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Database Entry



Mirai


Vendor detections: 11


Intelligence 11 IOCs YARA 5 File information Comments

SHA256 hash: a40f59c79964f62d92373cf21b3dd3b9fb1be2003def02e9684f50d2fb844e4a
SHA3-384 hash: 3c6a8e2cc5d48aa63e22bebad528e95cdd443390290e17b8039c4ae0f0bf7ea92f610e1a896322f29ee615cd7a806258
SHA1 hash: 4cb65e19b57035fe5a2b6d40757d7fba51c9d037
MD5 hash: 5fdbb84edfee319a860f1e9cd32e085d
humanhash: beer-coffee-eight-thirteen
File name:splx86
Download: download sample
Signature Mirai
File size:71'376 bytes
First seen:2025-12-24 16:23:45 UTC
Last seen:Never
File type: elf
MIME type:application/x-executable
ssdeep 1536:K6ClRZI0UIB/Cj3zLifyzBzc/L6n4PQypTYgpLgxg5l2RArrA:KflR60pB/CefyzBzf4IGTjNUSrk
TLSH T1A8635CC59E47E8F1EC1709702077F7766B76F5362028EAC3D7659637B822601E60A3AC
telfhash t19831ebf52ebe0decb7d09904924dae113a2f637b157036a30273993433ebd5164aac35
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 :
36
Origin country :
DE DE
Vendor Threat Intelligence
No detections
Verdict:
Likely Malicious
Threat level:
  7.5/10
Confidence:
100%
Tags:
mirai
Result
Gathering data
Verdict:
Malicious
File Type:
ELF 32 LE
Detections:
HEUR:Backdoor.Linux.Mirai.gen
Result
Threat name:
n/a
Detection:
malicious
Classification:
troj
Score:
68 / 100
Signature
Antivirus / Scanner detection for submitted sample
Connects to many IPs within the same subnet mask (likely port scanning)
Malicious sample detected (through community Yara rule)
Multi AV Scanner detection for submitted file
Behaviour
Behavior Graph:
Threat name:
Linux.Backdoor.Mirai
Status:
Malicious
First seen:
2025-12-24 16:24:16 UTC
File Type:
ELF32 Little (Exe)
AV detection:
13 of 36 (36.11%)
Threat level:
  5/5
Result
Malware family:
n/a
Score:
  9/10
Tags:
discovery linux
Behaviour
Reads runtime system information
Changes its process name
Reads system network configuration
Creates a large amount of network flows
Enumerates active TCP sockets
Enumerates running processes
Renames itself
Contacts a large (11185) amount of remote hosts
Verdict:
Malicious
Tags:
trojan mirai Unix.Trojan.Mirai-7755770-0
YARA:
Linux_Trojan_Mirai_b14f4c5d Linux_Trojan_Mirai_88de437f Linux_Trojan_Mirai_cc93863b Linux_Trojan_Mirai_8aa7b5d3
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YARA Signatures


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Rule name:Linux_Trojan_Mirai_88de437f
Author:Elastic Security
Rule name:Linux_Trojan_Mirai_8aa7b5d3
Author:Elastic Security
Rule name:Linux_Trojan_Mirai_b14f4c5d
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 a40f59c79964f62d92373cf21b3dd3b9fb1be2003def02e9684f50d2fb844e4a

(this sample)

  
Delivery method
Distributed via web download

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