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Mirai


Vendor detections: 12


Intelligence 12 IOCs YARA 7 File information Comments

SHA256 hash: db7cac92262af67d74446a97526d33e13ac4539e37ad03d4d94dfdc810607b7e
SHA3-384 hash: 9d73e9c1db9dcd5224fece436f696dc2b4d34c4dc29cf1d797a76fda2af33dbfd6fd4915ab9a3d805d20bec7643349bd
SHA1 hash: 009d212aaf71968c8c537219feb661a5607fbfbc
MD5 hash: 0f4bccd94f851adb4bd29c5c0533afe9
humanhash: california-cardinal-low-steak
File name:pmips
Download: download sample
Signature Mirai
File size:94'000 bytes
First seen:2026-05-20 01:55:34 UTC
Last seen:Never
File type: elf
MIME type:application/x-executable
ssdeep 1536:Mx5y0AuxAGwT9tdNdpgHBL6c7d1Tu+e/kswuE0hIgR/0Pxl:t50BL3d1TEtEZj
TLSH T18193D85E6E319FBDF66C833047B78B21935933D526E1C685E2ACD6002F6038D646FBA4
telfhash t10121604c497823e4a7725c992beeff76e59130df4a216e278e01fdacaa2dd425d00c1c
Magika elf
Reporter abuse_ch
Tags:elf mirai

Intelligence


File Origin
# of uploads :
1
# of downloads :
95
Origin country :
DE DE
Vendor Threat Intelligence
Malware configuration found for:
Mirai
Details
Mirai
an XOR decryption key and at least a c2 socket address
Result
Verdict:
Malware
Maliciousness:

Behaviour
Opens a port
DNS request
Runs as daemon
Receives data from a server
Kills processes
Creating a file
Connection attempt
Sends data to a server
Substitutes an application name
Kills critical processes
Deleting of the original file
Verdict:
Malicious
Threat level:
  10/10
Confidence:
100%
Tags:
bash exploit lolbin obfuscated
Verdict:
Malicious
File Type:
elf.32.be
First seen:
2026-05-19T19:33:00Z UTC
Last seen:
2026-05-19T20:04:00Z UTC
Hits:
~10
Detections:
HEUR:Backdoor.Linux.Mirai.b
Status:
terminated
Behavior Graph:
%3 guuid=167ec760-1800-0000-5551-2745ac0c0000 pid=3244 /usr/bin/sudo guuid=603eeb62-1800-0000-5551-2745ae0c0000 pid=3246 /tmp/sample.bin guuid=167ec760-1800-0000-5551-2745ac0c0000 pid=3244->guuid=603eeb62-1800-0000-5551-2745ae0c0000 pid=3246 execve
Result
Threat name:
Detection:
malicious
Classification:
spre.troj.evad
Score:
84 / 100
Signature
Antivirus / Scanner detection for submitted sample
Multi AV Scanner detection for submitted file
Sample deletes itself
Sample tries to kill multiple processes (SIGKILL)
Sends malformed DNS queries
Yara detected Mirai
Behaviour
Behavior Graph:
behaviorgraph top1 dnsIp2 2 Behavior Graph ID: 1916078 Sample: pmips.elf Startdate: 20/05/2026 Architecture: LINUX Score: 84 29 . [malformed] 2->29 31 92.112.126.188, 18129, 44012, 44014 UKRTELNETUA Ukraine 2->31 33 5 other IPs or domains 2->33 35 Antivirus / Scanner detection for submitted sample 2->35 37 Multi AV Scanner detection for submitted file 2->37 39 Yara detected Mirai 2->39 9 pmips.elf 2->9         started        12 xfce4-panel wrapper-2.0 2->12         started        14 systemd rsyslogd 2->14         started        16 14 other processes 2->16 signatures3 41 Sends malformed DNS queries 29->41 process4 signatures5 45 Sample deletes itself 9->45 18 pmips.elf 9->18         started        20 wrapper-2.0 xfpm-power-backlight-helper 12->20         started        process6 process7 22 pmips.elf 18->22         started        process8 24 pmips.elf 22->24         started        27 pmips.elf 22->27         started        signatures9 43 Sample tries to kill multiple processes (SIGKILL) 24->43
Threat name:
Linux.Worm.Mirai
Status:
Malicious
First seen:
2026-05-20 01:56:37 UTC
File Type:
ELF32 Big (Exe)
AV detection:
18 of 36 (50.00%)
Threat level:
  5/5
Result
Malware family:
Score:
  10/10
Tags:
family:mirai botnet:mirai botnet defense_evasion discovery
Behaviour
Reads runtime system information
System Network Configuration Discovery
Writes file to shm directory
Changes its process name
Enumerates running processes
Deletes itself
Modifies Watchdog functionality
Malware Config
C2 Extraction:
cnc.domain.com
scan.domain.com
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YARA Signatures


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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:RANSOMWARE
Author:ToroGuitar
Rule name:telebot_framework
Author:vietdx.mb
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 db7cac92262af67d74446a97526d33e13ac4539e37ad03d4d94dfdc810607b7e

(this sample)

  
Delivery method
Distributed via web download

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