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Mirai


Vendor detections: 5


Intelligence 5 IOCs YARA 9 File information Comments

SHA256 hash: b8f6b53d0c2330dee76418f6666f742362d39e3ee1c320db6f26fb8bf996a283
SHA3-384 hash: b2ae6963ba442b6ba0151917ce488c38c941d0beb176761b5c5ce81da1726f2f5978f7f9e273e533e6854b94153baf95
SHA1 hash: 183162d070401627179b4a20df9cebd0ed398707
MD5 hash: 6f3e4e990b41b0056183828e463f9516
humanhash: april-diet-six-lemon
File name:herios.sh4
Download: download sample
Signature Mirai
File size:166'528 bytes
First seen:2026-01-28 20:29:24 UTC
Last seen:Never
File type: elf
MIME type:application/x-executable
ssdeep 3072:YV/ZFKpUBu3jFIzqZBrw7uELSBpTZ0W9EjkOk:SNuFIzqZpwpMZt9HOk
TLSH T19FF37B73CC256FA8D624D5B5B4F48F785F63A85081872FBA59ABC2744083D8CF2593B8
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 :
1
# of downloads :
73
Origin country :
DE DE
Vendor Threat Intelligence
No detections
Result
Gathering data
Status:
terminated
Behavior Graph:
%3 guuid=fc025640-1e00-0000-7a04-b05f480b0000 pid=2888 /usr/bin/sudo guuid=def21643-1e00-0000-7a04-b05f530b0000 pid=2899 /tmp/sample.bin guuid=fc025640-1e00-0000-7a04-b05f480b0000 pid=2888->guuid=def21643-1e00-0000-7a04-b05f530b0000 pid=2899 execve
Result
Threat name:
Gafgyt, Mirai
Detection:
malicious
Classification:
troj.evad
Score:
88 / 100
Signature
Found malware configuration
Multi AV Scanner detection for submitted file
Protects files from modification
Sample deletes itself
Sample reads /proc/mounts (often used for finding a writable filesystem)
Sample tries to persist itself using cron
Yara detected Gafgyt
Yara detected Mirai
Behaviour
Behavior Graph:
behaviorgraph top1 dnsIp2 2 Behavior Graph ID: 1859405 Sample: herios.sh4.elf Startdate: 28/01/2026 Architecture: LINUX Score: 88 71 84.54.37.191, 34184, 7080 RACKTECHRU Russian Federation 2->71 73 54.217.10.153, 34600, 443 AMAZON-02US United States 2->73 75 Found malware configuration 2->75 77 Multi AV Scanner detection for submitted file 2->77 79 Yara detected Gafgyt 2->79 81 Yara detected Mirai 2->81 10 herios.sh4.elf 2->10         started        13 dash rm 2->13         started        15 dash rm 2->15         started        signatures3 process4 signatures5 85 Sample deletes itself 10->85 87 Sample reads /proc/mounts (often used for finding a writable filesystem) 10->87 17 herios.sh4.elf 10->17         started        19 herios.sh4.elf sh 10->19         started        21 herios.sh4.elf sh 10->21         started        23 5 other processes 10->23 process6 process7 25 herios.sh4.elf 17->25         started        27 sh sed 19->27         started        30 sh pkill 19->30         started        32 sh chattr 21->32         started        40 2 other processes 21->40 34 sh chattr 23->34         started        36 sh chattr 23->36         started        38 sh chattr 23->38         started        42 7 other processes 23->42 signatures8 44 herios.sh4.elf sh 25->44         started        46 herios.sh4.elf sh 25->46         started        48 herios.sh4.elf sh 25->48         started        50 18 other processes 25->50 89 Sample tries to persist itself using cron 27->89 91 Protects files from modification 32->91 process9 process10 52 sh chattr 44->52         started        63 2 other processes 44->63 55 sh chattr 46->55         started        65 2 other processes 46->65 57 sh chattr 48->57         started        67 2 other processes 48->67 59 sh chattr 50->59         started        61 sh chattr 50->61         started        69 49 other processes 50->69 signatures11 83 Protects files from modification 52->83
Threat name:
Linux.Worm.Mirai
Status:
Malicious
First seen:
2026-01-28 20:31:25 UTC
File Type:
ELF32 Little (Exe)
AV detection:
6 of 36 (16.67%)
Threat level:
  5/5
Result
Malware family:
n/a
Score:
  1/10
Tags:
linux
Please note that we are no longer able to provide a coverage score for Virus Total.

YARA Signatures


MalwareBazaar uses YARA rules from several public and non-public repositories, such as YARAhub and Malpedia. Those are being matched against malware samples uploaded to MalwareBazaar as well as against any suspicious process dumps they may create. Please note that only results from TLP:CLEAR rules are being displayed.

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_Toriilike_persist
Author:4r4
Description:Detects Torii IoT Botnet (stealthier Mirai alternative)
Reference:Identified via researched data
Rule name:enterpriseapps2
Author:Tim Brown @timb_machine
Description:Enterprise apps
Rule name:F01_s1ckrule
Author:s1ckb017
Rule name:linux_generic_ipv6_catcher
Author:@_lubiedo
Description:ELF samples using IPv6 addresses
Rule name:RANSOMWARE
Author:ToroGuitar
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 b8f6b53d0c2330dee76418f6666f742362d39e3ee1c320db6f26fb8bf996a283

(this sample)

  
Delivery method
Distributed via web download

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