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Database Entry



Mirai


Vendor detections: 9


Intelligence 9 IOCs YARA 13 File information Comments

SHA256 hash: a5ca1ca0b96cd88a51372644a03de594a98330e586efb4555c613dad07ca6d5d
SHA3-384 hash: 92a02aaad2fb31c832958bd264bc6a6d90732426cd7e7f1cf5099c03993f070edef4a288f411864be0d179cd58fc0b70
SHA1 hash: dc9b696d77e00ff118e2e166cf41ce3bfaa499f5
MD5 hash: f083388023690bd199e2d9a9db54de9f
humanhash: glucose-uranus-lemon-friend
File name:arm4
Download: download sample
Signature Mirai
File size:280'764 bytes
First seen:2026-10-07 16:20:15 UTC
Last seen:2026-10-08 04:40:45 UTC
File type: elf
MIME type:application/x-executable
ssdeep 6144:0rUEngqcOMvpMkjKuCrMMd3rk+MiNweUr+A/sBWQBjnz8QAd7:+UTfOQpCAe3rk+5hA/+tz8hd7
TLSH T140540859F880DF52C6D12A7ABB5D428C33171B79D2DE7006CE209F3477EB99B0A3A542
telfhash t1a3e0681d8c2800bd83f1c6c031d3185cb87e2c04165913d40f12bbae68e0dc53aa3c36
Magika elf
Reporter abuse_ch
Tags:elf mirai

Intelligence


File Origin
# of uploads :
2
# of downloads :
77
Origin country :
DE DE
Vendor Threat Intelligence
No detections
Result
Verdict:
Malware
Maliciousness:
Verdict:
Unknown
Threat level:
  0/10
Confidence:
100%
Tags:
expand lolbin rust
Verdict:
Malicious
Uses P2P?:
false
Uses anti-vm?:
false
Architecture:
arm
Packer:
not packed
Botnet:
unknown
Number of open files:
249
Number of processes launched:
10
Processes remaning?
true
Remote TCP ports scanned:
not identified
Behaviour
Persistence
Process Renaming
Information Gathering
Botnet C2s
TCP botnet C2(s):
not identified
UDP botnet C2(s):
not identified
Verdict:
Malicious
File Type:
elf.32.le
First seen:
2026-10-07T14:29:00Z UTC
Last seen:
2026-10-07T15:04:00Z UTC
Hits:
~10
Status:
terminated
Behavior Graph:
%3 guuid=a9b1090a-1a00-0000-c2eb-564973070000 pid=1907 /usr/bin/sudo guuid=c3bd5a0d-1a00-0000-c2eb-564978070000 pid=1912 /tmp/sample.bin guuid=a9b1090a-1a00-0000-c2eb-564973070000 pid=1907->guuid=c3bd5a0d-1a00-0000-c2eb-564978070000 pid=1912 execve
Threat name:
Linux.Worm.Mirai
Status:
Malicious
First seen:
2026-10-07 16:20:26 UTC
File Type:
ELF32 Little (Exe)
AV detection:
9 of 24 (37.50%)
Threat level:
  5/5
Result
Malware family:
n/a
Score:
  7/10
Tags:
credential_access defense_evasion discovery execution persistence privilege_escalation
Behaviour
Enumerates kernel/hardware configuration
Reads runtime system information
Changes its process name
Reads system network configuration
Modifies Bash startup script
Reads process memory
Creates/modifies Cron job
Creates/modifies environment variables
Enumerates active TCP sockets
Enumerates running processes
Modifies init.d
Modifies rc script
Modifies systemd
Deletes itself
Modifies the /etc/hosts DNS resolution file
Please note that we are no longer able to provide a coverage score for Virus Total.

YARA Signatures


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Rule name:dependsonpythonailib
Author:Tim Brown
Description:Hunts for dependencies on Python AI libraries
Rule name:ELF_IoT_Persistence_Hunt
Author:4r4
Description:Hunts for ELF files with persistence and download capabilities
Rule name:ELF_Mirai
Author:NDA0E
Description:Detects multiple Mirai variants
Rule name:ELF_Packer_Dropper_Fileless_Armhf
Author:Serhii Kocherhan
Description:Detects obfuscated Linux ELF packers/droppers featuring ChaCha20/RC4 decryption, memfd_create/execveat fileless execution capabilities, and unique binary artifacts.
Rule name:enterpriseapps2
Author:Tim Brown @timb_machine
Description:Enterprise apps
Rule name:MD5_Constants
Author:phoul (@phoul)
Description:Look for MD5 constants
Rule name:RIPEMD160_Constants
Author:phoul (@phoul)
Description:Look for RIPEMD-160 constants
Rule name:SHA1_Constants
Author:phoul (@phoul)
Description:Look for SHA1 constants
Rule name:SHA512_Constants
Author:phoul (@phoul)
Description:Look for SHA384/SHA512 constants
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
Rule name:virustotal
Author:Tracel

File information


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

Web download

Mirai

elf a5ca1ca0b96cd88a51372644a03de594a98330e586efb4555c613dad07ca6d5d

(this sample)

  
Delivery method
Distributed via web download

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