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Database Entry



Mirai


Vendor detections: 6


Intelligence 6 IOCs YARA 4 File information Comments

SHA256 hash: a553301ea8d2349854b2cc8aace9542db481fcfe642d0863141146e0a58722c5
SHA3-384 hash: 3bfe2117894e146ad0e2345d6af0a976a548303038f586156a64f26aaa59b2fd79d415b374c90ac7e34b44b7e0e6b9a7
SHA1 hash: f005475825f9e48e6b464697bd40794265745814
MD5 hash: b1c2229ab4afdb0fc6e38d9e3a59b725
humanhash: autumn-nineteen-beryllium-iowa
File name:iran.powerpc
Download: download sample
Signature Mirai
File size:121'508 bytes
First seen:2026-04-25 14:51:51 UTC
Last seen:Never
File type: elf
MIME type:application/x-executable
ssdeep 1536:6/B72AZ4ex10JrZqQ7UrZb6wI0vAnjiLVRuzae8Dhq6N2te5f3dyJ:6dB4exMF7oZKJnCNYakJ
TLSH T1BEC32A05B30C0D47E1633EF43B3B27E193DFDA8121E4E640655FAA8A91B2D32558ADDE
Magika elf
Reporter abuse_ch
Tags:elf mirai

Intelligence


File Origin
# of uploads :
1
# of downloads :
66
Origin country :
DE DE
Vendor Threat Intelligence
No detections
Result
Verdict:
Malware
Maliciousness:

Behaviour
Connection attempt
Sends data to a server
Receives data from a server
Runs as daemon
Substitutes an application name
Deleting of the original file
Gathering data
Verdict:
Malicious
File Type:
elf.32.be
First seen:
2026-04-23T16:01:00Z UTC
Last seen:
2026-04-23T17:04:00Z UTC
Hits:
~10
Status:
terminated
Behavior Graph:
%3 guuid=efeb08e3-1a00-0000-b0a2-c1bf3c0b0000 pid=2876 /usr/bin/sudo guuid=8e1ccce4-1a00-0000-b0a2-c1bf410b0000 pid=2881 /tmp/sample.bin guuid=efeb08e3-1a00-0000-b0a2-c1bf3c0b0000 pid=2876->guuid=8e1ccce4-1a00-0000-b0a2-c1bf410b0000 pid=2881 execve
Threat name:
Linux.Backdoor.Mirai
Status:
Malicious
First seen:
2026-04-23 21:41:07 UTC
File Type:
ELF32 Big (Exe)
AV detection:
16 of 36 (44.44%)
Threat level:
  5/5
Result
Malware family:
n/a
Score:
  1/10
Tags:
linux
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YARA Signatures


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Rule name:ELF_Toriilike_persist
Author:4r4
Description:Detects Torii IoT Botnet (stealthier Mirai alternative)
Reference:Identified via researched data
Rule name:has_telegram_urls
Author:Aaron DeVera<aaron@backchannel.re>
Description:Detects Telegram URLs
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 a553301ea8d2349854b2cc8aace9542db481fcfe642d0863141146e0a58722c5

(this sample)

  
Delivery method
Distributed via web download

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