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Database Entry



Mirai


Vendor detections: 10


Intelligence 10 IOCs YARA 1 File information Comments

SHA256 hash: afc896bd6bf782824c1b7e64b8da3e9438eb35a95214a05b9aeb5f731e6c6901
SHA3-384 hash: 92f13afd7482cabab0f76ebeb6bb82f472e491859eebc062d7ad7d30b3bb3553a09e7ae993cc2e6e67dcd4bd2df1b6a7
SHA1 hash: feb0ae962be516ffc9169d4d3e20713016e68897
MD5 hash: d8e6f1ea7c689b608bd035e6640e698d
humanhash: spaghetti-maryland-west-five
File name:nklmpsl
Download: download sample
Signature Mirai
File size:151'428 bytes
First seen:2025-12-15 23:58:27 UTC
Last seen:2025-12-16 14:02:15 UTC
File type: elf
MIME type:application/x-executable
ssdeep 1536:gYPk8X2Rck02ynswyfczFXtwXrsKPHzoRTpf/pMZ/FWDztELP1rCm/6ICnsWC8nr:gY5JkDyAfcXmXrsyoHcEUCa8nb95+F
TLSH T1B8E3C809BF615EBBDC6FCC3741E84B4A189D5A0731A83BB53970E614FA1A14F06E38B5
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 :
2
# of downloads :
78
Origin country :
DE DE
Vendor Threat Intelligence
No detections
Result
Verdict:
Malware
Maliciousness:

Behaviour
Runs as daemon
Receives data from a server
Opens a port
Sends data to a server
DNS request
Creating a file
Connection attempt
Substitutes an application name
Performs a bruteforce attack in the network
Verdict:
Malicious
Threat level:
  10/10
Confidence:
100%
Tags:
gafgyt mirai
Verdict:
Malicious
File Type:
elf.32.le
First seen:
2025-12-15T22:12:00Z UTC
Last seen:
2025-12-17T13:18:00Z UTC
Hits:
~10
Status:
terminated
Behavior Graph:
%3 guuid=371badc8-1700-0000-be48-1e5df90c0000 pid=3321 /usr/bin/sudo guuid=8c2fd1ca-1700-0000-be48-1e5dfa0c0000 pid=3322 /tmp/sample.bin guuid=371badc8-1700-0000-be48-1e5df90c0000 pid=3321->guuid=8c2fd1ca-1700-0000-be48-1e5dfa0c0000 pid=3322 execve
Result
Threat name:
n/a
Detection:
malicious
Classification:
troj
Score:
60 / 100
Signature
Antivirus / Scanner detection for submitted sample
Connects to many IPs within the same subnet mask (likely port scanning)
Multi AV Scanner detection for submitted file
Behaviour
Behavior Graph:
behaviorgraph top1 dnsIp2 2 Behavior Graph ID: 1833556 Sample: nklmpsl.elf Startdate: 16/12/2025 Architecture: LINUX Score: 60 18 34.34.154.105, 23 ATGS-MMD-ASUS United States 2->18 20 34.34.154.108 ATGS-MMD-ASUS United States 2->20 22 100 other IPs or domains 2->22 24 Antivirus / Scanner detection for submitted sample 2->24 26 Multi AV Scanner detection for submitted file 2->26 28 Connects to many IPs within the same subnet mask (likely port scanning) 2->28 8 nklmpsl.elf 2->8         started        10 dash rm 2->10         started        12 dash rm 2->12         started        signatures3 process4 process5 14 nklmpsl.elf 8->14         started        process6 16 nklmpsl.elf 14->16         started       
Threat name:
Linux.Worm.Mirai
Status:
Malicious
First seen:
2025-12-15 23:59:13 UTC
File Type:
ELF32 Little (Exe)
AV detection:
16 of 23 (69.57%)
Threat level:
  5/5
Result
Malware family:
n/a
Score:
  9/10
Tags:
discovery
Behaviour
Changes its process name
Renames itself
Unexpected DNS network traffic destination
Creates a large amount of network flows
Contacts a large (400728) amount of remote hosts
Verdict:
Malicious
Tags:
Unix.Trojan.Mirai-7755770-0
YARA:
n/a
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YARA Signatures


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Rule name:unixredflags3
Author:Tim Brown @timb_machine
Description:Hunts for UNIX red flags

File information


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Web download

Mirai

elf afc896bd6bf782824c1b7e64b8da3e9438eb35a95214a05b9aeb5f731e6c6901

(this sample)

  
Delivery method
Distributed via web download

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