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Database Entry



Mirai


Vendor detections: 11


Intelligence 11 IOCs YARA 2 File information Comments

SHA256 hash: a87ae514cfb1b71883cc3c03a801906d54e65c8f3f14e91ee7e08023598601b6
SHA3-384 hash: c054183be99951dbf2995e945b6769272c1b35e1716f0c28e40e9a23d397c93ebb725baa7c849a9fac78a2f6282b60e9
SHA1 hash: d769638efa1bc9188998264aeac9361a0a076e18
MD5 hash: 4fd5bc7e8949dd22e91b4cc2d0bdb62c
humanhash: west-ceiling-rugby-social
File name:mips
Download: download sample
Signature Mirai
File size:159'604 bytes
First seen:2025-12-16 14:17:00 UTC
Last seen:Never
File type: elf
MIME type:application/x-executable
ssdeep 3072:Z84GSz0hkLpfhddm0+XSWbE5K/eKPJxD6glliVP2JeyxyI5zTddDpzomFCegh5+4:Z/GSz0ZC6LvkqkH
TLSH T109F3B80EAE219F7DF3AC937947B74B34DE5912922BE1C5A0D1ACD9007E70309986FB58
telfhash t18f118e58483823f4d7b90dad6bedfb76e05171eb46251e378e00fa5d6a5de429d00c1c
Magika elf
Reporter abuse_ch
Tags:elf gafgyt mirai

Intelligence


File Origin
# of uploads :
1
# of downloads :
61
Origin country :
DE DE
Vendor Threat Intelligence
No detections
Result
Verdict:
Malware
Maliciousness:

Behaviour
Connection attempt
DNS request
Runs as daemon
Receives data from a server
Creating a file
Opens a port
Sends data to a server
Substitutes an application name
Performs a bruteforce attack in the network
Verdict:
Malicious
File Type:
elf.32.be
First seen:
2025-12-16T11:31:00Z UTC
Last seen:
2025-12-17T00:08:00Z UTC
Hits:
~10
Detections:
HEUR:Backdoor.Linux.Mirai.gen
Status:
terminated
Behavior Graph:
%3 guuid=1d2d7ae9-1700-0000-b881-1d2c4b0b0000 pid=2891 /usr/bin/sudo guuid=73ae00eb-1700-0000-b881-1d2c510b0000 pid=2897 /tmp/sample.bin guuid=1d2d7ae9-1700-0000-b881-1d2c4b0b0000 pid=2891->guuid=73ae00eb-1700-0000-b881-1d2c510b0000 pid=2897 execve
Result
Threat name:
n/a
Detection:
malicious
Classification:
n/a
Score:
56 / 100
Signature
Antivirus / Scanner detection for submitted sample
Multi AV Scanner detection for submitted file
Behaviour
Behavior Graph:
behaviorgraph top1 dnsIp2 2 Behavior Graph ID: 1833977 Sample: mips.elf Startdate: 16/12/2025 Architecture: LINUX Score: 56 18 41.210.240.10 movicel-asAO Angola 2->18 20 91.252.113.164 WINDTRE-ASIT Italy 2->20 22 99 other IPs or domains 2->22 24 Antivirus / Scanner detection for submitted sample 2->24 26 Multi AV Scanner detection for submitted file 2->26 8 mips.elf 2->8         started        signatures3 process4 process5 10 mips.elf 8->10         started        process6 12 mips.elf 10->12         started        14 mips.elf 10->14         started        16 mips.elf 10->16         started       
Threat name:
Linux.Backdoor.Gafgyt
Status:
Malicious
First seen:
2025-12-16 14:17:20 UTC
File Type:
ELF32 Big (Exe)
AV detection:
15 of 23 (65.22%)
Threat level:
  5/5
Result
Malware family:
n/a
Score:
  9/10
Tags:
credential_access discovery
Behaviour
Reads runtime system information
System Network Configuration Discovery
Changes its process name
Reads system network configuration
Reads process memory
Enumerates active TCP sockets
Enumerates running processes
Renames itself
Unexpected DNS network traffic destination
Contacts a large (569906) amount of remote hosts
Creates a large amount of network flows
Verdict:
Malicious
Tags:
Unix.Trojan.Mirai-7755770-0
YARA:
n/a
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YARA Signatures


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Rule name:linux_generic_ipv6_catcher
Author:@_lubiedo
Description:ELF samples using IPv6 addresses
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 a87ae514cfb1b71883cc3c03a801906d54e65c8f3f14e91ee7e08023598601b6

(this sample)

  
Delivery method
Distributed via web download

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