() red flags
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


The table below shows additional information about this malware sample such as delivery method and external references.

Web download

Mirai

elf 9e52bed4cf0339c4579fa38d9a9f93b85aef3cb1dbf176b2ea43015a042acd18

(this sample)

  
Delivery method
Distributed via web download

Comments