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Database Entry



Mirai


Vendor detections: 7


Intelligence 7 IOCs YARA 3 File information Comments

SHA256 hash: bc56faa396b8b6f6487e925a19c3cfa0a1daeaa36e774615db56a7664fa7ad4d
SHA3-384 hash: 8f816ac763c9b7faa6102c8d37bcbb332be7337cac4b27b1ba9b60f5ab7728acf6228e5d991fd6781f67daa77c75c4d0
SHA1 hash: 913c4d9c15123a189e6a7107c59198f2c429cb96
MD5 hash: 45aea77d76cf4f6424b39576de98d6ed
humanhash: texas-football-leopard-fillet
File name:xWr
Download: download sample
Signature Mirai
File size:83'664 bytes
First seen:2026-07-21 22:42:25 UTC
Last seen:2026-07-22 17:09:01 UTC
File type: elf
MIME type:application/x-executable
ssdeep 1536:+knXPQEE2PvaYUIlkvkCWd3cbqDdGgbOHB2Nk6z8VTuC5llGviHe1PkZdz:95EwvNgy0ClbOHB2Nk6z8V1AWe1kd
TLSH T1A983086ABD419F05D4D526BAFF1E9289335357BCE3EE7102DE142B2527CAA1B0F3A401
telfhash t16ee061b64a4185fc93e44559d05f711a430ce052051045d8bafc5e1fd173886760e40a
Magika elf
Reporter abuse_ch
Tags:elf mirai

Intelligence


File Origin
# of uploads :
2
# of downloads :
101
Origin country :
DE DE
Vendor Threat Intelligence
No detections
Result
Verdict:
Malware
Maliciousness:

Behaviour
Manages services
Creating a file
Sends data to a server
Collects information on the RAM
Connection attempt
Receives data from a server
Sets a written file as executable
Kills processes
Runs as daemon
Collects information on the CPU
Writes symbolic links to system directory
Creates or modifies files in /cron to set up autorun
Creates or modifies files in /init.d to set up autorun
Verdict:
Unknown
Threat level:
  0/10
Confidence:
100%
Tags:
rust
Verdict:
Malicious
File Type:
elf.32.le
First seen:
2026-07-21T20:51:00Z UTC
Last seen:
2026-07-22T18:35:00Z UTC
Hits:
~10
Status:
terminated
Behavior Graph:
%3 guuid=7c5369c0-1800-0000-dcdf-f4d176080000 pid=2166 /usr/bin/sudo guuid=4f9d37c4-1800-0000-dcdf-f4d17f080000 pid=2175 /tmp/sample.bin guuid=7c5369c0-1800-0000-dcdf-f4d176080000 pid=2166->guuid=4f9d37c4-1800-0000-dcdf-f4d17f080000 pid=2175 execve
Result
Threat name:
n/a
Detection:
malicious
Classification:
spre.troj
Score:
72 / 100
Signature
Multi AV Scanner detection for submitted file
Protects files from modification
Sample reads /proc/mounts (often used for finding a writable filesystem)
Sample tries to kill multiple processes (SIGKILL)
Sample tries to persist itself using cron
Sample tries to persist itself using System V runlevels
Sample tries to set files in /etc globally writable
Behaviour
Behavior Graph:
behaviorgraph top1 dnsIp2 2 Behavior Graph ID: 1946179 Sample: xWr.elf Startdate: 22/07/2026 Architecture: LINUX Score: 72 46 5.231.70.61, 3512, 51364 DATAFORESTDE Germany 2->46 48 94.154.43.102, 40488, 41298, 5632 CDNEXTGB Turkey 2->48 50 Multi AV Scanner detection for submitted file 2->50 10 xWr.elf 2->10         started        12 systemd snapd-env-generator 2->12         started        14 systemd snapd-env-generator 2->14         started        16 8 other processes 2->16 signatures3 process4 process5 18 xWr.elf 10->18         started        process6 20 xWr.elf 18->20         started        signatures7 52 Sample tries to kill multiple processes (SIGKILL) 20->52 54 Sample tries to persist itself using cron 20->54 56 Sample tries to persist itself using System V runlevels 20->56 23 xWr.elf 20->23         started        27 xWr.elf chattr 20->27         started        29 xWr.elf chattr 20->29         started        31 29 other processes 20->31 process8 file9 40 /etc/rc.local, POSIX 23->40 dropped 42 /etc/crontab, ASCII 23->42 dropped 44 /etc/cron.d/crond, ASCII 23->44 dropped 60 Sample tries to set files in /etc globally writable 23->60 62 Sample reads /proc/mounts (often used for finding a writable filesystem) 23->62 64 Sample tries to persist itself using cron 23->64 66 Sample tries to persist itself using System V runlevels 23->66 33 xWr.elf systemctl 23->33         started        35 xWr.elf systemctl 23->35         started        68 Protects files from modification 27->68 70 Sample tries to kill multiple processes (SIGKILL) 31->70 37 xWr.elf 31->37         started        signatures10 process11 signatures12 58 Sample tries to kill multiple processes (SIGKILL) 37->58
Threat name:
Linux.Backdoor.Mirai
Status:
Malicious
First seen:
2026-07-21 22:43:38 UTC
File Type:
ELF32 Little (Exe)
AV detection:
14 of 24 (58.33%)
Threat level:
  5/5
Result
Malware family:
n/a
Score:
  6/10
Tags:
antivm discovery execution persistence privilege_escalation
Behaviour
Reads runtime system information
Checks CPU configuration
Creates/modifies Cron job
Enumerates running processes
Modifies rc script
Modifies systemd
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YARA Signatures


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Rule name:Linux_Generic_Threat_0ea505fa
Author:Elastic Security
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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Web download

Mirai

elf bc56faa396b8b6f6487e925a19c3cfa0a1daeaa36e774615db56a7664fa7ad4d

(this sample)

  
Delivery method
Distributed via web download

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