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Database Entry



Mirai


Vendor detections: 11


Intelligence 11 IOCs YARA 4 File information Comments

SHA256 hash: a6dc9997b1063107643a95e17d73d1ee2843386808f36b599b3a2541ca209ff3
SHA3-384 hash: 21995aa6264b78eb44e5ba9960f16f482c556f7a9badff0590d8fe959352f9280e20bc9ee8b64b793b9fc162b6ddd97a
SHA1 hash: 5731c515466428707a1052616b140426385c1840
MD5 hash: bd8044007df614b9533471c50365d609
humanhash: william-bulldog-west-fifteen
File name:splx86
Download: download sample
Signature Mirai
File size:83'280 bytes
First seen:2026-01-11 17:59:14 UTC
Last seen:Never
File type: elf
MIME type:application/x-executable
ssdeep 1536:a45oqYsetzkYITuNfU5+3fjg22JMZhdk4sjVg8yDgYaALab9yVitbDDzG5RR:aAJYsetoHC5vjCJMZhd50ViDgYaCabY5
TLSH T1C4835BC18683ECF2E809017961B6F337AAB2E97441A8FDE3F7549A7324215D5B14A34F
telfhash t1033105ba1a330ce8b7e0a812e30d17703d1caa77592037a109f32975365ba42607ec3d
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 :
42
Origin country :
DE DE
Vendor Threat Intelligence
No detections
Result
Verdict:
Malware
Maliciousness:

Behaviour
Runs as daemon
Receives data from a server
Opens a port
Sends data to a server
DNS request
Creating a file
Connection attempt
Substitutes an application name
Performs a bruteforce attack in the network
Verdict:
Malicious
File Type:
elf.32.le
First seen:
2026-01-11T15:17:00Z UTC
Last seen:
2026-01-12T23:44:00Z UTC
Hits:
~10
Result
Threat name:
Detection:
malicious
Classification:
troj
Score:
76 / 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
Yara detected Mirai
Behaviour
Behavior Graph:
behaviorgraph top1 dnsIp2 2 Behavior Graph ID: 1848504 Sample: splx86.elf Startdate: 11/01/2026 Architecture: LINUX Score: 76 18 37.34.91.205 SUPERLINK-ASPS Palestinian Territory Occupied 2->18 20 37.34.91.224 SUPERLINK-ASPS Palestinian Territory Occupied 2->20 22 100 other IPs or domains 2->22 24 Malicious sample detected (through community Yara rule) 2->24 26 Antivirus / Scanner detection for submitted sample 2->26 28 Multi AV Scanner detection for submitted file 2->28 30 2 other signatures 2->30 8 splx86.elf 2->8         started        signatures3 process4 process5 10 splx86.elf 8->10         started        process6 12 splx86.elf 10->12         started        14 splx86.elf 10->14         started        16 splx86.elf 10->16         started       
Threat name:
Linux.Backdoor.Mirai
Status:
Malicious
First seen:
2026-01-11 18:00:46 UTC
File Type:
ELF32 Little (Exe)
AV detection:
13 of 24 (54.17%)
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
Enumerates active TCP sockets
Enumerates running processes
Renames itself
Contacts a large (48262) amount of remote hosts
Creates a large amount of network flows
Verdict:
Malicious
Tags:
trojan mirai Unix.Trojan.Mirai-7755770-0
YARA:
Linux_Trojan_Mirai_fa3ad9d0 Linux_Trojan_Mirai_cc93863b Linux_Trojan_Mirai_8aa7b5d3
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YARA Signatures


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Rule name:Linux_Trojan_Mirai_8aa7b5d3
Author:Elastic Security
Rule name:Linux_Trojan_Mirai_cc93863b
Author:Elastic Security
Rule name:Linux_Trojan_Mirai_fa3ad9d0
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 a6dc9997b1063107643a95e17d73d1ee2843386808f36b599b3a2541ca209ff3

(this sample)

  
Delivery method
Distributed via web download

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