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Database Entry



Mirai


Vendor detections: 8


Intelligence 8 IOCs YARA 9 File information Comments

SHA256 hash: ab4d6c1ddb8f9dc0dd1ecf20c6f6652bf5d85c6ce2b61022154945455ea97266
SHA3-384 hash: 220c74a8b094047c138aa32b6f8ff42513a0adfaa3c8b0ac0dd6dee5ce5a260d61997602ce4357f0d9961592eea0a711
SHA1 hash: d3eff6c7a75b1f6778392a18ed4528e27b3b53b1
MD5 hash: 80669350a333a3b2c2ac97317ddc9357
humanhash: north-gee-lithium-salami
File name:herios.aarch64
Download: download sample
Signature Mirai
File size:223'096 bytes
First seen:2026-01-28 20:29:28 UTC
Last seen:2026-01-28 22:20:42 UTC
File type: elf
MIME type:application/x-executable
ssdeep 3072:9tT61EYrqXsWiEEZSt4rOEoaMtnSPQIXADNj7uHNIFBysftM3a+xq:9tT6kOWaMtnSPfwR7ut/sftZ+xq
TLSH T10E246BA4FA0F6C52F2C6D3FD9A8C47F0391734E3C67699B16D1203ECDAA79D95A80901
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 :
3
# of downloads :
40
Origin country :
DE DE
Vendor Threat Intelligence
No detections
Result
Verdict:
Malware
Maliciousness:

Behaviour
Changes access rights for a written file
Sets a written file as executable
Creating a file in the %temp% directory
Runs as daemon
Manages services
Collects information on the OS
Changes owner for a written file
Creating a file
Launching a process
Deleting a recently created file
Creating a process from a recently created file
Collects information on the CPU
Creates or modifies files in /cron to set up autorun
Writes files to system directory
Substitutes an application name
Creates or modifies files in /init.d to set up autorun
Result
Gathering data
Status:
terminated
Behavior Graph:
%3 guuid=7c808273-1a00-0000-d71e-271a200b0000 pid=2848 /usr/bin/sudo guuid=ebca5f75-1a00-0000-d71e-271a260b0000 pid=2854 /tmp/sample.bin guuid=7c808273-1a00-0000-d71e-271a200b0000 pid=2848->guuid=ebca5f75-1a00-0000-d71e-271a260b0000 pid=2854 execve guuid=d1a62176-1a00-0000-d71e-271a290b0000 pid=2857 /usr/bin/dash guuid=ebca5f75-1a00-0000-d71e-271a260b0000 pid=2854->guuid=d1a62176-1a00-0000-d71e-271a290b0000 pid=2857 clone guuid=07c93676-1a00-0000-d71e-271a2a0b0000 pid=2858 /usr/bin/dash guuid=ebca5f75-1a00-0000-d71e-271a260b0000 pid=2854->guuid=07c93676-1a00-0000-d71e-271a2a0b0000 pid=2858 clone guuid=9b334776-1a00-0000-d71e-271a2b0b0000 pid=2859 /usr/bin/dash guuid=ebca5f75-1a00-0000-d71e-271a260b0000 pid=2854->guuid=9b334776-1a00-0000-d71e-271a2b0b0000 pid=2859 clone guuid=797f5776-1a00-0000-d71e-271a2c0b0000 pid=2860 /usr/bin/dash guuid=ebca5f75-1a00-0000-d71e-271a260b0000 pid=2854->guuid=797f5776-1a00-0000-d71e-271a2c0b0000 pid=2860 clone
Result
Threat name:
Detection:
malicious
Classification:
troj.evad
Score:
72 / 100
Signature
Multi AV Scanner detection for submitted file
Protects files from modification
Sample deletes itself
Sample reads /proc/mounts (often used for finding a writable filesystem)
Sample tries to persist itself using cron
Yara detected Mirai
Behaviour
Behavior Graph:
behaviorgraph top1 dnsIp2 2 Behavior Graph ID: 1859402 Sample: herios.aarch64.elf Startdate: 28/01/2026 Architecture: LINUX Score: 72 67 84.54.37.191, 34184, 7080 RACKTECHRU Russian Federation 2->67 71 Multi AV Scanner detection for submitted file 2->71 73 Yara detected Mirai 2->73 10 herios.aarch64.elf 2->10         started        signatures3 process4 signatures5 81 Sample deletes itself 10->81 83 Sample reads /proc/mounts (often used for finding a writable filesystem) 10->83 13 herios.aarch64.elf 10->13         started        15 herios.aarch64.elf sh 10->15         started        17 herios.aarch64.elf sh 10->17         started        19 5 other processes 10->19 process6 process7 21 herios.aarch64.elf 13->21         started        24 sh sed 15->24         started        26 sh pkill 15->26         started        28 sh chattr 17->28         started        36 2 other processes 17->36 30 sh chattr 19->30         started        32 sh chattr 19->32         started        34 sh chattr 19->34         started        38 7 other processes 19->38 signatures8 75 Sample reads /proc/mounts (often used for finding a writable filesystem) 21->75 40 herios.aarch64.elf sh 21->40         started        42 herios.aarch64.elf sh 21->42         started        44 herios.aarch64.elf sh 21->44         started        46 31 other processes 21->46 77 Sample tries to persist itself using cron 24->77 79 Protects files from modification 28->79 process9 process10 48 sh chattr 40->48         started        59 2 other processes 40->59 51 sh chattr 42->51         started        61 2 other processes 42->61 53 sh chattr 44->53         started        63 2 other processes 44->63 55 sh chattr 46->55         started        57 sh chattr 46->57         started        65 86 other processes 46->65 signatures11 69 Protects files from modification 48->69
Result
Malware family:
kvbotnet
Score:
  10/10
Tags:
family:kvbotnet linux
Please note that we are no longer able to provide a coverage score for Virus Total.

YARA Signatures


MalwareBazaar uses YARA rules from several public and non-public repositories, such as YARAhub and Malpedia. Those are being matched against malware samples uploaded to MalwareBazaar as well as against any suspicious process dumps they may create. Please note that only results from TLP:CLEAR rules are being displayed.

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_IoT_Persistence_Hunt
Author:4r4
Description:Hunts for ELF files with persistence and download capabilities
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:F01_s1ckrule
Author:s1ckb017
Rule name:linux_generic_ipv6_catcher
Author:@_lubiedo
Description:ELF samples using IPv6 addresses
Rule name:RANSOMWARE
Author:ToroGuitar
Rule name:unixredflags3
Author:Tim Brown @timb_machine
Description:Hunts for UNIX red flags
Rule name:vmdetect
Author:nex
Description:Possibly employs anti-virtualization techniques

File information


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Web download

Mirai

elf ab4d6c1ddb8f9dc0dd1ecf20c6f6652bf5d85c6ce2b61022154945455ea97266

(this sample)

  
Delivery method
Distributed via web download

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