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Database Entry



Mirai


Vendor detections: 10


Intelligence 10 IOCs YARA 14 File information Comments

SHA256 hash: a528e37dc8ec07de6b52f5e32cc76ccfcb5e32055787f95a4547193436d29871
SHA3-384 hash: c304ecf753427c8c28f8f89e97081eba8e1ae8f3f6f28a747d23a07716cb3dbe7ceab05d93e55cc4d080747cf6196858
SHA1 hash: 9fd3a1b612303821a0e6a232e5417716a417c576
MD5 hash: e3bb4d428c8611aa113f0e0deb90b33c
humanhash: video-island-speaker-carpet
File name:nuclear.arm7
Download: download sample
Signature Mirai
File size:278'466 bytes
First seen:2026-05-25 00:42:46 UTC
Last seen:Never
File type: elf
MIME type:application/x-executable
ssdeep 6144:z234ITRK8unxj9GPZCAvV5a0crtOGNC05s/ouO4IV/Gvc:ze4IQ9GQAvLa0crtOGGk/x
TLSH T1F7444B45EB404E13C4D627B9BAFF82453333A7B493E7B20699246FB037C775A4E62A05
telfhash t1f3411eb69b7452264992dc68c9fe97a2151ec6175740ef23de30c48c245a08ee62bc4f
Magika elf
Reporter abuse_ch
Tags:elf mirai

Intelligence


File Origin
# of uploads :
1
# of downloads :
54
Origin country :
DE DE
Vendor Threat Intelligence
No detections
Result
Verdict:
Malware
Maliciousness:

Behaviour
Connection attempt
Kills processes
Collects information on the network activity
Sends data to a server
Receives data from a server
Opens a port
DNS request
Runs as daemon
Substitutes an application name
Deleting of the original file
Verdict:
Malicious
Threat level:
  10/10
Confidence:
100%
Tags:
expand gcc lolbin masquerade rust
Verdict:
Malicious
File Type:
elf.32.le
First seen:
2026-05-24T21:50:00Z UTC
Last seen:
2026-05-25T12:55:00Z UTC
Hits:
~10
Detections:
HEUR:Backdoor.Linux.Mirai.hv HEUR:Backdoor.Linux.Mirai.h HEUR:Backdoor.Linux.Mirai.es HEUR:Backdoor.Linux.Mirai.cw HEUR:Backdoor.Linux.Gafgyt.ij
Status:
terminated
Behavior Graph:
%3 guuid=ed285359-1800-0000-8487-8c7ce30b0000 pid=3043 /usr/bin/sudo guuid=ab678f5b-1800-0000-8487-8c7ceb0b0000 pid=3051 /tmp/sample.bin guuid=ed285359-1800-0000-8487-8c7ce30b0000 pid=3043->guuid=ab678f5b-1800-0000-8487-8c7ceb0b0000 pid=3051 execve
Threat name:
Linux.Backdoor.Mirai
Status:
Malicious
First seen:
2026-05-25 00:43:28 UTC
File Type:
ELF32 Little (Exe)
AV detection:
21 of 38 (55.26%)
Threat level:
  5/5
Result
Malware family:
n/a
Score:
  8/10
Tags:
antivm credential_access defense_evasion discovery
Behaviour
Process Discovery
Reads runtime system information
Changes its process name
Checks CPU configuration
Reads process memory
Enumerates running processes
Writes file to system bin folder
Deletes itself
Modifies Watchdog functionality
Unexpected DNS network traffic destination
Contacts a large (938) amount of remote hosts
Creates a reverse shell
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YARA Signatures


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Rule name:ach_202503_elf_Mirai
Author:abuse.ch
Description:Detects Mirai 'TSource' ELF files
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:DetectEncryptedVariants
Author:Zinyth
Description:Detects 'encrypted' in ASCII, Unicode, base64, or hex-encoded
Rule name:ELF_Mirai
Author:NDA0E
Description:Detects multiple Mirai variants
Rule name:ELF_Toriilike_persist
Author:4r4
Description:Detects Torii IoT Botnet (stealthier Mirai alternative)
Reference:Identified via researched data
Rule name:linux_generic_ipv6_catcher
Author:@_lubiedo
Description:ELF samples using IPv6 addresses
Rule name:Linux_Generic_Threat_3bcc1630
Author:Elastic Security
Rule name:Linux_Trojan_Gafgyt_28a2fe0c
Author:Elastic Security
Rule name:MAL_ARM_LNX_Mirai_Mar13_2022
Author:Mehmet Ali Kerimoglu a.k.a. CYB3RMX
Description:Detects new ARM Mirai variant
Rule name:RANSOMWARE
Author:ToroGuitar
Rule name:setsockopt
Author:Tim Brown @timb_machine
Description:Hunts for setsockopt() red flags
Rule name:test_rule_vldslv
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 a528e37dc8ec07de6b52f5e32cc76ccfcb5e32055787f95a4547193436d29871

(this sample)

  
Delivery method
Distributed via web download

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