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Database Entry



Mirai


Vendor detections: 8


Intelligence 8 IOCs YARA 13 File information Comments

SHA256 hash: b46644ea431174016fac2b1e03e241ec72188f6fecd3a15bf709fd1282e1a64d
SHA3-384 hash: b357b8e43227ad8228cbd5622f577b3ec1f94081aa1d921463d72b26216367e14365735ae4293631335d4f4d95d860e1
SHA1 hash: a050d4df8b10a3949a0caf84a35af74cde3eee40
MD5 hash: 5a2ec18b5ab0bb4b90607fe03b6314e8
humanhash: hawaii-robert-freddie-network
File name:mirai.mpsl
Download: download sample
Signature Mirai
File size:720'904 bytes
First seen:2026-09-20 21:15:34 UTC
Last seen:2026-09-22 17:41:12 UTC
File type: elf
MIME type:application/x-executable
ssdeep 12288:DS4nH9HUQvAuVDlxGR7sj6dzleTHgAFPR/vWUjRSqBvTyfIfOucRKn2Atb7T2//Z:xHSQvtgufXQpHyVuj4mxOuXtuQE8u
TLSH T1BCE45B06AF941FEBC4ABCE34856E831B05EDC88742C2B23561BCCD6CBA8D7594BD7458
telfhash t15c0149354b2066235a51de8898eeb763612d865a9f0cfc77d431840c31050fee63bc9f
TrID 99.7% (.O) ELF Executable and Linkable format (generic) (4000/1)
0.2% (.TAR) TAR - Tape ARchive (file) (10/3)
Magika elf
Reporter adliwahid
Tags:mirai

Intelligence


File Origin
# of uploads :
2
# 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
Receives data from a server
Runs as daemon
Creates or modifies symbolic links
Opens a port
Connection attempt
Substitutes an application name
Creates or modifies files in /cron to set up autorun
Writes files to system directory
Creates or modifies files in /init.d to set up autorun
Creates or modifies files to set up autorun
Creates or modifies symbolic links in /init.d to set up autorun
Deleting of the original file
Verdict:
Malicious
Threat level:
  10/10
Confidence:
100%
Tags:
gcc masquerade mirai
Verdict:
Malicious
File Type:
elf.32.le
First seen:
2026-09-20T18:36:00Z UTC
Last seen:
2026-09-22T15:08:00Z UTC
Hits:
~10
Status:
terminated
Behavior Graph:
%3 guuid=0640702e-1c00-0000-1fe2-d7c6be090000 pid=2494 /usr/bin/sudo guuid=bf9d3b30-1c00-0000-1fe2-d7c6c4090000 pid=2500 /tmp/sample.bin guuid=0640702e-1c00-0000-1fe2-d7c6be090000 pid=2494->guuid=bf9d3b30-1c00-0000-1fe2-d7c6c4090000 pid=2500 execve
Threat name:
Linux.Worm.Mirai
Status:
Malicious
First seen:
2026-09-20 21:16:22 UTC
File Type:
ELF32 Little (Exe)
AV detection:
18 of 36 (50.00%)
Threat level:
  5/5
Result
Malware family:
n/a
Score:
  9/10
Tags:
defense_evasion discovery execution persistence privilege_escalation
Behaviour
Reads runtime system information
Changes its process name
Reads system network configuration
Modifies Bash startup script
Creates/modifies Cron job
Creates/modifies environment variables
Enumerates active TCP sockets
Enumerates running processes
Modifies init.d
Modifies rc script
Write file to user bin folder
Deletes itself
Modifies Watchdog functionality
Contacts a large (23682) amount of remote hosts
Creates a large amount of network flows
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:F01_s1ckrule
Author:s1ckb017
Rule name:ldpreload
Author:xorseed
Reference:https://stuff.rop.io/
Rule name:linux_generic_ipv6_catcher
Author:@_lubiedo
Description:ELF samples using IPv6 addresses
Rule name:Linux_Trojan_Mirai_0bce98a2
Author:Elastic Security
Rule name:malwareelf55503
Rule name:MAL_ARM_LNX_Mirai_Mar13_2022
Author:Mehmet Ali Kerimoglu a.k.a. CYB3RMX
Description:Detects new ARM Mirai variant
Rule name:MIRAI_OHSHIT_payload
Author:AfterPacket
Description:MIRAI_OHSHIT ELF payload -- compiled-in C2 set, all architectures
Reference:https://github.com/Afterpacket/drosera-threat-intel
Rule name:setsockopt
Author:Tim Brown @timb_machine
Description:Hunts for setsockopt() red flags
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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