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Database Entry



Mirai


Vendor detections: 5


Intelligence 5 IOCs YARA 4 File information Comments

SHA256 hash: d3a33ffcb6fda21a7452f7507449b038465aa7fc48087839a7c7efe7c523d6c8
SHA3-384 hash: fc022d9c68c24e8994b17308f8f21d7b1c09c9eec373d42b5090a2544b4e4b72ecf6543525ec78d43602174be03e3698
SHA1 hash: 1d3807f303976d09cbdee1051dac897c391b4923
MD5 hash: 00a69a0fc9a2f6ed7f237a8e51d1863e
humanhash: equal-don-fish-mockingbird
File name:ppc
Download: download sample
Signature Mirai
File size:67'008 bytes
First seen:2026-01-26 00:09:20 UTC
Last seen:2026-01-26 02:09:48 UTC
File type: elf
MIME type:application/x-executable
ssdeep 1536:yy7q+cW04foVLvj6RF930hhcfqkCd3+cCqeF7m6172cis5Gro:Vhy0oWFF0hhZkJF172Xskk
TLSH T1DA632C01730C0993D1A76EB43A3F57D1D3FEA9D022E4E985260EAA8992F5D3251C6ECD
Magika elf
Reporter abuse_ch
Tags:elf mirai

Intelligence


File Origin
# of uploads :
2
# of downloads :
105
Origin country :
DE DE
Vendor Threat Intelligence
No detections
Result
Gathering data
Status:
terminated
Behavior Graph:
%3 guuid=6a0492fc-1a00-0000-3c1c-63cb6d0b0000 pid=2925 /usr/bin/sudo guuid=6750f4ff-1a00-0000-3c1c-63cb710b0000 pid=2929 /tmp/sample.bin guuid=6a0492fc-1a00-0000-3c1c-63cb6d0b0000 pid=2925->guuid=6750f4ff-1a00-0000-3c1c-63cb710b0000 pid=2929 execve
Result
Threat name:
Detection:
malicious
Classification:
spre.troj
Score:
80 / 100
Signature
Antivirus / Scanner detection for submitted sample
Connects to many ports of the same IP (likely port scanning)
Multi AV Scanner detection for submitted file
Reads system files that contain records of logged in users
Sample reads /proc/mounts (often used for finding a writable filesystem)
Sample tries to kill multiple processes (SIGKILL)
Yara detected Mirai
Behaviour
Behavior Graph:
behaviorgraph top1 dnsIp2 2 Behavior Graph ID: 1857341 Sample: ppc.elf Startdate: 26/01/2026 Architecture: LINUX Score: 80 63 101.15.222.130, 53619 TAIWANMOBILE-ASTaiwanMobileCoLtdTW Taiwan; Republic of China (ROC) 2->63 65 99.237.38.218, 25438 ROGERS-COMMUNICATIONSCA Canada 2->65 67 21 other IPs or domains 2->67 69 Antivirus / Scanner detection for submitted sample 2->69 71 Multi AV Scanner detection for submitted file 2->71 73 Yara detected Mirai 2->73 75 Connects to many ports of the same IP (likely port scanning) 2->75 10 systemd gpu-manager 2->10         started        12 ppc.elf 2->12         started        15 systemd accounts-daemon 2->15         started        17 22 other processes 2->17 signatures3 process4 file5 20 gpu-manager sh 10->20         started        22 gpu-manager sh 10->22         started        24 gpu-manager sh 10->24         started        33 5 other processes 10->33 79 Sample tries to kill multiple processes (SIGKILL) 12->79 26 ppc.elf 12->26         started        35 4 other processes 12->35 81 Reads system files that contain records of logged in users 15->81 29 accounts-daemon language-validate 15->29         started        61 /var/log/wtmp, data 17->61 dropped 83 Sample reads /proc/mounts (often used for finding a writable filesystem) 17->83 31 gdm3 plymouth 17->31         started        37 4 other processes 17->37 signatures6 process7 signatures8 39 sh grep 20->39         started        41 sh grep 22->41         started        43 sh grep 24->43         started        77 Sample tries to kill multiple processes (SIGKILL) 26->77 45 language-validate language-options 29->45         started        47 sh grep 33->47         started        49 sh grep 33->49         started        51 sh grep 33->51         started        53 2 other processes 33->53 process9 process10 55 language-options sh 45->55         started        process11 57 sh locale 55->57         started        59 sh grep 55->59         started       
Threat name:
Linux.Exploit.Mirai
Status:
Malicious
First seen:
2026-01-26 00:10:26 UTC
File Type:
ELF32 Big (Exe)
AV detection:
7 of 38 (18.42%)
Threat level:
  5/5
Result
Malware family:
n/a
Score:
  1/10
Tags:
linux
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YARA Signatures


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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:linux_generic_ipv6_catcher
Author:@_lubiedo
Description:ELF samples using IPv6 addresses
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 d3a33ffcb6fda21a7452f7507449b038465aa7fc48087839a7c7efe7c523d6c8

(this sample)

  
Delivery method
Distributed via web download

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