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Database Entry



Mirai


Vendor detections: 8


Intelligence 8 IOCs YARA 11 File information Comments

SHA256 hash: ae164e666d4752c40f28d0a75adf03cc16e9123ce965fd60d7267745405f76a6
SHA3-384 hash: de07ee2728187c48cc4adaa630fa95062bb228bcd26d78b24f5bdcf9b654208ee31a3b3fdea55f308cebbf7bdb07ffe9
SHA1 hash: 8ef63d615574bbcbebfc5766b690e39b5222f652
MD5 hash: d05cf7f37d33ee9fa267e51ac11f37c0
humanhash: connecticut-bravo-saturn-aspen
File name:mips
Download: download sample
Signature Mirai
File size:84'352 bytes
First seen:2026-04-02 10:23:34 UTC
Last seen:Never
File type: elf
MIME type:application/x-executable
ssdeep 1536:Hyxqx2cPKBhhTCU47V0/tdtyj/zDL/ukaHu:Hy22uKBmUDtybBt
TLSH T13283D70A6E218FACF799833087F74E21975C33A626E1C685D25CD9042EB474E641FFAD
telfhash t1c421e416c53c03f4d7c14cac6bedfb32e07190df5a266d378d14dd9a9a69982ae00c1c
Magika elf
Reporter abuse_ch
Tags:elf mirai

Intelligence


File Origin
# of uploads :
1
# of downloads :
89
Origin country :
DE DE
Vendor Threat Intelligence
Gathering data
Result
Verdict:
Malware
Maliciousness:

Behaviour
Connection attempt
Runs as daemon
Opens a port
Sends data to a server
Substitutes an application name
Deleting of the original file
Verdict:
Malicious
Uses P2P?:
false
Uses anti-vm?:
false
Architecture:
mips
Packer:
not packed
Botnet:
unknown
Number of open files:
1
Number of processes launched:
2
Processes remaning?
true
Remote TCP ports scanned:
not identified
Behaviour
Process Renaming
Botnet C2s
TCP botnet C2(s):
not identified
UDP botnet C2(s):
not identified
Verdict:
Malicious
File Type:
elf.32.be
First seen:
2026-04-02T07:32:00Z UTC
Last seen:
2026-04-02T08:05:00Z UTC
Hits:
~10
Status:
terminated
Behavior Graph:
%3 guuid=f0825fc7-1a00-0000-ca3e-1f4af10a0000 pid=2801 /usr/bin/sudo guuid=b02a6fcb-1a00-0000-ca3e-1f4af30a0000 pid=2803 /tmp/sample.bin guuid=f0825fc7-1a00-0000-ca3e-1f4af10a0000 pid=2801->guuid=b02a6fcb-1a00-0000-ca3e-1f4af30a0000 pid=2803 execve
Threat name:
Linux.Worm.Mirai
Status:
Malicious
First seen:
2026-04-02 10:24:26 UTC
File Type:
ELF32 Big (Exe)
AV detection:
12 of 24 (50.00%)
Threat level:
  5/5
Result
Malware family:
n/a
Score:
  7/10
Tags:
defense_evasion discovery
Behaviour
Reads runtime system information
System Network Configuration Discovery
Changes its process name
Deletes itself
Modifies Watchdog functionality
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:botnet_Yakuza
Author:NDA0E
Description:Yakuza botnet
Rule name:Linux_Mirai_Generic
Author:albertzsigovits
Description:Generic Approach to Mirai/Gafgyt samples
Rule name:Linux_Trojan_Gafgyt_ea92cca8
Author:Elastic Security
Rule name:MAL_ELF_LNX_Mirai_Oct10_2
Author:Florian Roth (Nextron Systems)
Description:Detects ELF malware Mirai related
Reference:Internal Research
Rule name:MAL_ELF_LNX_Mirai_Oct10_2_RID2F3A
Author:Florian Roth
Description:Detects ELF malware Mirai related
Reference:Internal Research
Rule name:Mirai_Botnet_Malware
Author:Florian Roth (Nextron Systems)
Description:Detects Mirai Botnet Malware
Reference:Internal Research
Rule name:Mirai_Botnet_Malware_RID2EF6
Author:Florian Roth
Description:Detects Mirai Botnet Malware
Reference:Internal Research
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 ae164e666d4752c40f28d0a75adf03cc16e9123ce965fd60d7267745405f76a6

(this sample)

  
Delivery method
Distributed via web download

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