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Mirai


Vendor detections: 8


Intelligence 8 IOCs YARA 14 File information Comments

SHA256 hash: af228d098b639432aec922f1cab742d72f1cda07e9bafc1289e2d1da99dec7ca
SHA3-384 hash: 4068ca38cb8a259d9262760a31156dd1ce8a433418ec35e571fb23b78c84888fc265d120e2a99b4f71fee58e7e5ea9af
SHA1 hash: 73054dfea6a92d81c010aed3a41b96f643d3cfbd
MD5 hash: f6ef766f67d22458d4503443f4218add
humanhash: five-helium-georgia-colorado
File name:xd.ppc440fp
Download: download sample
Signature Mirai
File size:726'992 bytes
First seen:2026-08-07 14:41:18 UTC
Last seen:Never
File type: elf
MIME type:application/x-executable
ssdeep 12288:wXyMnSDYmmnM4OfFBl7d/NCsBul4epnZJ7gsXt4rMxepThS/C6/O:G6YmmnM4i5dksyhgs94tS8
TLSH T11FF45A42FF1C0563CA530DF0293E43D5F3217A9240F9D229371E5B5B2622E76AAC779A
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 :
78
Origin country :
DE DE
Vendor Threat Intelligence
No detections
Result
Verdict:
Malware
Maliciousness:

Behaviour
Creating a file
Sends data to a server
Connection attempt
Sets a written file as executable
Runs as daemon
Opens a port
Collects information on the CPU
Creates or modifies files in /cron to set up autorun
Kills critical processes
Substitutes an application name
Traces processes
Deleting of the original file
Creates or modifies files in /init.d to set up autorun
Creates or modifies symbolic links in /init.d to set up autorun
Verdict:
Malicious
Threat level:
  10/10
Confidence:
100%
Tags:
anti-vm gcc mirai obfuscated
Verdict:
Malicious
File Type:
elf.32.be
First seen:
2026-08-06T20:37:00Z UTC
Last seen:
2026-08-06T21:23:00Z UTC
Hits:
~10
Status:
terminated
Behavior Graph:
%3 guuid=4cd43dc0-1600-0000-7513-03a5c30c0000 pid=3267 /usr/bin/sudo guuid=4b0ae9c1-1600-0000-7513-03a5c70c0000 pid=3271 /tmp/sample.bin guuid=4cd43dc0-1600-0000-7513-03a5c30c0000 pid=3267->guuid=4b0ae9c1-1600-0000-7513-03a5c70c0000 pid=3271 execve
Threat name:
Linux.Backdoor.Mirai
Status:
Malicious
First seen:
2026-08-07 01:42:36 UTC
File Type:
ELF32 Big (Exe)
AV detection:
19 of 36 (52.78%)
Threat level:
  5/5
Result
Malware family:
n/a
Score:
  1/10
Tags:
linux
Please note that we are no longer able to provide a coverage score for Virus Total.

YARA Signatures


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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:CVE_2017_17215
Author:NDA0E
Description:Detects exploitation attempt of CVE-2017-17215
Rule name:ELF_Mirai
Author:NDA0E
Description:Detects multiple Mirai variants
Rule name:F01_s1ckrule
Author:s1ckb017
Rule name:Linux_Exploit_CVE_2017_17215_8b78a857
Author:Elastic Security
Description:Exploit code used in the ZeroBot malware
Rule name:Linux_Exploit_CVE_2018_10562_badc0676
Author:Elastic Security
Description:Exploit code used in the ZeroBot malware
Rule name:linux_generic_ipv6_catcher
Author:@_lubiedo
Description:ELF samples using IPv6 addresses
Rule name:Linux_Generic_Threat_1ac392ca
Author:Elastic Security
Rule name:Linux_Mirai_Generic
Author:albertzsigovits
Description:Generic Approach to Mirai/Gafgyt samples
Rule name:malwareelf55503
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


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Web download

Mirai

elf af228d098b639432aec922f1cab742d72f1cda07e9bafc1289e2d1da99dec7ca

(this sample)

  
Delivery method
Distributed via web download

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