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Database Entry



Mirai


Vendor detections: 6


Intelligence 6 IOCs YARA 5 File information Comments

SHA256 hash: a2d644c45cc5d927beb506dc417934189baf99a52cd68d541c0bbe8c0dd7c9fb
SHA3-384 hash: 4b589d12cba9ab56ee80a5bce6f062c4b2e47ed90a6e8470e600fb9c3fd80c2601d9dbfa1374625009fe4c0689c8c1fb
SHA1 hash: ae466560a84714229bc7e9b50427ffc95508f737
MD5 hash: 3ab1026b605a0ecbe06b4bc58b630083
humanhash: moon-sierra-comet-sodium
File name:a2d644c45cc5d927beb506dc417934189baf99a52cd68d541c0bbe8c0dd7c9fb.elf
Download: download sample
Signature Mirai
File size:78'096 bytes
First seen:2026-08-20 02:50:46 UTC
Last seen:Never
File type: elf
MIME type:application/x-executable
ssdeep 1536:MjXzal1s3KfgxvJoewJKh8O7FPM1ZEgwGmu/rJ9iUnA/:MjXz84s2vPwJiy1ZE8msXi4O
TLSH T1A17302CDFAA0E283CE8F1935022F77410B39E59673BA5FC813460E90A56E54B7D2E970
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 Tuxxin
Tags:elf exe mirai UPX whack.sh
File size (compressed) :78'096 bytes
File size (de-compressed) :241'388 bytes
Format:linux/mipsel
Unpacked file: aec3fad5c65ea506eea188fbdfc82be4272cf562a30ab4fa364980b811f60ccd

Intelligence


File Origin
# of uploads :
1
# of downloads :
147
Origin country :
US US
Vendor Threat Intelligence
Result
Verdict:
Malware
Maliciousness:

Behaviour
Launching a process
Sets a file as executable
Runs as daemon
Deletes a file
Locks files
Kills processes
Creating a file
Kills critical processes
Substitutes an application name
Deleting of the original file
Verdict:
Unknown
Threat level:
  0/10
Confidence:
100%
Tags:
packed upx
Status:
terminated
Behavior Graph:
%3 guuid=02b21407-1800-0000-6950-42e4860a0000 pid=2694 /usr/bin/sudo guuid=c4ddb009-1800-0000-6950-42e4870a0000 pid=2695 /tmp/sample.bin guuid=02b21407-1800-0000-6950-42e4860a0000 pid=2694->guuid=c4ddb009-1800-0000-6950-42e4870a0000 pid=2695 execve
Threat name:
Linux.Backdoor.Mirai
Status:
Malicious
First seen:
2026-08-20 03:10:34 UTC
AV detection:
11 of 24 (45.83%)
Threat level:
  5/5
Result
Malware family:
n/a
Score:
  7/10
Tags:
antivm discovery upx
Behaviour
Reads runtime system information
Changes its process name
Checks CPU configuration
Enumerates running processes
Deletes itself
Please note that we are no longer able to provide a coverage score for Virus Total.

YARA Signatures


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Rule name:ELF_IoT_DVR_Botnet_Hama_UPX
Author:Serhii Kocherhan
Description:Detects packed and unpacked ELF IoT/DVR botnet variants targeting UPX compression structures and uncompressed code
Rule name:linux_generic_ipv6_catcher
Author:@_lubiedo
Description:ELF samples using IPv6 addresses
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:TH_Generic_MassHunt_Linux_Malware_2026_CYFARE
Author:CYFARE
Description:Generic Linux malware mass-hunt rule - 2026
Reference:https://cyfare.net/
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 a2d644c45cc5d927beb506dc417934189baf99a52cd68d541c0bbe8c0dd7c9fb

(this sample)

  
Delivery method
Distributed via web download

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