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Database Entry



Mirai


Vendor detections: 9


Intelligence 9 IOCs YARA 14 File information Comments

SHA256 hash: aa4639663029df458184d867d1b26e70f72dbab32b4d86413eaefb3b577093ce
SHA3-384 hash: 6fdb13b50a918fa4ae5035427d444468dd8cb7fb57e73a92648c8f48743f12acc9213d5bc267a820e755dd8e81ba7093
SHA1 hash: 2169d0f7396a5404bf20bff56fd294cf1818fdfd
MD5 hash: 5eaaf4bc01af22eb1f9f176226ab9b17
humanhash: december-sink-king-colorado
File name:mipsel
Download: download sample
Signature Mirai
File size:848'288 bytes
First seen:2026-09-28 15:44:26 UTC
Last seen:Never
File type: elf
MIME type:application/x-executable
ssdeep 6144:KmJSqJP/YmU+XcHA7e6iJDNhp/mccR/8BmzLnJMSHJblKDbAMX2iZ7tnJ7pKd8O8:dcWNU/riiSpbYD9QfcjRz
TLSH T1DF054C076F509DF7C46BCC3705B5CB2624CDB88332A53B2A7678DA4CBD1560B56A38B8
Magika elf
Reporter abuse_ch
Tags:elf mirai

Intelligence


File Origin
# of uploads :
1
# of downloads :
92
Origin country :
DE DE
Vendor Threat Intelligence
No detections
Result
Verdict:
Malware
Maliciousness:

Behaviour
Sets a written file as executable
Sends data to a server
Creating a file
Creating a file in the %temp% directory
Receives data from a server
Kills processes
Collects information on the RAM
Connection attempt
Substitutes an application name
Creates or modifies files in /cron to set up autorun
Writes files to system directory
Creates or modifies files in /init.d to set up autorun
Performs a bruteforce attack in the network
Creates or modifies symbolic links in /init.d to set up autorun
Verdict:
Malicious
Threat level:
  10/10
Confidence:
100%
Tags:
gcc
Verdict:
Malicious
File Type:
elf.32.le
First seen:
2026-09-28T12:36:00Z UTC
Last seen:
2026-09-30T08:35:00Z UTC
Hits:
~1000
Status:
terminated
Behavior Graph:
%3 guuid=55d77117-1700-0000-4c83-c2d6d00c0000 pid=3280 /usr/bin/sudo guuid=76f1311e-1700-0000-4c83-c2d6dc0c0000 pid=3292 /tmp/sample.bin guuid=55d77117-1700-0000-4c83-c2d6d00c0000 pid=3280->guuid=76f1311e-1700-0000-4c83-c2d6dc0c0000 pid=3292 execve
Threat name:
Linux.Trojan.Multiverze
Status:
Malicious
First seen:
2026-09-28 15:45:17 UTC
File Type:
ELF32 Little (Exe)
AV detection:
9 of 24 (37.50%)
Threat level:
  5/5
Result
Malware family:
xmrig_linux
Score:
  10/10
Tags:
family:xmrig_linux discovery execution miner persistence privilege_escalation
Behaviour
Reads runtime system information
System Network Configuration Discovery
Writes file to tmp directory
Changes its process name
Reads system network configuration
Creates a large amount of network flows
Creates/modifies Cron job
Enumerates active TCP sockets
Enumerates running processes
Modifies init.d
Modifies rc script
Contacts a large (2437) amount of remote hosts
Family: xmrig
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YARA Signatures


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Rule name:ach_202503_elf_Mirai
Author:abuse.ch
Description:Detects Mirai 'TSource' ELF files
Rule name:BLOWFISH_Constants
Author:phoul (@phoul)
Description:Look for Blowfish constants
Rule name:DetectEncryptedVariants
Author:Zinyth
Description:Detects 'encrypted' in ASCII, Unicode, base64, or hex-encoded
Rule name:ELF_Toriilike_persist
Author:4r4
Description:Detects Torii IoT Botnet (stealthier Mirai alternative)
Reference:Identified via researched data
Rule name:enterpriseapps2
Author:Tim Brown @timb_machine
Description:Enterprise apps
Rule name:golang
Rule name:linux_generic_ipv6_catcher
Author:@_lubiedo
Description:ELF samples using IPv6 addresses
Rule name:MIRAI_TELNETCURL_payload
Author:AfterPacket
Description:Mirai-lineage ELF payload carrying the leaked-source decoy domain
Reference:https://github.com/Afterpacket/drosera-threat-intel
Rule name:NSVPS_Hydra_SSH_Bruteforce
Author:sanad (NSVPS-SOC)
Description:Hydra SSH brute-force campaign credentials pattern from NSVPS honeypot
Rule name:RANSOMWARE
Author:ToroGuitar
Rule name:SHA512_Constants
Author:phoul (@phoul)
Description:Look for SHA384/SHA512 constants
Rule name:telebot_framework
Author:vietdx.mb
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 aa4639663029df458184d867d1b26e70f72dbab32b4d86413eaefb3b577093ce

(this sample)

  
Delivery method
Distributed via web download

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