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Database Entry



Mirai


Vendor detections: 7


Intelligence 7 IOCs YARA 15 File information Comments

SHA256 hash: b80c4833fff96c8d87fc07b0e0e3f89ae007ae79e8bd09b482ff484fbc0f4b58
SHA3-384 hash: 328c712219f11ab364493b58f873d39ad7df4cdfef95d14ee24401d05a45ba7eeb48dc0906b33277b291fabcd493d7bd
SHA1 hash: 15e51714fc0cab8463fb6cf04ca208929f609bb4
MD5 hash: 4a789a9ea4a011eec1eace55c3087bed
humanhash: cola-pasta-table-ten
File name:akuma_mpsl
Download: download sample
Signature Mirai
File size:570'620 bytes
First seen:2026-10-10 06:12:47 UTC
Last seen:2026-10-10 19:12:34 UTC
File type: elf
MIME type:application/x-executable
ssdeep 12288:iunHpUV6OrRFwkRPIIxo/IVFuju8mamfIC0g1AGw1soqulhcj6wDJ:rHIW/IVFuju8mNRiVuoqkh
TLSH T1CFC46C03BF440EDBC85BCD3B066D1F5A25CDA49352A526363538EE19BD1DA0A4EB3C78
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 :
4
# of downloads :
105
Origin country :
DE DE
Vendor Threat Intelligence
No detections
Result
Verdict:
Malware
Maliciousness:

Behaviour
Manages services
Opens a port
Kills processes
Sends data to a server
Runs as daemon
Collects information on the RAM
Sets a written file as executable
Creating a process from a recently created file
Creating a file
Connection attempt
Launching a process
Substitutes an application name
Creates or modifies files in /init.d to set up autorun
Gathering data
Verdict:
Malicious
File Type:
elf.32.le
First seen:
2026-10-09T18:08:00Z UTC
Last seen:
2026-10-11T17:48:00Z UTC
Hits:
~10
Status:
terminated
Behavior Graph:
%3 guuid=6be22662-1b00-0000-2384-20ac50090000 pid=2384 /usr/bin/sudo guuid=5cca1465-1b00-0000-2384-20ac59090000 pid=2393 /tmp/sample.bin guuid=6be22662-1b00-0000-2384-20ac50090000 pid=2384->guuid=5cca1465-1b00-0000-2384-20ac59090000 pid=2393 execve
Result
Threat name:
Gafgyt, Mirai, Xmrig
Detection:
malicious
Classification:
troj.evad.mine
Score:
100 / 100
Signature
Antivirus / Scanner detection for submitted sample
Antivirus detection for dropped file
Drops files in suspicious directories
Found malware configuration
Found strings related to Crypto-Mining
Multi AV Scanner detection for submitted file
Sample is potentially a Mirai botnet sample
Sample tries to set files in /etc globally writable
Yara detected Gafgyt
Yara detected Mirai
Yara detected Xmrig cryptocurrency miner
Behaviour
Behavior Graph:
behaviorgraph top1 dnsIp2 2 Behavior Graph ID: 1985238 Sample: akuma_mpsl.elf Startdate: 10/10/2026 Architecture: LINUX Score: 100 103 85.137.53.167, 25565, 41346, 41348 SOLLUTIUM-NLPL Netherlands 2->103 109 Found malware configuration 2->109 111 Antivirus detection for dropped file 2->111 113 Antivirus / Scanner detection for submitted sample 2->113 115 5 other signatures 2->115 13 akuma_mpsl.elf 2->13         started        16 systemd snapd-env-generator 2->16         started        18 systemd snapd-env-generator 2->18         started        20 3 other processes 2->20 signatures3 process4 signatures5 119 Sample tries to set files in /etc globally writable 13->119 121 Drops files in suspicious directories 13->121 22 akuma_mpsl.elf 13->22         started        25 akuma_mpsl.elf sh 13->25         started        27 akuma_mpsl.elf akuma_mpsl.elf 13->27         started        29 2 other processes 13->29 process6 signatures7 117 Found strings related to Crypto-Mining 22->117 31 akuma_mpsl.elf akuma_mpsl.elf 22->31         started        35 akuma_mpsl.elf akuma_mpsl.elf 22->35         started        37 akuma_mpsl.elf akuma_mpsl.elf 22->37         started        39 sh systemctl 25->39         started        41 akuma_mpsl.elf 27->41         started        43 akuma_mpsl.elf 27->43         started        45 akuma_mpsl.elf 27->45         started        47 sh systemctl 29->47         started        process8 file9 101 /etc/init.d/systemd-network-helper, ELF 31->101 dropped 105 Sample tries to set files in /etc globally writable 31->105 107 Drops files in suspicious directories 31->107 49 akuma_mpsl.elf sh 31->49         started        51 akuma_mpsl.elf akuma_mpsl.elf 31->51         started        53 akuma_mpsl.elf 31->53         started        63 3 other processes 31->63 55 systemctl systemd-sysv-install 39->55         started        57 akuma_mpsl.elf 41->57         started        59 akuma_mpsl.elf 43->59         started        61 akuma_mpsl.elf 45->61         started        signatures10 process11 process12 65 sh systemctl 49->65         started        67 akuma_mpsl.elf 51->67         started        69 akuma_mpsl.elf 51->69         started        71 akuma_mpsl.elf 51->71         started        73 akuma_mpsl.elf akuma_mpsl.elf 53->73         started        75 akuma_mpsl.elf akuma_mpsl.elf 53->75         started        77 systemd-sysv-install update-rc.d 55->77         started        79 2 other processes 55->79 81 2 other processes 63->81 process13 83 systemctl systemd-sysv-install 65->83         started        85 akuma_mpsl.elf 67->85         started        87 akuma_mpsl.elf 69->87         started        89 akuma_mpsl.elf 71->89         started        91 update-rc.d systemctl 77->91         started        process14 93 systemd-sysv-install update-rc.d 83->93         started        95 systemd-sysv-install getopt 83->95         started        97 systemd-sysv-install update-rc.d 83->97         started        process15 99 update-rc.d systemctl 93->99         started       
Threat name:
Linux.Backdoor.Mirai
Status:
Malicious
First seen:
2026-10-09 22:04:31 UTC
File Type:
ELF32 Little (Exe)
AV detection:
19 of 38 (50.00%)
Threat level:
  5/5
Result
Malware family:
n/a
Score:
  6/10
Tags:
credential_access discovery persistence privilege_escalation
Behaviour
Reads runtime system information
Changes its process name
Reads system network configuration
Reads process memory
Enumerates active TCP sockets
Enumerates running processes
Modifies init.d
Modifies systemd
Please note that we are no longer able to provide a coverage score for Virus Total.

