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Database Entry



Mirai


Vendor detections: 8


Intelligence 8 IOCs YARA 6 File information Comments

SHA256 hash: a98fc17acb6a3a274eb728bc4d87d627eb3d41f37ebefd67b57ac9e896bff1fa
SHA3-384 hash: 5fde27577b17e6d12b7a33e4bc40e1bad654cf071138f84cef9a77164a81909477d916fde814146c2046be512f56fb85
SHA1 hash: b8be4cf409bf5adb83c5091d344faf9b1078b782
MD5 hash: 9b38e2f49177385b349e83f0562b8caf
humanhash: carolina-green-emma-social
File name:mao.arm
Download: download sample
Signature Mirai
File size:63'656 bytes
First seen:2026-02-06 13:08:00 UTC
Last seen:Never
File type: elf
MIME type:application/x-executable
ssdeep 768:RShIy19IkyR5wmKNMil8KhoKUz6m/etTQ+Eg1cmKF4QPpo77HabBNu56upsTZGUq:AIy1WON6ilQOkETQ+FcRzPkXpswm8FL
TLSH T10C530782FC819A07DBD01336BA6E61CE33257399E1DE7247ED126F613ACA91F0D6B141
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 :
28
Origin country :
DE DE
Vendor Threat Intelligence
Malware configuration found for:
Mirai
Details
Mirai
an XOR decryption key and at least a c2 socket address
Verdict:
Likely Malicious
Threat level:
  7.5/10
Confidence:
100%
Tags:
masquerade obfuscated rust
Result
Gathering data
Result
Threat name:
Detection:
malicious
Classification:
troj
Score:
56 / 100
Signature
Multi AV Scanner detection for submitted file
Yara detected Okiru
Behaviour
Behavior Graph:
behaviorgraph top1 dnsIp2 2 Behavior Graph ID: 1864695 Sample: mao.arm.elf Startdate: 06/02/2026 Architecture: LINUX Score: 56 18 mn.34509.su 164.152.122.173, 25565 MONSANTO-INETUS United States 2->18 20 Multi AV Scanner detection for submitted file 2->20 22 Yara detected Okiru 2->22 8 mao.arm.elf 2->8         started        signatures3 process4 process5 10 mao.arm.elf 8->10         started        12 mao.arm.elf 8->12         started        process6 14 mao.arm.elf 10->14         started        16 mao.arm.elf 10->16         started       
Gathering data
Result
Malware family:
Score:
  10/10
Tags:
family:mirai
Please note that we are no longer able to provide a coverage score for Virus Total.

YARA Signatures


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Rule name:Linux_Generic_Threat_3bcc1630
Author:Elastic Security
Rule name:Linux_Generic_Threat_d94e1020
Author:Elastic Security
Rule name:Linux_Generic_Threat_da28eb8b
Author:Elastic Security
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: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 a98fc17acb6a3a274eb728bc4d87d627eb3d41f37ebefd67b57ac9e896bff1fa

(this sample)

  
Delivery method
Distributed via web download

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