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Database Entry



Mirai


Vendor detections: 12


Intelligence 12 IOCs YARA 19 File information Comments 2

SHA256 hash: b20f39fc00d242e706b6c30367ad811c676e0575050a4ec2f30104b696944b49
SHA3-384 hash: daf4d1093bee72a314b6746e393c280ef39f2cee4719f06427a3ac061f75773150cdb9c54177e3094f3352f7805e1a4d
SHA1 hash: c9bb4fc8eadaad35e50de087e3bbd5969cb2df2f
MD5 hash: e1b3e738928012a07dfce8659b3ff31d
humanhash: avocado-coffee-wyoming-equal
File name:y11
Download: download sample
Signature Mirai
File size:8'350'992 bytes
First seen:2026-05-04 09:53:36 UTC
Last seen:2026-10-18 09:55:20 UTC
File type: elf
MIME type:application/x-executable
ssdeep 98304:YSKSi/FM70AF/Auk3zX0H6aguAcFZqKjjMRPEkLqm7XyGkNA4xT0+x2gGYwZsVZ2:ssQLqmjsxymsONkEZqIzolQdo
TLSH T17E865B47B6E318FDC19AC470472FD663BD70B8984221797B7698AA302F67E205B1DF21
telfhash t16a22313189ed38b9a6e6c585f362f4b1aa7318f22af835f051267d81dfe1d410c27c1a
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 BlinkzSec
Tags:mirai

Intelligence


File Origin
# of uploads :
22
# of downloads :
73
Origin country :
AT AT
Vendor Threat Intelligence
No detections
Result
Verdict:
Malware
Maliciousness:

Behaviour
Collects information on the RAM
Collects information on the CPU
Verdict:
Malicious
Threat level:
  10/10
Confidence:
100%
Tags:
coinminer gcc golang miner monero virus xmrig
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:
1
Processes remaning?
false
Remote TCP ports scanned:
not identified
Behaviour
no suspicious findings
Botnet C2s
TCP botnet C2(s):
not identified
UDP botnet C2(s):
not identified
Verdict:
Adware
File Type:
elf.64.le
First seen:
2026-03-30T00:10:00Z UTC
Last seen:
2026-05-06T02:36:00Z UTC
Hits:
~100
Detections:
not-a-virus:HEUR:RiskTool.Linux.BitCoinMiner.n not-a-virus:HEUR:RiskTool.Linux.Miner.gen not-a-virus:HEUR:RiskTool.Linux.Miner.a
Status:
terminated
Behavior Graph:
%3 guuid=aebe6e9d-3000-0000-6e73-d6dcd4050000 pid=1492 /usr/bin/sudo guuid=cb85f09e-3000-0000-6e73-d6dcd8050000 pid=1496 /tmp/sample.bin mprotect-exec guuid=aebe6e9d-3000-0000-6e73-d6dcd4050000 pid=1492->guuid=cb85f09e-3000-0000-6e73-d6dcd8050000 pid=1496 execve
Threat name:
Linux.Coinminer.XMRig
Status:
Malicious
First seen:
2026-03-30 21:18:16 UTC
File Type:
ELF64 Little (Exe)
AV detection:
21 of 36 (58.33%)
Threat level:
  4/5
Result
Malware family:
xmrig_linux
Score:
  10/10
Tags:
family:xmrig family:xmrig_linux antivm discovery linux miner
Behaviour
Enumerates kernel/hardware configuration
Reads runtime system information
Checks CPU configuration
Reads CPU attributes
Checks hardware identifiers (DMI)
Reads hardware information
Family: xmrig
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YARA Signatures


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Rule name:BLOWFISH_Constants
Author:phoul (@phoul)
Description:Look for Blowfish constants
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:DetectEncryptedVariants
Author:Zinyth
Description:Detects 'encrypted' in ASCII, Unicode, base64, or hex-encoded
Rule name:enterpriseapps2
Author:Tim Brown @timb_machine
Description:Enterprise apps
Rule name:ldpreload
Author:xorseed
Reference:https://stuff.rop.io/
Rule name:Linux_Trojan_Pornoasset_927f314f
Author:Elastic Security
Rule name:MacOS_Cryptominer_Xmrig_241780a1
Author:Elastic Security
Rule name:MD5_Constants
Author:phoul (@phoul)
Description:Look for MD5 constants
Rule name:Multi_Cryptominer_Xmrig_f9516741
Author:Elastic Security
Rule name:RANSOMWARE
Author:ToroGuitar
Rule name:RIPEMD160_Constants
Author:phoul (@phoul)
Description:Look for RIPEMD-160 constants
Rule name:setsockopt
Author:Tim Brown @timb_machine
Description:Hunts for setsockopt() red flags
Rule name:SHA1_Constants
Author:phoul (@phoul)
Description:Look for SHA1 constants
Rule name:SHA512_Constants
Author:phoul (@phoul)
Description:Look for SHA384/SHA512 constants
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:WHIRLPOOL_Constants
Author:phoul (@phoul)
Description:Look for WhirlPool constants
Rule name:XMRIG_Monero_Miner
Author:Florian Roth (Nextron Systems)
Description:Detects Monero mining software
Reference:https://github.com/xmrig/xmrig/releases
Rule name:xmrig_v1
Author:RandomMalware

File information


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

Web download

Mirai

elf b20f39fc00d242e706b6c30367ad811c676e0575050a4ec2f30104b696944b49

(this sample)

  
Delivery method
Distributed via web download

Comments



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John-NN commented on 2026-10-28 14:13:16 UTC

This is XMRig 6.26.0 (Monero CoinMiner), not Mirai. Observed 2026-10-26..28 deployed by the Plex2Shell campaign (CVE-2026-96656): dropped as /var/tmp/plexd and disguised as <Plex Media Server>/Cache/PlexMediaScanner, run with --config /var/tmp/plex_exp_proxy.json --cpu-max-threads-hint=14. Pools: 185.146.232.55:443 (TLS proxy), 130.94.112.197:10002, 130.94.112.118:10002, gulf.moneroocean.stream:10001. Wallets 874yo479WPRgjWLXNyTvxmjdz3iwgMP4dD85h4hGPaB1jNAgjQx3zSzXfeZJq1uykg3x2c3HSfXYBcVYzz8fFfhPT7j7y2i / 8AB1pyofQxnfjU7UXcVEbXWVbSeTM3jdmXxGgKTUMYJYXJEnZvfdE1VSaZZ85LeuHf7UX6HfDoouQdFK5mfstQ23P9aCSE5. Loaders: 046a9efb637f66be75f85a4748742520390382566e1c0a8b34f38ec166e39b5b, edab20185f73dd8aff3dace3e552d4cc07bb16583ef7b9cdec02d81d1d1e52fe, 5a006b1059104180198e2488c54d53f048ae79acc5e67762cb308c13257c7a94.

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Andreas commented on 2026-10-18 09:56:21 UTC

Observed dropped by Plex codec-cache implant (CVE-2026-96656) on a compromised Plex server; rig-id plexdocker.