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Database Entry



Mirai


Vendor detections: 7


Intelligence 7 IOCs YARA 4 File information Comments

SHA256 hash: a79f926a5febbb3a3975551ce736a0960d7da071fd9c7ec31d5181ea57fa7280
SHA3-384 hash: ab067d8e7e3fd7654e41caba60e7c82c863275aca1e0d42eba95b36b52746089bace8ad23335ecfe7abb2da2dc53dfdc
SHA1 hash: 63134b827172bcb5821122dfc46b889f55de92f8
MD5 hash: e0ca79858c0c7334f7071d6fee70e3b4
humanhash: william-twelve-louisiana-leopard
File name:putita.arm5
Download: download sample
Signature Mirai
File size:124'348 bytes
First seen:2026-08-06 05:31:46 UTC
Last seen:Never
File type: elf
MIME type:application/x-sharedlib
ssdeep 3072:MNj6juBHdI4ozVIHLcYEEU5ZjMWwNwhA4oj2P7/NiF3Heuyf1Dl:MlQPVSLcYEEU5ZjMWawZY2Pg3Zy95
TLSH T199C32AA9F890DE52C6C52676FB4D418C33231778D3DA7105CE149E34F7EB95A0E3A942
Magika elf
Reporter abuse_ch
Tags:elf mirai upx-dec


Avatar
abuse_ch
UPX decompressed file, sourced from SHA256 1b036da980d67eb67ee1bfb458d3cfd198a7573ca0f392ec3715d2c9629ed363
File size (compressed) :56'436 bytes
File size (de-compressed) :124'348 bytes
Format:linux/arm
Packed file: 1b036da980d67eb67ee1bfb458d3cfd198a7573ca0f392ec3715d2c9629ed363

Intelligence


File Origin
# of uploads :
1
# of downloads :
77
Origin country :
NL NL
Vendor Threat Intelligence
No detections
Result
Verdict:
Malware
Maliciousness:

Behaviour
Opens a port
Sets a written file as executable
Launching a process
Connection attempt
Runs as daemon
Receives data from a server
Sends data to a server
Changes the time when the file was created, accessed, or modified
Changes access rights for a written file
Creating a file
Creates or modifies symbolic links
Substitutes an application name
Writes files to system directory
Creates or modifies files in /cron to set up autorun
Creates or modifies files to set up autorun
Deleting of the original file
Creates or modifies symbolic links in /init.d to set up autorun
Creates or modifies files in /init.d to set up autorun
Verdict:
Unknown
Threat level:
  0/10
Confidence:
100%
Tags:
gcc masquerade rust
Verdict:
Malicious
File Type:
elf.32.le
First seen:
2026-08-06T03:41:00Z UTC
Last seen:
2026-08-07T22:48:00Z UTC
Hits:
~10
Status:
terminated
Behavior Graph:
%3 guuid=a753c6b1-1a00-0000-95ee-4e6c290c0000 pid=3113 /usr/bin/sudo guuid=a5e584b4-1a00-0000-95ee-4e6c2b0c0000 pid=3115 /tmp/sample.bin guuid=a753c6b1-1a00-0000-95ee-4e6c290c0000 pid=3113->guuid=a5e584b4-1a00-0000-95ee-4e6c2b0c0000 pid=3115 execve
Threat name:
Linux.Worm.Mirai
Status:
Malicious
First seen:
2026-08-06 05:32:44 UTC
File Type:
ELF32 Little (SO)
AV detection:
14 of 24 (58.33%)
Threat level:
  5/5
Result
Malware family:
n/a
Score:
  7/10
Tags:
defense_evasion execution persistence privilege_escalation
Behaviour
Changes its process name
Modifies Bash startup script
Creates/modifies Cron job
Creates/modifies environment variables
Modifies init.d
Modifies rc script
Modifies systemd
Deletes itself
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YARA Signatures


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Rule name:elf_arm_mips_ko_so
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: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 a79f926a5febbb3a3975551ce736a0960d7da071fd9c7ec31d5181ea57fa7280

(this sample)

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