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Mirai


Vendor detections: 13


Intelligence 13 IOCs YARA 14 File information Comments

SHA256 hash: ae23915ce8258283349323c0cf0465a9f86b8f74a29cb2ac16099434bd3e4d76
SHA3-384 hash: b22993133f9bcd6188cbc175fe6df653ca89b11d0df8170c0b25a653eeb786ab27ac3ae6be775eae8901ac0ada85e10e
SHA1 hash: 6e852384f7f8bfc1e246ea5d6798a690ad9512c0
MD5 hash: 0defdd6dbfd18d303d0f991ceb7f448f
humanhash: mirror-fifteen-fix-april
File name:Ares.x86
Download: download sample
Signature Mirai
File size:42'768 bytes
First seen:2025-09-26 13:54:53 UTC
Last seen:2025-09-28 15:27:39 UTC
File type: elf
MIME type:application/x-executable
ssdeep 768:RbspQLIpmUgIjpaDWAyB8yahh/6zzkXGbYJi4gAJeV3k:RbsWqdgIjpTqy3zk1Ji4gEeV3k
TLSH T1FE135CC9D9A3D9F5EC110AB230779F725E76E63F2064EE93C3A89C32D902642A11774D
telfhash t12711a3a76eb20cfcb3d1bc48c75a5693877495271a2121fa44b22cd137f26e050bac31
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 :
4
# of downloads :
47
Origin country :
DE DE
Vendor Threat Intelligence
Result
Verdict:
Malware
Maliciousness:

Behaviour
Opens a port
Runs as daemon
Sends data to a server
Connection attempt
Substitutes an application name
Verdict:
Likely Malicious
Threat level:
  7.5/10
Confidence:
100%
Tags:
android masquerade mirai obfuscated
Verdict:
Malicious
Uses P2P?:
false
Uses anti-vm?:
false
Architecture:
x86
Packer:
not packed
Botnet:
unknown
Number of open files:
0
Number of processes launched:
4
Processes remaning?
true
Remote TCP ports scanned:
2323,23
Behaviour
Process Renaming
Botnet C2s
TCP botnet C2(s):
not identified
UDP botnet C2(s):
not identified
Verdict:
Malicious
File Type:
elf.32.le
First seen:
2025-09-26T01:45:00Z UTC
Last seen:
2025-09-26T01:45:00Z UTC
Hits:
~10
Detections:
HEUR:Backdoor.Linux.Mirai.b
Result
Threat name:
n/a
Detection:
malicious
Classification:
n/a
Score:
56 / 100
Signature
Malicious sample detected (through community Yara rule)
Multi AV Scanner detection for submitted file
Behaviour
Behavior Graph:
behaviorgraph top1 dnsIp2 2 Behavior Graph ID: 1784773 Sample: Ares.x86.elf Startdate: 26/09/2025 Architecture: LINUX Score: 56 16 170.121.203.248 WMATAUS United States 2->16 18 185.237.249.154 VITA-ASRU Russian Federation 2->18 20 98 other IPs or domains 2->20 22 Malicious sample detected (through community Yara rule) 2->22 24 Multi AV Scanner detection for submitted file 2->24 8 Ares.x86.elf 2->8         started        signatures3 process4 process5 10 Ares.x86.elf 8->10         started        process6 12 Ares.x86.elf 10->12         started        14 Ares.x86.elf 10->14         started       
Threat name:
Linux.Worm.Mirai
Status:
Malicious
First seen:
2025-09-26 03:41:02 UTC
File Type:
ELF32 Little (Exe)
AV detection:
24 of 38 (63.16%)
Threat level:
  5/5
Result
Malware family:
Score:
  10/10
Tags:
family:mirai defense_evasion discovery linux
Behaviour
Changes its process name
Modifies Watchdog functionality
Contacts a large (115830) amount of remote hosts
Creates a large amount of network flows
Verdict:
Unknown
Tags:
trojan mirai
YARA:
Linux_Trojan_Mirai_fa3ad9d0 Linux_Trojan_Mirai_b14f4c5d Linux_Trojan_Mirai_93fc3657 Linux_Trojan_Mirai_804f8e7c Linux_Trojan_Mirai_99d78950 Linux_Trojan_Mirai_a68e498c Linux_Trojan_Mirai_88de437f Linux_Trojan_Mirai_ae9d0fa6 Linux_Trojan_Mirai_389ee3e9 Linux_Trojan_Mirai_cc93863b Linux_Trojan_Mirai_8aa7b5d3
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YARA Signatures


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Rule name:CP_AllMal_Detector
Author:DiegoAnalytics
Description:CrossPlatform All Malwares Detector: Detect PE, ELF, Mach-O, scripts, archives; overlay, obfuscation, encryption, spoofing, hiding, high entropy, network communication
Rule name:Linux_Trojan_Mirai_389ee3e9
Author:Elastic Security
Rule name:Linux_Trojan_Mirai_804f8e7c
Author:Elastic Security
Rule name:Linux_Trojan_Mirai_88de437f
Author:Elastic Security
Rule name:Linux_Trojan_Mirai_8aa7b5d3
Author:Elastic Security
Rule name:Linux_Trojan_Mirai_93fc3657
Author:Elastic Security
Rule name:Linux_Trojan_Mirai_99d78950
Author:Elastic Security
Rule name:Linux_Trojan_Mirai_a68e498c
Author:Elastic Security
Rule name:Linux_Trojan_Mirai_ae9d0fa6
Author:Elastic Security
Rule name:Linux_Trojan_Mirai_b14f4c5d
Author:Elastic Security
Rule name:Linux_Trojan_Mirai_cc93863b
Author:Elastic Security
Rule name:Linux_Trojan_Mirai_fa3ad9d0
Author:Elastic Security
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

File information


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Mirai

elf ae23915ce8258283349323c0cf0465a9f86b8f74a29cb2ac16099434bd3e4d76

(this sample)

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