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Database Entry



Mirai


Vendor detections: 10


Intelligence 10 IOCs YARA 2 File information Comments

SHA256 hash: a0f9e0eaec631ab34efde17517e6732dcaa878bf415db23ebe99c26897d7c324
SHA3-384 hash: f34e244168dfeffaf9b30e102678661cfb45d82668fe4b3beb269c858f1e8847566e7ba1f7ebac4b336bea000086ba14
SHA1 hash: fa394d2aee0b6059af68ad5f37baec3892b37480
MD5 hash: beef3e20ae64a81860bd2743054efc95
humanhash: lake-mexico-double-colorado
File name:ecco.mpsl
Download: download sample
Signature Mirai
File size:91'584 bytes
First seen:2025-12-04 21:17:25 UTC
Last seen:Never
File type: elf
MIME type:application/x-executable
ssdeep 1536:9VH256BqTIU8XGbay6tvN1UD9uWfoQOjDwrVNj8+wyLZxS1g6SeAxrJ:fo6BfsaHtXU5uWQJvc8BIL6SesJ
TLSH T197930215E5B3746D852EA53F51E927E6C45075E8686CC73E6B03C84FB38298FE9E3020
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 UPX
File size (compressed) :91'584 bytes
File size (de-compressed) :333'920 bytes
Format:linux/mipsel
Unpacked file: 734268f4dcc9056944e9ab2360698fc695f21c724ab8ca7eafaaa66fd0681928

Intelligence


File Origin
# of uploads :
1
# of downloads :
113
Origin country :
DE DE
Vendor Threat Intelligence
Verdict:
Malicious
File Type:
elf.32.le
First seen:
2025-12-04T17:23:00Z UTC
Last seen:
2025-12-04T19:51:00Z UTC
Hits:
~100
Result
Threat name:
Gafgyt, Mirai
Detection:
malicious
Classification:
troj.evad
Score:
100 / 100
Signature
Antivirus / Scanner detection for submitted sample
Antivirus detection for dropped file
Connects to many ports of the same IP (likely port scanning)
Deletes system log files
Drops files in suspicious directories
Executes the "crontab" command typically for achieving persistence
Malicious sample detected (through community Yara rule)
Manipulation of devices in /dev
Multi AV Scanner detection for submitted file
Sample is packed with UPX
Sample tries to persist itself using cron
Sample tries to persist itself using System V runlevels
Sample tries to set files in /etc globally writable
Suricata IDS alerts for network traffic
Uses known network protocols on non-standard ports
Yara detected Gafgyt
Yara detected Mirai
Behaviour
Behavior Graph:
behaviorgraph top1 dnsIp2 2 Behavior Graph ID: 1826832 Sample: ecco.mpsl.elf Startdate: 04/12/2025 Architecture: LINUX Score: 100 70 149.23.93.231 ZEBRA-TECHNOLOGIES-BGP-AS-NUMBERUS United States 2->70 72 102.82.183.168 ZAINUGASUG Uganda 2->72 74 98 other IPs or domains 2->74 82 Suricata IDS alerts for network traffic 2->82 84 Malicious sample detected (through community Yara rule) 2->84 86 Antivirus detection for dropped file 2->86 88 7 other signatures 2->88 12 ecco.mpsl.elf 2->12         started        signatures3 process4 process5 14 ecco.mpsl.elf 12->14         started        process6 16 ecco.mpsl.elf 14->16         started        file7 64 /etc/init.d/sysd, POSIX 16->64 dropped 76 Sample tries to set files in /etc globally writable 16->76 78 Drops files in suspicious directories 16->78 80 Sample tries to persist itself using System V runlevels 16->80 20 ecco.mpsl.elf 16->20         started        23 ecco.mpsl.elf sh 16->23         started        25 ecco.mpsl.elf 16->25         started        27 4 other processes 16->27 signatures8 process9 file10 66 /usr/Bin), ELF 20->66 dropped 29 ecco.mpsl.elf 20->29         started        31 ecco.mpsl.elf sh 20->31         started        33 ecco.mpsl.elf 20->33         started        37 4 other processes 20->37 35 sh cp 23->35         started        process11 process12 39 ecco.mpsl.elf 29->39         started        57 973 other processes 29->57 41 sh crontab 31->41         started        45 sh 31->45         started        47 ecco.mpsl.elf 33->47         started        49 ecco.mpsl.elf 33->49         started        51 ecco.mpsl.elf 33->51         started        53 ecco.mpsl.elf 33->53         started        55 ecco.mpsl.elf 37->55         started        file13 68 /var/spool/cron/crontabs/tmp.EK67cM, ASCII 41->68 dropped 90 Sample tries to persist itself using cron 41->90 92 Executes the "crontab" command typically for achieving persistence 41->92 59 sh crontab 45->59         started        94 Manipulation of devices in /dev 47->94 96 Deletes system log files 47->96 62 ecco.mpsl.elf 49->62         started        signatures14 process15 signatures16 98 Executes the "crontab" command typically for achieving persistence 59->98
Threat name:
Linux.Worm.Mirai
Status:
Malicious
First seen:
2025-12-04 21:18:22 UTC
File Type:
ELF32 Little (Exe)
AV detection:
15 of 24 (62.50%)
Threat level:
  5/5
Result
Malware family:
Score:
  10/10
Tags:
family:mirai botnet defense_evasion discovery execution persistence privilege_escalation upx
Behaviour
Reads runtime system information
System Network Configuration Discovery
Changes its process name
UPX packed file
Creates/modifies Cron job
Enumerates running processes
Modifies init.d
Modifies rc script
Writes file to system bin folder
Deletes Audit logs
Deletes journal logs
Modifies Watchdog functionality
Contacts a large (118620) amount of remote hosts
Creates a large amount of network flows
Mirai
Mirai family
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YARA Signatures


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Rule name:SUSP_ELF_LNX_UPX_Compressed_File
Author:Florian Roth (Nextron Systems)
Description:Detects a suspicious ELF binary with UPX compression
Reference:Internal Research
Rule name:upx_packed_elf_v1
Author:RandomMalware

File information


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

Web download

Mirai

elf a0f9e0eaec631ab34efde17517e6732dcaa878bf415db23ebe99c26897d7c324

(this sample)

  
Delivery method
Distributed via web download

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