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Database Entry



Mirai


Vendor detections: 7


Intelligence 7 IOCs YARA 1 File information Comments

SHA256 hash: a99a589867394c51c5fccd9186a47067e8b70778644aacfe7b0d493c9e888ec8
SHA3-384 hash: bb839e9c05d9da9a429a8d001cd8272fc5015bd06a01b9e8a593cf0554e75e2d65749654e8bd904d4445eac146cadebd
SHA1 hash: 2a5ac9163405a04697f5f92eb4b49e13e4afa8a1
MD5 hash: 851870c906f2c6524e89f3209a0f1e22
humanhash: pizza-friend-helium-georgia
File name:m68k
Download: download sample
Signature Mirai
File size:92'596 bytes
First seen:2026-01-26 23:23:24 UTC
Last seen:Never
File type: elf
MIME type:application/x-executable
ssdeep 1536:OhzzDqIJR0e+6+6ngAJuWgfFfOZ+R5uWmkWWOYPZeX1Fp48rpz:OhzzDq65e6ngmuWH4HFJMYYX1FDpz
TLSH T1F4933AA2B410DC7EF45BE7F780570A16B220A3E44E426F27B627BD53EE2E1742852D47
Magika elf
Reporter abuse_ch
Tags:elf mirai

Intelligence


File Origin
# of uploads :
1
# of downloads :
109
Origin country :
DE DE
Vendor Threat Intelligence
No detections
Verdict:
Malicious
File Type:
elf.32.be
First seen:
2026-01-27T08:12:00Z UTC
Last seen:
2026-01-27T08:42:00Z UTC
Hits:
~10
Status:
terminated
Behavior Graph:
%3 guuid=857e051c-1800-0000-0164-a185b4040000 pid=1204 /usr/bin/sudo guuid=b9ae6f1e-1800-0000-0164-a185bb040000 pid=1211 /tmp/sample.bin guuid=857e051c-1800-0000-0164-a185b4040000 pid=1204->guuid=b9ae6f1e-1800-0000-0164-a185bb040000 pid=1211 execve
Result
Threat name:
n/a
Detection:
malicious
Classification:
spre.troj.evad
Score:
72 / 100
Signature
Connects to many IPs within the same subnet mask (likely port scanning)
Drops invisible ELF files
Multi AV Scanner detection for submitted file
Sample deletes itself
Sample reads /proc/mounts (often used for finding a writable filesystem)
Sample tries to kill multiple processes (SIGKILL)
Sends malformed DNS queries
Behaviour
Behavior Graph:
behaviorgraph top1 dnsIp2 2 Behavior Graph ID: 1857996 Sample: m68k.elf Startdate: 27/01/2026 Architecture: LINUX Score: 72 58 slursontel.ru. [malformed] 2->58 60 slursbeback.ru. [malformed] 2->60 62 103 other IPs or domains 2->62 66 Multi AV Scanner detection for submitted file 2->66 68 Connects to many IPs within the same subnet mask (likely port scanning) 2->68 8 m68k.elf .systemd-journald 2->8         started        12 systemd gpu-manager 2->12         started        14 systemd gpu-manager 2->14         started        16 56 other processes 2->16 signatures3 70 Sends malformed DNS queries 60->70 process4 file5 56 /dev/shm/.systemd-journald, ELF 8->56 dropped 72 Drops invisible ELF files 8->72 74 Sample deletes itself 8->74 18 .systemd-journald 8->18         started        21 gpu-manager sh 12->21         started        23 gpu-manager sh 12->23         started        25 gpu-manager sh 12->25         started        31 5 other processes 12->31 33 6 other processes 14->33 76 Sample reads /proc/mounts (often used for finding a writable filesystem) 16->76 27 gpu-manager sh 16->27         started        29 gpu-manager sh 16->29         started        35 51 other processes 16->35 signatures6 process7 signatures8 64 Sample tries to kill multiple processes (SIGKILL) 18->64 47 2 other processes 18->47 37 sh grep 21->37         started        39 sh grep 23->39         started        41 sh grep 25->41         started        43 sh grep 27->43         started        45 sh grep 29->45         started        50 5 other processes 31->50 52 5 other processes 33->52 54 34 other processes 35->54 process9 signatures10 78 Sample tries to kill multiple processes (SIGKILL) 47->78
Threat name:
Linux.Worm.Mirai
Status:
Malicious
First seen:
2026-01-26 23:24:34 UTC
File Type:
ELF32 Big (Exe)
AV detection:
11 of 24 (45.83%)
Threat level:
  5/5
Result
Malware family:
n/a
Score:
  1/10
Tags:
linux
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YARA Signatures


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Rule name:unixredflags3
Author:Tim Brown @timb_machine
Description:Hunts for UNIX red flags

File information


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Web download

Mirai

elf a99a589867394c51c5fccd9186a47067e8b70778644aacfe7b0d493c9e888ec8

(this sample)

  
Delivery method
Distributed via web download

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