YARA Signatures


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Rule name:ach_202503_elf_Mirai
Author:abuse.ch
Description:Detects Mirai 'TSource' ELF files
Rule name:CoinMiner_Strings
Author:Florian Roth (Nextron Systems)
Description:Detects mining pool protocol string in Executable
Reference:https://minergate.com/faq/what-pool-address
Rule name:CoinMiner_Strings_RID2DDE
Author:Florian Roth
Description:Detects mining pool protocol string in Executable
Reference:https://minergate.com/faq/what-pool-address
Rule name:deepfield_katana_mirai_elf
Author:Nokia Deepfield ERT
Description:Katana Mirai variant (DDoS bot with rootkit)
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:generic_IG_stealer
Author:RE4rensics
Description:Detects stealers that interacts with IG endpoints after stealing IG cookies
Rule name:Linux_Akuma_Bot
Author:KSI Digital
Description:akuma IoT bot ELF (Mirai-based): plain-text persistence strings for its systemd-network-helper service and init scripts
Reference:https://github.com/ksi-digital/threat-research/tree/main/akuma-loader
Rule name:linux_generic_ipv6_catcher
Author:@_lubiedo
Description:ELF samples using IPv6 addresses
Rule name:MIRAI_TELNETCURL_payload
Author:AfterPacket
Description:Mirai-lineage ELF payload carrying the leaked-source decoy domain
Reference:https://github.com/Afterpacket/drosera-threat-intel
Rule name:NSVPS_Mirai_Busybox_Staging
Author:sanad (NSVPS-SOC)
Description:Mirai-style busybox wget/tftp payload staging seen in NSVPS honeypot
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:Web_Generic_Binary_URL_Download
Author:Serhii Kocherhan
Description:Detects files containing HTTP or HTTPS links pointing directly to .bin payload extensions.

File information


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

Web download

Mirai

elf b80c4833fff96c8d87fc07b0e0e3f89ae007ae79e8bd09b482ff484fbc0f4b58

(this sample)

  
Delivery method
Distributed via web download

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