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Database Entry



Mirai


Vendor detections: 8


Intelligence 8 IOCs YARA 10 File information Comments

SHA256 hash: ab529488f4148216878d255d83bfbaec4c6961529f8e5847fc269afc81258fbc
SHA3-384 hash: 9de481dcd14eb6ea478f215a8de9e02b2025bf32e7221cc68ac6e206ef5b5fd18c5ebb3e88f2d8e508e84a3ca8233e7e
SHA1 hash: a62e5106cb986df1f797c961435b924d0b022e88
MD5 hash: c44c5f268863b09ea7cbc727549f734d
humanhash: monkey-blue-blue-comet
File name:nz.arc
Download: download sample
Signature Mirai
File size:148'932 bytes
First seen:2026-07-09 12:10:00 UTC
Last seen:Never
File type: elf
MIME type:application/x-executable
ssdeep 3072:PfpcpGAcRtyMlsPJYZE9TcGOI6wOJwgu7Rq:PgGFTowGT37Rq
TLSH T112E3BE97F6472092C96302F407CB6BCD2E6362825F9BD9E76D2F753B19360DB1402792
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 :
72
Origin country :
DE DE
Vendor Threat Intelligence
No detections
Verdict:
Likely Malicious
Threat level:
  7.5/10
Confidence:
100%
Tags:
masquerade mirai obfuscated
Verdict:
Malicious
File Type:
elf.32.le
First seen:
2026-07-09T09:17:00Z UTC
Last seen:
2026-07-10T19:27:00Z UTC
Hits:
~10
Detections:
HEUR:Backdoor.Linux.Mirai.b HEUR:Backdoor.Linux.Gafgyt.bl HEUR:Backdoor.Linux.Gafgyt.bj HEUR:Backdoor.Linux.Mirai.r HEUR:Backdoor.Linux.Mirai.h HEUR:Backdoor.Linux.Mirai.cw
Status:
terminated
Behavior Graph:
%3 guuid=3c023a5f-1b00-0000-d319-6c71da0a0000 pid=2778 /usr/bin/sudo guuid=cf8b6363-1b00-0000-d319-6c71df0a0000 pid=2783 /tmp/sample.bin guuid=3c023a5f-1b00-0000-d319-6c71da0a0000 pid=2778->guuid=cf8b6363-1b00-0000-d319-6c71df0a0000 pid=2783 execve
Threat name:
Linux.Worm.Mirai
Status:
Malicious
First seen:
2026-07-09 12:11:00 UTC
File Type:
ELF32 Little (Exe)
AV detection:
17 of 24 (70.83%)
Threat level:
  5/5
Result
Malware family:
Score:
  10/10
Tags:
family:mirai botnet linux
Malware Config
C2 Extraction:
oqwlkbwl3wt65gwskl.hopto.org
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_Toriilike_persist
Author:4r4
Description:Detects Torii IoT Botnet (stealthier Mirai alternative)
Reference:Identified via researched data
Rule name:F01_s1ckrule
Author:s1ckb017
Rule name:linux_generic_ipv6_catcher
Author:@_lubiedo
Description:ELF samples using IPv6 addresses
Rule name:Linux_Trojan_Gafgyt_28a2fe0c
Author:Elastic Security
Rule name:MAL_ELF_Xlogin_Nov24_1
Author:Florian Roth
Description:Detects xlogin backdoor samples
Reference:https://blog.sekoia.io/solving-the-7777-botnet-enigma-a-cybersecurity-quest/
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: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 ab529488f4148216878d255d83bfbaec4c6961529f8e5847fc269afc81258fbc

(this sample)

  
Delivery method
Distributed via web download

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