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Database Entry



Mirai


Vendor detections: 10


Intelligence 10 IOCs YARA 6 File information Comments

SHA256 hash: a9a96cc123866df23aa043f23e7374c6ff75f68c67359f93bb89a05f8c7b2719
SHA3-384 hash: 7c503b5fedfe14c97914ca227d837ab3150dd87c31ce7a1691071807e261b0cd5ba68d1fcd8d039a5035ee0336b94c13
SHA1 hash: 4c3e9c262a98b383d0ebb58cf08068cad64bdfb4
MD5 hash: e6b70ab7aae2198eb7170aafd760e6fc
humanhash: nebraska-steak-pennsylvania-alpha
File name:mao.arm5
Download: download sample
Signature Mirai
File size:63'756 bytes
First seen:2026-02-07 22:31:32 UTC
Last seen:Never
File type: elf
MIME type:application/x-executable
ssdeep 768:EZqtAATOSAWG/yi6A5LJAcZUO1CBeUS8Vg1xmKFD6/po7bHeBNu5bpsqnZUZ2Fve:E8AE7X/A54yOeUS8QxRu/MbpsCRFw
TLSH T177532A82FC81DA07DAD01336BA5E51CE37267399E1DE3347DE126F213A8A91F0D6B146
telfhash t180112371a65409fc73e8c70ea2ce124bf96334f99a033823975f379e03434c1b51042a
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 :
55
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
Result
Gathering data
Verdict:
Malicious
File Type:
elf.32.le
First seen:
2026-02-06T21:09:00Z UTC
Last seen:
2026-02-06T21:36:00Z UTC
Hits:
~10
Detections:
HEUR:Backdoor.Linux.Mirai.es HEUR:Backdoor.Linux.Mirai.b
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: 1865386 Sample: mao.arm5.elf Startdate: 07/02/2026 Architecture: LINUX Score: 56 22 109.202.202.202, 80 INIT7CH Switzerland 2->22 24 mn.34509.su 45.95.146.23, 25565, 51124, 51126 EKMEDIANL Netherlands 2->24 26 3 other IPs or domains 2->26 28 Multi AV Scanner detection for submitted file 2->28 30 Yara detected Okiru 2->30 8 mao.arm5.elf 2->8         started        10 dash rm 2->10         started        12 dash rm 2->12         started        signatures3 process4 process5 14 mao.arm5.elf 8->14         started        16 mao.arm5.elf 8->16         started        process6 18 mao.arm5.elf 14->18         started        20 mao.arm5.elf 14->20         started       
Threat name:
Linux.Backdoor.Mirai
Status:
Malicious
First seen:
2026-02-07 02:03:27 UTC
File Type:
ELF32 Little (Exe)
AV detection:
20 of 36 (55.56%)
Threat level:
  5/5
Result
Malware family:
Score:
  10/10
Tags:
family:mirai
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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 a9a96cc123866df23aa043f23e7374c6ff75f68c67359f93bb89a05f8c7b2719

(this sample)

  
Delivery method
Distributed via web download

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