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Database Entry



Mirai


Vendor detections: 6


Intelligence 6 IOCs YARA 1 File information Comments

SHA256 hash: aa84cdeabef2b8b9ff28eb9c5744e7dbd65d29347ca27560fbb1ef5ebbcf536b
SHA3-384 hash: 246b5ce1b91152ab6381f28b422820945723fc4e1704dae44c4c6d2eae819e60f6c5b645e89391aeaf07187d60b0a049
SHA1 hash: 2a09d0da1c6e1369bc8e2122f7935b269221a572
MD5 hash: 80e4c198392dc1a1eb93d74e7285326b
humanhash: fillet-mobile-high-quiet
File name:mpsl
Download: download sample
Signature Mirai
File size:125'920 bytes
First seen:2026-01-24 12:13:50 UTC
Last seen:Never
File type: elf
MIME type:application/x-executable
ssdeep 1536:iG0xAEiS1u0gWX5/6mogJCax3K30UZqxYCBmbB881eBuVu/oW3kOZfqFX39wu7rs:b2RJJCHokVPfqWs4HWGOAc/
TLSH T1C9C3080ABFB11FBBE46FDE3745A90B49249C550621B97B793A74D81CF24A18F05E3C60
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 :
64
Origin country :
DE DE
Vendor Threat Intelligence
No detections
Verdict:
Malicious
Uses P2P?:
false
Uses anti-vm?:
false
Architecture:
mips
Packer:
not packed
Botnet:
unknown
Number of open files:
7
Number of processes launched:
4
Processes remaning?
false
Remote TCP ports scanned:
not identified
Behaviour
no suspicious findings
Botnet C2s
TCP botnet C2(s):
not identified
UDP botnet C2(s):
not identified
Result
Gathering data
Result
Threat name:
Detection:
malicious
Classification:
troj.evad
Score:
68 / 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
Yara detected Mirai
Behaviour
Behavior Graph:
behaviorgraph top1 dnsIp2 2 Behavior Graph ID: 1856742 Sample: mpsl.elf Startdate: 24/01/2026 Architecture: LINUX Score: 68 24 197.158.134.10, 23 TDM-ASMZ Zambia 2->24 26 197.158.134.12, 23 TDM-ASMZ Zambia 2->26 28 100 other IPs or domains 2->28 30 Multi AV Scanner detection for submitted file 2->30 32 Yara detected Mirai 2->32 34 Connects to many IPs within the same subnet mask (likely port scanning) 2->34 8 mpsl.elf .systemd-journald 2->8         started        12 dash rm 2->12         started        14 dash rm 2->14         started        signatures3 process4 file5 22 /dev/shm/.systemd-journald, ELF 8->22 dropped 36 Drops invisible ELF files 8->36 38 Sample deletes itself 8->38 16 .systemd-journald 8->16         started        signatures6 process7 process8 18 .systemd-journald 16->18         started        20 .systemd-journald 16->20         started       
Gathering data
Result
Malware family:
n/a
Score:
  9/10
Tags:
credential_access discovery
Behaviour
Reads runtime system information
Writes file to shm directory
Reads process memory
Enumerates running processes
Deletes itself
Executes dropped EXE
Contacts a large (24994) amount of remote hosts
Creates a large amount of network flows
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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 aa84cdeabef2b8b9ff28eb9c5744e7dbd65d29347ca27560fbb1ef5ebbcf536b

(this sample)

  
Delivery method
Distributed via web download

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