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Database Entry



Mirai


Vendor detections: 7


Intelligence 7 IOCs YARA 14 File information Comments

SHA256 hash: affb9974be6064a8ffeb439affdc2e5d565d2aa438120e679de6300b9b618e57
SHA3-384 hash: e61d513410f9b07702ac4803d9e32d64d7e14c538fed9796dc2b15f977707c0582f74f0e36c886a68eae2373f8a078b7
SHA1 hash: 6c6e23a51dc32499aa255f3a60c4190c90babecd
MD5 hash: c1f77f3a7578c5f02b831abb70792cbb
humanhash: papa-nitrogen-single-india
File name:main_mips
Download: download sample
Signature Mirai
File size:266'944 bytes
First seen:2026-04-24 13:53:29 UTC
Last seen:Never
File type: elf
MIME type:application/x-executable
ssdeep 6144:qzkfjgjRczSQw1c8JGgaNnm3DUU4oqUr7ZX/ER+VLu3FWnCf6eOtGMyBS:qLPwquE2ZS
TLSH T1D644A71E6E228F3DF768877447B74E25975C23D626E1D981E1ACD2101F2428E642FFAC
telfhash t1f9418e180d7817e0a6655c59459dff7bd6a331db7a262c278e11e86eeb2ab834d01c0c
Magika elf
Reporter abuse_ch
Tags:elf mirai

Intelligence


File Origin
# of uploads :
1
# of downloads :
80
Origin country :
DE DE
Vendor Threat Intelligence
No detections
Result
Verdict:
Malware
Maliciousness:

Behaviour
Connection attempt
Kills processes
Launching a process
Collects information on the CPU
Creating a file
DNS request
Creates or modifies files in /cron to set up autorun
Substitutes an application name
Creates or modifies files in /init.d to set up autorun
Gathering data
Verdict:
Malicious
Uses P2P?:
false
Uses anti-vm?:
true
Architecture:
mips
Packer:
not packed
Botnet:
unknown
Number of open files:
195
Number of processes launched:
5
Processes remaning?
true
Remote TCP ports scanned:
not identified
Behaviour
Anti-VM
Persistence
Process Renaming
Firewall Changes
Information Gathering
Botnet C2s
TCP botnet C2(s):
not identified
UDP botnet C2(s):
not identified
Verdict:
Malicious
File Type:
elf.32.be
First seen:
2026-04-22T14:53:00Z UTC
Last seen:
2026-04-26T08:56:00Z UTC
Hits:
~10
Status:
terminated
Behavior Graph:
%3 guuid=7ff7ae78-1a00-0000-c78f-5b07b2090000 pid=2482 /usr/bin/sudo guuid=7c3db47b-1a00-0000-c78f-5b07b4090000 pid=2484 /tmp/sample.bin guuid=7ff7ae78-1a00-0000-c78f-5b07b2090000 pid=2482->guuid=7c3db47b-1a00-0000-c78f-5b07b4090000 pid=2484 execve
Threat name:
Linux.Worm.Mirai
Status:
Malicious
First seen:
2026-04-22 21:58:15 UTC
File Type:
ELF32 Big (Exe)
AV detection:
16 of 24 (66.67%)
Threat level:
  5/5
Result
Malware family:
n/a
Score:
  7/10
Tags:
antivm credential_access defense_evasion discovery execution persistence privilege_escalation upx
Behaviour
Reads runtime system information
System Network Configuration Discovery
Writes file to tmp directory
Changes its process name
Checks CPU configuration
Reads system network configuration
Reads process memory
Checks hardware identifiers (DMI)
Creates/modifies Cron job
Deletes log files
Enumerates active TCP sockets
Enumerates running processes
Modifies init.d
Deletes system logs
Modifies hosts file
Writes DNS configuration
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YARA Signatures


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Rule name:ach_202503_elf_Mirai
Author:abuse.ch
Description:Detects Mirai 'TSource' ELF files
Rule name:botnet_Yakuza
Author:NDA0E
Description:Yakuza botnet
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_IoT_Persistence_Hunt
Author:4r4
Description:Hunts for ELF files with persistence and download capabilities
Rule name:ELF_Mirai
Author:NDA0E
Description:Detects multiple Mirai variants
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:Linux_Trojan_Gafgyt_ea92cca8
Author:Elastic Security
Rule name:telebot_framework
Author:vietdx.mb
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
Rule name:vmdetect
Author:nex
Description:Possibly employs anti-virtualization techniques

File information


The table below shows additional information about this malware sample such as delivery method and external references.

Web download

Mirai

elf affb9974be6064a8ffeb439affdc2e5d565d2aa438120e679de6300b9b618e57

(this sample)

  
Delivery method
Distributed via web download

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