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Database Entry



Mirai


Vendor detections: 8


Intelligence 8 IOCs YARA 7 File information Comments

SHA256 hash: a91f8ea006fb7ffa3c8b7646e356ebc4fb297609e3b693b161cdd12598fe51e6
SHA3-384 hash: 447f77f76c1478bfa482cf356912185852bb7636d2fbe7edd90efcd2d83bce0c58fe9a8705c66dfc113aaa3425c0403b
SHA1 hash: 3ac1df3b1bce2dbd1906f9dce94823d696378ce6
MD5 hash: 31e72bbebe69fb5bc4d76d9cd3e4b28d
humanhash: timing-butter-ten-michigan
File name:a91f8ea006fb7ffa3c8b7646e356ebc4fb297609e3b693b161cdd12598fe51e6.elf
Download: download sample
Signature Mirai
File size:109'568 bytes
First seen:2026-07-30 09:31:01 UTC
Last seen:Never
File type: elf
MIME type:application/x-executable
ssdeep 1536:5jG6h9PN6ZSfB0+y7naWuE/4DEg4K+9juLXUhBlMavVyh:5jG6nVqK+++F5QJ+NuY5vVyh
TLSH T114B34B01731C0B43D1575EF02E3B37D6C3EAE9E121F4BB49261EA74542B2AB2158AFC9
Magika elf
Reporter whack_sh
Tags:elf exe mirai whack.sh

Intelligence


File Origin
# of uploads :
1
# of downloads :
161
Origin country :
US US
Vendor Threat Intelligence
Result
Verdict:
Malware
Maliciousness:

Behaviour
Sends data to a server
Connection attempt
Receives data from a server
Runs as daemon
DNS request
Opens a port
Verdict:
Malicious
Threat level:
  10/10
Confidence:
100%
Tags:
botnet mirai obfuscated
Status:
terminated
Behavior Graph:
%3 guuid=b9eae2b8-1800-0000-b186-d6383e0c0000 pid=3134 /usr/bin/sudo guuid=a4bed7bc-1800-0000-b186-d638400c0000 pid=3136 /tmp/sample.bin guuid=b9eae2b8-1800-0000-b186-d6383e0c0000 pid=3134->guuid=a4bed7bc-1800-0000-b186-d638400c0000 pid=3136 execve
Threat name:
Linux.Worm.Mirai
Status:
Malicious
First seen:
2026-07-30 09:31:32 UTC
File Type:
ELF32 Big (Exe)
AV detection:
16 of 36 (44.44%)
Threat level:
  5/5
Result
Malware family:
Score:
  10/10
Tags:
family:mirai botnet linux
Please note that we are no longer able to provide a coverage score for Virus Total.

YARA Signatures


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Rule name:ELF_Mirai
Author:NDA0E
Description:Detects multiple Mirai variants
Rule name:ELF_Toriilike_persist
Author:4r4
Description:Detects Torii IoT Botnet (stealthier Mirai alternative)
Reference:Identified via researched data
Rule name:linux_generic_ipv6_catcher
Author:@_lubiedo
Description:ELF samples using IPv6 addresses
Rule name:SUSP_XORed_Mozilla_Oct19
Author:Florian Roth
Description:Detects suspicious single byte XORed keyword 'Mozilla/5.0' - it uses yara's XOR modifier and therefore cannot print the XOR key. You can use the CyberChef recipe linked in the reference field to brute force the used key.
Reference:https://gchq.github.io/CyberChef/#recipe=XOR_Brute_Force()
Rule name:SUSP_XORed_Mozilla_RID2DB4
Author:Florian Roth
Description:Detects suspicious XORed keyword - Mozilla/5.0
Reference:Internal Research
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


The table below shows additional information about this malware sample such as delivery method and external references.

Web download

Mirai

elf a91f8ea006fb7ffa3c8b7646e356ebc4fb297609e3b693b161cdd12598fe51e6

(this sample)

  
Delivery method
Distributed via web download

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