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Database Entry



Mirai


Vendor detections: 10


Intelligence 10 IOCs YARA 4 File information Comments

SHA256 hash: a8bdc657e98cd6b84ec1185ff178313179b72e13ac8d950c7b00451bf5a6712d
SHA3-384 hash: ea28bf2b607bdfbd0856ea574f1d5d6cc06ed6a876988fe7fd78d0852346d73068b5b8ae124a737a5cacc147a7f0c120
SHA1 hash: 78693b7910f7a4aa33f00e8c38c0271589511dac
MD5 hash: 0ed2e18dccd04e0e3567d305748f6508
humanhash: mobile-failed-football-colorado
File name:iran.i486
Download: download sample
Signature Mirai
File size:50'476 bytes
First seen:2026-04-13 04:08:54 UTC
Last seen:Never
File type: elf
MIME type:application/x-executable
ssdeep 768:vwheNrlqWC9wIhpRflrFWwqTlFNB5azjYvzNeVMU2331ANA0B7RhuqDV98SN+Er:vwQ96FpOzwLMU431ANA0BLBCGr
TLSH T179333B4DF783E0F0ED4B0571115BF77E97349E024124DE6EDB98BE62AD32A02B11B628
telfhash t13721afb47ee524f8f6c0ac0dd74ea6d3cf38d4371a61758a49f231123bd2a125221838
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 :
47
Origin country :
DE DE
Vendor Threat Intelligence
No detections
Result
Verdict:
Malware
Maliciousness:

Behaviour
Runs as daemon
Substitutes an application name
Deleting of the original file
Verdict:
Likely Malicious
Threat level:
  7.5/10
Confidence:
100%
Tags:
masquerade mirai rust
Verdict:
Malicious
Uses P2P?:
false
Uses anti-vm?:
false
Architecture:
x86
Packer:
not packed
Botnet:
unknown
Number of open files:
44
Number of processes launched:
3
Processes remaning?
true
Remote TCP ports scanned:
not identified
Behaviour
Process Renaming
Botnet C2s
TCP botnet C2(s):
not identified
UDP botnet C2(s):
not identified
Verdict:
Malicious
File Type:
elf.32.le
First seen:
2026-04-13T02:25:00Z UTC
Last seen:
2026-04-14T15:10:00Z UTC
Hits:
~10
Result
Threat name:
n/a
Detection:
malicious
Classification:
evad
Score:
60 / 100
Signature
Malicious sample detected (through community Yara rule)
Multi AV Scanner detection for submitted file
Sample deletes itself
Behaviour
Behavior Graph:
behaviorgraph top1 dnsIp2 2 Behavior Graph ID: 1897138 Sample: iran.i486.elf Startdate: 13/04/2026 Architecture: LINUX Score: 60 17 169.254.169.254, 80 USDOSUS Reserved 2->17 19 83.168.110.191, 1336, 50824 ESPOL-ASPL Poland 2->19 21 daisy.ubuntu.com 2->21 23 Malicious sample detected (through community Yara rule) 2->23 25 Multi AV Scanner detection for submitted file 2->25 8 iran.i486.elf 2->8         started        10 python3.8 dpkg 2->10         started        signatures3 process4 process5 12 iran.i486.elf 8->12         started        process6 14 iran.i486.elf 12->14         started        signatures7 27 Sample deletes itself 14->27
Threat name:
Linux.Worm.Mirai
Status:
Malicious
First seen:
2026-04-13 04:10:01 UTC
File Type:
ELF32 Little (Exe)
AV detection:
12 of 24 (50.00%)
Threat level:
  5/5
Result
Malware family:
n/a
Score:
  7/10
Tags:
discovery linux
Behaviour
Reads runtime system information
Changes its process name
Enumerates running processes
Deletes itself
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YARA Signatures


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Rule name:has_telegram_urls
Author:Aaron DeVera<aaron@backchannel.re>
Description:Detects Telegram URLs
Rule name:Linux_Trojan_Mirai_3a56423b
Author:Elastic Security
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

File information


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Web download

Mirai

elf a8bdc657e98cd6b84ec1185ff178313179b72e13ac8d950c7b00451bf5a6712d

(this sample)

  
Delivery method
Distributed via web download

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