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Database Entry



Mirai


Vendor detections: 9


Intelligence 9 IOCs YARA 10 File information Comments

SHA256 hash: c8be56f0838af7ed2133b264c5159ae079a74796a761bbf0764eaec8987cc5b9
SHA3-384 hash: 19efc326f7ceb191dc261ac60840143eed1f67c019645b2466ec0a53beaf75cee840d8d88c02361c4a897bdfe486779c
SHA1 hash: 60aa2522499bc3614b3bbb8b854579019c672895
MD5 hash: 489a7d8d98d1cc478e4f96f148277c2a
humanhash: seventeen-jupiter-mango-single
File name:nz.ppc
Download: download sample
Signature Mirai
File size:121'348 bytes
First seen:2026-07-25 16:59:56 UTC
Last seen:Never
File type: elf
MIME type:application/x-executable
ssdeep 1536:Womlj+GZ9yPwTlm55Tjoei9NyR4IEsFZ+FmY5tNVYvQHe3jt:Wo4w5BjoPqLFkmEXHe3jt
TLSH T191C35C0673180F47C5930AB01E3E3BE987BEE5E421E0BA8A650F9B564675DB7144AFCC
Magika elf
Reporter abuse_ch
Tags:elf mirai upx-dec


Avatar
abuse_ch
UPX decompressed file, sourced from SHA256 405b89d887891e0d43b349c8415edb18d75773205bc98a11676d6f7150bba858
File size (compressed) :47'460 bytes
File size (de-compressed) :121'348 bytes
Format:linux/ppc32
Packed file: 405b89d887891e0d43b349c8415edb18d75773205bc98a11676d6f7150bba858

Intelligence


File Origin
# of uploads :
1
# of downloads :
97
Origin country :
NL NL
Vendor Threat Intelligence
Result
Verdict:
Malware
Maliciousness:

Behaviour
DNS request
Sends data to a server
Runs as daemon
Opens a port
Connection attempt
Verdict:
Unknown
Threat level:
  0/10
Confidence:
100%
Tags:
masquerade
Verdict:
Malicious
File Type:
elf.32.be
First seen:
2026-07-25T14:49:00Z UTC
Last seen:
2026-07-25T16:36:00Z UTC
Hits:
~10
Status:
terminated
Behavior Graph:
%3 guuid=10eedcce-1a00-0000-5b89-eff7a00a0000 pid=2720 /usr/bin/sudo guuid=e5e514d3-1a00-0000-5b89-eff7aa0a0000 pid=2730 /tmp/sample.bin guuid=10eedcce-1a00-0000-5b89-eff7a00a0000 pid=2720->guuid=e5e514d3-1a00-0000-5b89-eff7aa0a0000 pid=2730 execve
Result
Threat name:
Gafgyt, Mirai
Detection:
malicious
Classification:
troj
Score:
80 / 100
Signature
Antivirus / Scanner detection for submitted sample
Malicious sample detected (through community Yara rule)
Yara detected Gafgyt
Yara detected Mirai
Behaviour
Behavior Graph:
behaviorgraph top1 dnsIp2 2 Behavior Graph ID: 1947957 Sample: nz.ppc.elf Startdate: 25/07/2026 Architecture: LINUX Score: 80 22 169.254.169.254, 80 USDOS-USDepartmentofStateUS ZZ 2->22 24 wqok85qtq.net 31.56.209.70, 52084, 52086, 69 SWISSNET-ASUS Netherlands 2->24 26 daisy.ubuntu.com 2->26 28 Malicious sample detected (through community Yara rule) 2->28 30 Antivirus / Scanner detection for submitted sample 2->30 32 Yara detected Gafgyt 2->32 34 Yara detected Mirai 2->34 8 nz.ppc.elf 2->8         started        10 python3.8 dpkg 2->10         started        signatures3 process4 process5 12 nz.ppc.elf 8->12         started        14 nz.ppc.elf 8->14         started        16 nz.ppc.elf 8->16         started        process6 18 nz.ppc.elf 12->18         started        20 nz.ppc.elf 12->20         started       
Threat name:
Linux.Worm.Mirai
Status:
Malicious
First seen:
2026-07-25 17:04:24 UTC
File Type:
ELF32 Big (Exe)
AV detection:
16 of 24 (66.67%)
Threat level:
  5/5
Result
Malware family:
Score:
  10/10
Tags:
family:mirai botnet linux
Malware Config
C2 Extraction:
wqok85qtq.net
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YARA Signatures


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Rule name:botnet_Yakuza
Author:NDA0E
Description:Yakuza botnet
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_28a2fe0c
Author:Elastic Security
Rule name:Linux_Trojan_Gafgyt_ea92cca8
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: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


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

Web download

Mirai

elf c8be56f0838af7ed2133b264c5159ae079a74796a761bbf0764eaec8987cc5b9

(this sample)

  
Delivery method
Distributed via web download

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