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Database Entry



Mirai


Vendor detections: 9


Intelligence 9 IOCs YARA 10 File information Comments

SHA256 hash: cc0ab18f186304dbb698dc167a9fd4e2582efa487e83eeed40b6a972cd141b2a
SHA3-384 hash: 3a4adf05df320ae5c3afa6160581480b6ceb3315c55785023ac5ac44e80973cbc344f7c083a645f28ed211fa9b75fff6
SHA1 hash: b20edf2ed93565f8a4bf31658095688031ac3ea2
MD5 hash: 001cde7ac1bf5ff2f210d1e968097094
humanhash: helium-earth-edward-sierra
File name:morte.mpsl
Download: download sample
Signature Mirai
File size:79'868 bytes
First seen:2026-10-09 01:26:24 UTC
Last seen:Never
File type: elf
MIME type:application/x-executable
ssdeep 1536:P2Vu+dSbFTBJRc4gRGUUpDVB8DuPSwteQHBD:uVu+dSbBBLgRGlpLeE
TLSH T1CD73931ABF650FF7E86FCC378AE91B45248D641A21993B7A7D34D418B24B24F49E3870
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 :
94
Origin country :
DE DE
Vendor Threat Intelligence
Result
Verdict:
Malware
Maliciousness:

Behaviour
Connection attempt
Sends data to a server
Opens a port
Runs as daemon
Substitutes an application name
Deleting of the original file
Verdict:
Malicious
Threat level:
  10/10
Confidence:
100%
Tags:
botnet masquerade mirai mirai obfuscated
Status:
terminated
Behavior Graph:
%3 guuid=cc030e40-1800-0000-af2d-988b55070000 pid=1877 /usr/bin/sudo guuid=4d041346-1800-0000-af2d-988b56070000 pid=1878 /tmp/sample.bin guuid=cc030e40-1800-0000-af2d-988b55070000 pid=1877->guuid=4d041346-1800-0000-af2d-988b56070000 pid=1878 execve
Threat name:
Linux.Worm.Mirai
Status:
Malicious
First seen:
2026-10-09 01:27:25 UTC
File Type:
ELF32 Little (Exe)
AV detection:
26 of 36 (72.22%)
Threat level:
  5/5
Result
Malware family:
Score:
  10/10
Tags:
family:mirai botnet:mirai botnet defense_evasion discovery
Behaviour
Changes its process name
Reads system network configuration
Enumerates active TCP sockets
Deletes itself
Modifies Watchdog functionality
Contacts a large (3202) amount of remote hosts
Please note that we are no longer able to provide a coverage score for Virus Total.

YARA Signatures


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Rule name:Linux_Mirai_Generic
Author:albertzsigovits
Description:Generic Approach to Mirai/Gafgyt samples
Rule name:Linux_Trojan_Mirai_0bce98a2
Author:Elastic Security
Rule name:MAL_ELF_LNX_Mirai_Oct10_2
Author:Florian Roth (Nextron Systems)
Description:Detects ELF malware Mirai related
Reference:Internal Research
Rule name:MAL_ELF_LNX_Mirai_Oct10_2_RID2F3A
Author:Florian Roth
Description:Detects ELF malware Mirai related
Reference:Internal Research
Rule name:Mirai_Botnet_Malware
Author:Florian Roth (Nextron Systems)
Description:Detects Mirai Botnet Malware
Reference:Internal Research
Rule name:Mirai_Botnet_Malware_RID2EF6
Author:Florian Roth
Description:Detects Mirai Botnet Malware
Reference:Internal Research
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 cc0ab18f186304dbb698dc167a9fd4e2582efa487e83eeed40b6a972cd141b2a

(this sample)

  
Delivery method
Distributed via web download

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