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Database Entry



Mirai


Vendor detections: 12


Intelligence 12 IOCs YARA 19 File information Comments

SHA256 hash: b52a90f501e21c8aa7dee2e6731444540d28531ee7f16fc8c721d01c72bbe48e
SHA3-384 hash: ab9c5402794212c7a4e54a85c70ca5bc93839b4c63eee6ee8a7f20a6838e96033bb6ccc18215529c61d80f8dc8ed9e0d
SHA1 hash: df125c3226bda028a0f91b8c0df9eeec1e89b6ea
MD5 hash: b731972a270f9fc29d6824eb6d136977
humanhash: mobile-artist-tango-michigan
File name:Space.x86_64
Download: download sample
Signature Mirai
File size:75'600 bytes
First seen:2026-02-24 10:28:54 UTC
Last seen:2026-02-24 11:53:59 UTC
File type: elf
MIME type:application/x-executable
ssdeep 1536:DeuIZobGRRINkGIb/+w4HnC+8l8Anzcft:quIZzDIWGIf4HT8l8Azcft
TLSH T1A1733A17BA4080FEC899C43843BABA36DC7274FE1379725A17D8FE366D55E601E29C84
telfhash t1ad2145b039590da0f0ebe468b305e1561d391a6004e2b8f3d9b790f3eb517870db5427
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 :
47
Origin country :
DE DE
Vendor Threat Intelligence
Malware configuration found for:
Mirai
Details
Mirai
an XOR decryption key and at least a c2 socket address
Verdict:
Malicious
Uses P2P?:
false
Uses anti-vm?:
false
Architecture:
x86
Packer:
not packed
Botnet:
unknown
Number of open files:
45
Number of processes launched:
6
Processes remaning?
false
Remote TCP ports scanned:
not identified
Behaviour
Information Gathering
Botnet C2s
TCP botnet C2(s):
not identified
UDP botnet C2(s):
not identified
Result
Gathering data
Status:
terminated
Behavior Graph:
%3 guuid=a697ed83-1b00-0000-b4a1-f5bb750d0000 pid=3445 /usr/bin/sudo guuid=ea3b1787-1b00-0000-b4a1-f5bb7f0d0000 pid=3455 /tmp/sample.bin net guuid=a697ed83-1b00-0000-b4a1-f5bb750d0000 pid=3445->guuid=ea3b1787-1b00-0000-b4a1-f5bb7f0d0000 pid=3455 execve 8b0a01dc-0728-52c1-8024-c4ba7801b8d6 8.8.8.8:53 guuid=ea3b1787-1b00-0000-b4a1-f5bb7f0d0000 pid=3455->8b0a01dc-0728-52c1-8024-c4ba7801b8d6 con guuid=8b1f7287-1b00-0000-b4a1-f5bb810d0000 pid=3457 /tmp/sample.bin guuid=ea3b1787-1b00-0000-b4a1-f5bb7f0d0000 pid=3455->guuid=8b1f7287-1b00-0000-b4a1-f5bb810d0000 pid=3457 clone guuid=5d6214b2-1c00-0000-b4a1-f5bbc6100000 pid=4294 /tmp/sample.bin guuid=ea3b1787-1b00-0000-b4a1-f5bb7f0d0000 pid=3455->guuid=5d6214b2-1c00-0000-b4a1-f5bbc6100000 pid=4294 clone guuid=d9191ab2-1c00-0000-b4a1-f5bbc7100000 pid=4295 /tmp/sample.bin net send-data zombie guuid=ea3b1787-1b00-0000-b4a1-f5bb7f0d0000 pid=3455->guuid=d9191ab2-1c00-0000-b4a1-f5bbc7100000 pid=4295 clone guuid=09cc7d87-1b00-0000-b4a1-f5bb820d0000 pid=3458 /tmp/sample.bin zombie guuid=8b1f7287-1b00-0000-b4a1-f5bb810d0000 pid=3457->guuid=09cc7d87-1b00-0000-b4a1-f5bb820d0000 pid=3458 clone guuid=c1cc8287-1b00-0000-b4a1-f5bb830d0000 pid=3459 /tmp/sample.bin net send-data zombie guuid=8b1f7287-1b00-0000-b4a1-f5bb810d0000 pid=3457->guuid=c1cc8287-1b00-0000-b4a1-f5bb830d0000 pid=3459 clone guuid=c1cc8287-1b00-0000-b4a1-f5bb830d0000 pid=3459->8b0a01dc-0728-52c1-8024-c4ba7801b8d6 con f97c3d02-fc04-57e0-b419-b92ba8c19ba2 64.89.163.206:3778 guuid=c1cc8287-1b00-0000-b4a1-f5bb830d0000 pid=3459->f97c3d02-fc04-57e0-b419-b92ba8c19ba2 send: 1622B guuid=d9191ab2-1c00-0000-b4a1-f5bbc7100000 pid=4295->8b0a01dc-0728-52c1-8024-c4ba7801b8d6 con guuid=d9191ab2-1c00-0000-b4a1-f5bbc7100000 pid=4295->f97c3d02-fc04-57e0-b419-b92ba8c19ba2 send: 1677B
Threat name:
Linux.Worm.Mirai
Status:
Malicious
First seen:
2026-02-23 13:33:40 UTC
File Type:
ELF64 Little (Exe)
AV detection:
25 of 36 (69.44%)
Threat level:
  5/5
Result
Malware family:
Score:
  10/10
Tags:
family:mirai botnet:lzrd defense_evasion discovery linux
Behaviour
Reads runtime system information
Enumerates running processes
Writes file to system bin folder
Modifies Watchdog functionality
Please note that we are no longer able to provide a coverage score for Virus Total.

YARA Signatures


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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:linux_generic_ipv6_catcher
Author:@_lubiedo
Description:ELF samples using IPv6 addresses
Rule name:Linux_Trojan_Gafgyt_0cd591cd
Author:Elastic Security
Rule name:Linux_Trojan_Gafgyt_28a2fe0c
Author:Elastic Security
Rule name:Linux_Trojan_Gafgyt_33b4111a
Author:Elastic Security
Rule name:Linux_Trojan_Gafgyt_620087b9
Author:Elastic Security
Rule name:Linux_Trojan_Gafgyt_807911a2
Author:Elastic Security
Rule name:Linux_Trojan_Gafgyt_9e9530a7
Author:Elastic Security
Rule name:Linux_Trojan_Gafgyt_a33a8363
Author:Elastic Security
Rule name:Linux_Trojan_Gafgyt_d4227dbf
Author:Elastic Security
Rule name:Linux_Trojan_Gafgyt_d996d335
Author:Elastic Security
Rule name:Linux_Trojan_Mirai_01e4a728
Author:Elastic Security
Rule name:Linux_Trojan_Mirai_520deeb8
Author:Elastic Security
Rule name:Linux_Trojan_Mirai_6a77af0f
Author:Elastic Security
Rule name:Linux_Trojan_Mirai_e0cf29e2
Author:Elastic Security
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:unixredflags3
Author:Tim Brown @timb_machine
Description:Hunts for UNIX red flags

File information


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Web download

Mirai

elf b52a90f501e21c8aa7dee2e6731444540d28531ee7f16fc8c721d01c72bbe48e

(this sample)

  
Delivery method
Distributed via web download

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