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Database Entry



Mirai


Vendor detections: 9


Intelligence 9 IOCs YARA 9 File information Comments

SHA256 hash: a997912ca9727aef183e9c0b9309d8dd8e47209fc46b4d25daea5e75d34fff71
SHA3-384 hash: 7fee59c6c0c2fdd4e33eba164eadb5fbc1b93aeeb4783dd100aba6ad6ea253e26a87f03ca0a85e474fe00980e07637b4
SHA1 hash: 0bd90d4e28472118d7d01001beee96a1d09606d7
MD5 hash: e6211ef047a4f58eaae52ea95466bdff
humanhash: sodium-cup-pluto-arkansas
File name:c61c40
Download: download sample
Signature Mirai
File size:121'087 bytes
First seen:2026-08-06 08:14:49 UTC
Last seen:2026-08-06 16:49:22 UTC
File type: elf
MIME type:application/x-executable
ssdeep 3072:PQ0Ewp9dOID9CXodp5EoniLpICWbbDM/9mh:P3Ewp9dOIDoXodp5E2ihWbHM/9mh
TLSH T160C32B46EB418B13C4D5177ABAAF42453323E764D3EB330689186FB43F8679E4E63606
telfhash t192218eb1472a55245659cfdc9ed9636a022dc2161387df33ef11c4eca01609de531d4f
Magika elf
Reporter abuse_ch
Tags:elf mirai

Intelligence


File Origin
# of uploads :
2
# of downloads :
75
Origin country :
DE DE
Vendor Threat Intelligence
Result
Verdict:
Malware
Maliciousness:

Behaviour
Kills processes
Opens a port
Sends data to a server
Connection attempt
Runs as daemon
DNS request
Substitutes an application name
Verdict:
Unknown
Threat level:
  0/10
Confidence:
100%
Tags:
bash gcc lolbin rust
Verdict:
Malicious
File Type:
elf.32.le
First seen:
2026-08-04T06:04:00Z UTC
Last seen:
2026-08-04T06:44:00Z UTC
Hits:
~10
Status:
terminated
Behavior Graph:
%3 guuid=28ead9c2-1900-0000-307c-41746d060000 pid=1645 /usr/bin/sudo guuid=36d1a2c5-1900-0000-307c-417471060000 pid=1649 /tmp/sample.bin guuid=28ead9c2-1900-0000-307c-41746d060000 pid=1645->guuid=36d1a2c5-1900-0000-307c-417471060000 pid=1649 execve
Threat name:
Linux.Backdoor.Mirai
Status:
Malicious
First seen:
2026-08-04 15:59:41 UTC
File Type:
ELF32 Little (Exe)
AV detection:
19 of 36 (52.78%)
Threat level:
  5/5
Result
Malware family:
Score:
  10/10
Tags:
family:mirai botnet defense_evasion discovery
Behaviour
Reads runtime system information
Changes its process name
Reads system network configuration
Enumerates active TCP sockets
Modifies Watchdog functionality
Malware Config
C2 Extraction:
m4ch.ru
141.98.10.50
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YARA Signatures


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Rule name:CP_Script_Inject_Detector
Author:DiegoAnalytics
Description:Detects attempts to inject code into another process across PE, ELF, Mach-O binaries
Rule name:ELF_Mirai
Author:NDA0E
Description:Detects multiple Mirai variants
Rule name:linux_generic_ipv6_catcher
Author:@_lubiedo
Description:ELF samples using IPv6 addresses
Rule name:Linux_Generic_Threat_0ea505fa
Author:Elastic Security
Rule name:Linux_Generic_Threat_8299c877
Author:Elastic Security
Rule name:Linux_Generic_Threat_c19ca8e5
Author:Elastic Security
Rule name:setsockopt
Author:Tim Brown @timb_machine
Description:Hunts for setsockopt() red flags
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 a997912ca9727aef183e9c0b9309d8dd8e47209fc46b4d25daea5e75d34fff71

(this sample)

  
Delivery method
Distributed via web download

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