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Mirai


Vendor detections: 14


Intelligence 14 IOCs YARA 2 File information Comments

SHA256 hash: a899e6cbe2c6727b536d2f82c22d2e6bdbbf7ea90944e58fa0ddc40aeea1372b
SHA3-384 hash: b14fb4386afdb1a0be03edb50e47868799d3fc9777fabd11fde628043ca899a16e60622825b68460cf78718a6afaffe0
SHA1 hash: a2630f189ad5bc08b3a6213af054d53082368e1c
MD5 hash: d2e9e85e44687a88b3efce0f45e94d00
humanhash: delaware-echo-mountain-timing
File name:morte.arm6
Download: download sample
Signature Mirai
File size:52'380 bytes
First seen:2025-11-07 19:02:14 UTC
Last seen:Never
File type: elf
MIME type:application/x-executable
ssdeep 768:iTd6I5giCI93Vnnv+ldOq7uxu7260jQ73XrMUTp0RtXxfnfBHTi90YuUhD28EmLz:IMihrvCwnu78cHRpSBZnfxiqYzD27KL1
TLSH T14B33F1572C071FF3E7106DFAB97A0F0FB71E1EA980E110938895CB9A348158FB9E8955
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 UPX
File size (compressed) :52'380 bytes
File size (de-compressed) :132'160 bytes
Format:linux/arm
Unpacked file: 7a1ef9c04fa4204817f0929dd1ae68948cea9ed05ba0d0a1f40360907830a01b

Intelligence


File Origin
# of uploads :
1
# of downloads :
45
Origin country :
DE DE
Vendor Threat Intelligence
Result
Verdict:
Malware
Maliciousness:

Behaviour
Connection attempt
Runs as daemon
Receives data from a server
Opens a port
Sends data to a server
Performs a bruteforce attack in the network
Verdict:
Suspicious
Threat level:
  5/10
Confidence:
100%
Tags:
android gafgyt masquerade mirai obfuscated packed upx
Verdict:
Malicious
Uses P2P?:
false
Uses anti-vm?:
false
Architecture:
arm
Packer:
UPX
Botnet:
unknown
Number of open files:
49
Number of processes launched:
7
Processes remaning?
false
Remote TCP ports scanned:
8080,52869,37215,23,80,22,5000,9527,81,8888,8081
Behaviour
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:
2025-11-07T16:10:00Z UTC
Last seen:
2025-11-09T12:29:00Z UTC
Hits:
~10
Detections:
HEUR:Exploit.Linux.CVE-2018-10561.a HEUR:Backdoor.Linux.Mirai.r HEUR:Backdoor.Linux.Mirai.b HEUR:Backdoor.Linux.Gafgyt.bl HEUR:Backdoor.Linux.Gafgyt.bj
Status:
terminated
Behavior Graph:
%3 guuid=291d7521-1a00-0000-288c-4201380a0000 pid=2616 /usr/bin/sudo guuid=f0daa223-1a00-0000-288c-4201400a0000 pid=2624 /tmp/sample.bin guuid=291d7521-1a00-0000-288c-4201380a0000 pid=2616->guuid=f0daa223-1a00-0000-288c-4201400a0000 pid=2624 execve
Result
Threat name:
Detection:
malicious
Classification:
troj.evad
Score:
68 / 100
Signature
Connects to many ports of the same IP (likely port scanning)
Sample is packed with UPX
Sends malformed DNS queries
Uses dynamic DNS services
Uses known network protocols on non-standard ports
Yara detected Mirai
Behaviour
Behavior Graph:
behaviorgraph top1 dnsIp2 2 Behavior Graph ID: 1810172 Sample: morte.arm6.elf Startdate: 07/11/2025 Architecture: LINUX Score: 68 30 mortex.duckdns.org. [malformed] 2->30 32 194.77.179.28, 37215 VIA-NET-WORKS-ASUS Germany 2->32 34 99 other IPs or domains 2->34 36 Yara detected Mirai 2->36 38 Connects to many ports of the same IP (likely port scanning) 2->38 40 Uses known network protocols on non-standard ports 2->40 42 Sample is packed with UPX 2->42 8 morte.arm6.elf 2->8         started        10 dash rm 2->10         started        12 dash rm 2->12         started        14 python3.8 dpkg 2->14         started        signatures3 44 Sends malformed DNS queries 30->44 46 Uses dynamic DNS services 30->46 process4 process5 16 morte.arm6.elf 8->16         started        18 morte.arm6.elf 8->18         started        20 morte.arm6.elf 8->20         started        22 morte.arm6.elf 8->22         started        process6 24 morte.arm6.elf 16->24         started        26 morte.arm6.elf 16->26         started        28 morte.arm6.elf 16->28         started       
Threat name:
Linux.Worm.Mirai
Status:
Malicious
First seen:
2025-11-07 19:03:17 UTC
File Type:
ELF32 Little (Exe)
AV detection:
20 of 37 (54.05%)
Threat level:
  5/5
Result
Malware family:
Score:
  10/10
Tags:
family:mirai botnet defense_evasion discovery upx
Behaviour
Reads runtime system information
Enumerates running processes
Writes file to system bin folder
Modifies Watchdog functionality
Mirai
Mirai family
Malware Config
C2 Extraction:
mortex.duckdns.org
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YARA Signatures


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Rule name:SUSP_ELF_LNX_UPX_Compressed_File
Author:Florian Roth (Nextron Systems)
Description:Detects a suspicious ELF binary with UPX compression
Reference:Internal Research
Rule name:upx_packed_elf_v1
Author:RandomMalware

File information


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Web download

Mirai

elf a899e6cbe2c6727b536d2f82c22d2e6bdbbf7ea90944e58fa0ddc40aeea1372b

(this sample)

  
Delivery method
Distributed via web download

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