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Database Entry



Mirai


Vendor detections: 9


Intelligence 9 IOCs YARA 4 File information Comments

SHA256 hash: de171191406f9cccc8591eca9b734751f3c4f26e2f6ba525b768a7688a776621
SHA3-384 hash: 7d3787ed07c6ed81c8d04c11224a1cbf70c5cd79aae7e4d10637fd470031c6c5a1745fe5d0f30ce8ee98ba2031947123
SHA1 hash: e3a793eb91841c5ed91d206beb9e4361c30d3863
MD5 hash: a453574c92c9945d3b8fc46ec168de76
humanhash: early-robin-kansas-oxygen
File name:Aqua.arm4
Download: download sample
Signature Mirai
File size:141'984 bytes
First seen:2026-01-22 09:09:56 UTC
Last seen:Never
File type: elf
MIME type:application/x-executable
ssdeep 1536:RxQW1Q4bXCmlAscGLwpFm2t3T4Vb0cGTuFkzD+krgOahLmfAsYEl3twywf5d5YlV:RxQW/PZv8Fmo4yBokzDRWLg1LdJVF
TLSH T135D31A85F8515B23C6D612BBFB5E42CD372A17A9D3EE32038D156F24379A85B0E37242
telfhash t14f11e161cb2c0dcc57f0854581ce232d77a631abe77b14a64e8fae8f49535c6f218c15
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 :
43
Origin country :
DE DE
Vendor Threat Intelligence
No detections
Verdict:
Malicious
Uses P2P?:
false
Uses anti-vm?:
false
Architecture:
arm
Packer:
not packed
Botnet:
unknown
Number of open files:
0
Number of processes launched:
2
Processes remaning?
true
Remote TCP ports scanned:
not identified
Behaviour
Process Renaming
Botnet C2s
TCP botnet C2(s):
not identified
UDP botnet C2(s):
not identified
Result
Gathering data
Status:
terminated
Behavior Graph:
%3 guuid=855058c4-1c00-0000-77c6-febf170c0000 pid=3095 /usr/bin/sudo guuid=214b09c6-1c00-0000-77c6-febf1e0c0000 pid=3102 /tmp/sample.bin guuid=855058c4-1c00-0000-77c6-febf170c0000 pid=3095->guuid=214b09c6-1c00-0000-77c6-febf1e0c0000 pid=3102 execve
Result
Threat name:
n/a
Detection:
malicious
Classification:
troj.evad
Score:
64 / 100
Signature
Deletes system log files
Manipulation of devices in /dev
Multi AV Scanner detection for submitted file
Sample deletes itself
Sends malformed DNS queries
Behaviour
Behavior Graph:
behaviorgraph top1 dnsIp2 2 Behavior Graph ID: 1855580 Sample: Aqua.arm4.elf Startdate: 22/01/2026 Architecture: LINUX Score: 64 22 assets.gametools.win. [malformed] 2->22 24 assets.gametools.win 193.233.248.201, 2211, 33750, 33752 FREE-NET-ASFREEnetEU Russian Federation 2->24 26 54.217.10.153, 37712, 443 AMAZON-02US United States 2->26 30 Multi AV Scanner detection for submitted file 2->30 8 Aqua.arm4.elf 2->8         started        10 dash rm 2->10         started        12 dash cut 2->12         started        14 8 other processes 2->14 signatures3 32 Sends malformed DNS queries 22->32 process4 process5 16 Aqua.arm4.elf 8->16         started        signatures6 28 Sample deletes itself 16->28 19 Aqua.arm4.elf 16->19         started        process7 signatures8 34 Manipulation of devices in /dev 19->34 36 Deletes system log files 19->36
Threat name:
Linux.Backdoor.Mirai
Status:
Malicious
First seen:
2026-01-22 08:56:52 UTC
File Type:
ELF32 Little (Exe)
AV detection:
15 of 36 (41.67%)
Threat level:
  5/5
Result
Malware family:
Score:
  10/10
Tags:
family:mirai botnet:botnet
Please note that we are no longer able to provide a coverage score for Virus Total.

YARA Signatures


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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_Generic_Threat_d94e1020
Author:Elastic Security
Rule name:unixredflags3
Author:Tim Brown @timb_machine
Description:Hunts for UNIX red flags

File information


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Web download

Mirai

elf de171191406f9cccc8591eca9b734751f3c4f26e2f6ba525b768a7688a776621

(this sample)

  
Delivery method
Distributed via web download

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