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Mirai


Vendor detections: 8


Intelligence 8 IOCs YARA 6 File information Comments
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SHA256 hash: de224e9a9b44a97f38ca670b4d775cf32dca9d43abbb6cc355027350294f77bc
SHA3-384 hash: 394cd321a7852cf9e7af5f130408ebcd252af018b1977a30338b2fc56b8f8bd2cfb3c6e60db9d2ac4c0476545ca69a15
SHA1 hash: da67f5c4bb19f226f263f45b26bacd4617c9b25a
MD5 hash: 1326b589994181a01d80fd8d767ba91f
humanhash: carolina-asparagus-massachusetts-tango
File name:mpsl
Download: download sample
Signature Mirai
Create hunting rule
File size:232'536 bytes
First seen:2026-05-25 22:10:24 UTC
Last seen:Never
File type: elf
MIME type:application/x-executable
ssdeep 1536:i9Ni84qeNUVD6fQem1/9kIEGh9QS2ZB5f53RYuGMoiuB4GH3EWcZyMtMJeNB1J64:WcforkZGX3i24GJcIC99xdgXHu3Z
TLSH T18034C61AAF610FFBD86FCD3302E90B0625CC641722A53B763674D928F54A54F5AE3C68
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 :
40
Origin country :
DE DE
Vendor Threat Intelligence
No detections
Detection(s):
SecuriteInfo.com.Linux.Siggen.9999-1.UNOFFICIAL
Create hunting rule

Sanesecurity.Malware.30460.LC.UNOFFICIAL
Create hunting rule

Sanesecurity.Malware.32133.LX.BOT.UNOFFICIAL
Create hunting rule

Result
Verdict:
Malware
Maliciousness:

Behaviour
Opens a port
Changes access rights for a written file
Creating a file
Sends data to a server
Connection attempt
Receives data from a server
Runs as daemon
Sets a written file as executable
Changes the time when the file was created, accessed, or modified
Launching a process
Manages services
Substitutes an application name
Creates or modifies files in /cron to set up autorun
Performs a bruteforce attack in the network
Creates or modifies files in /init.d to set up autorun
Verdict:
Unknown
Threat level:
  0/10
Confidence:
100%
Link:
https://www.filescan.io/uploads/6a14c906875badc3b3956743/reports/8bf43296-3e4f-4d5b-9b2b-21d02d4ddeda/overview
Verdict:
Malicious
File Type:
elf.32.le
First seen:
2026-05-25T19:32:00Z UTC
Last seen:
2026-05-27T00:18:00Z UTC
Hits:
~10
Link:
https://opentip.kaspersky.com/de224e9a9b44a97f38ca670b4d775cf32dca9d43abbb6cc355027350294f77bc/results?tab=lookup
Status:
terminated
Link:
https://sandbox.kunai.rocks/analysis/9a56c60b-ebd1-475d-9e1f-c9508147a9c2
Behavior Graph:
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%3 guuid=dd1f42dc-1d00-0000-43f3-6c4a920c0000 pid=3218 /usr/bin/sudo guuid=045acbe2-1d00-0000-43f3-6c4a930c0000 pid=3219 /tmp/sample.bin guuid=dd1f42dc-1d00-0000-43f3-6c4a920c0000 pid=3218->guuid=045acbe2-1d00-0000-43f3-6c4a930c0000 pid=3219 execve
Verdict:
Unknown
Link:
https://analyze.intezer.com/analyses/6098e36c-065b-4ba4-a021-48ad93b13adc
Result
Threat name:
Gafgyt, Mirai
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Detection:
malicious
Classification:
troj.evad
Score:
100 / 100
Link:
https://www.joesandbox.com/analysis/1918320
Signature
Connects to many ports of the same IP (likely port scanning)
Drops files in suspicious directories
Executes the "crontab" command typically for achieving persistence
Executes the "iptables" command to insert, remove and/or manipulate rules
Multi AV Scanner detection for submitted file
Sample reads /proc/mounts (often used for finding a writable filesystem)
Sample tries to persist itself using cron
Sample tries to persist itself using System V runlevels
Sample tries to set files in /etc globally writable
Uses known network protocols on non-standard ports
Yara detected Gafgyt
Yara detected Mirai
Behaviour
Behavior Graph:
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behaviorgraph top1 dnsIp2 2 Behavior Graph ID: 1918320 Sample: mpsl.elf Startdate: 26/05/2026 Architecture: LINUX Score: 100 69 156.17.42.178, 23 WASKWROCMAN-EDUeducationalpartofWASKnetworkWroclawPolandPL Poland 2->69 71 200.199.203.55, 23 VtalBR Brazil 2->71 73 98 other IPs or domains 2->73 79 Multi AV Scanner detection for submitted file 2->79 81 Yara detected Gafgyt 2->81 83 Yara detected Mirai 2->83 85 2 other signatures 2->85 10 mpsl.elf 2->10         started        12 systemd snapd-env-generator 2->12         started        14 dash rm 2->14         started        16 dash rm 2->16         started        signatures3 process4 process5 18 mpsl.elf 10->18         started        file6 61 /usr/local/bin/FOme6lLDbQHLxWj, ELF 18->61 dropped 63 /etc/rc.local, ASCII 18->63 dropped 65 /etc/init.d/t74fjOmBPWc, POSIX 18->65 dropped 87 Sample tries to set files in /etc globally writable 18->87 89 Drops files in suspicious directories 18->89 91 Sample reads /proc/mounts (often used for finding a writable filesystem) 18->91 93 Sample tries to persist itself using System V runlevels 18->93 22 mpsl.elf sh 18->22         started        24 mpsl.elf 18->24         started        26 mpsl.elf sh 18->26         started        28 2 other processes 18->28 signatures7 process8 process9 30 sh crontab 22->30         started        34 sh 22->34         started        36 mpsl.elf sh 24->36         started        38 mpsl.elf sh 24->38         started        40 mpsl.elf sh 24->40         started        46 2 other processes 24->46 42 sh crontab 26->42         started        44 sh systemctl 28->44         started        file10 67 /var/spool/cron/crontabs/tmp.jjmds6, ASCII 30->67 dropped 95 Sample tries to persist itself using cron 30->95 97 Executes the "crontab" command typically for achieving persistence 30->97 48 sh crontab 34->48         started        51 sh iptables 36->51         started        53 sh busybox 38->53         started        55 sh busybox 40->55         started        57 sh 46->57         started        59 sh 46->59         started        signatures11 process12 signatures13 75 Executes the "crontab" command typically for achieving persistence 48->75 77 Executes the "iptables" command to insert, remove and/or manipulate rules 51->77
Score:
100%
Verdict:
Malware
File Type:
ELF
Link:
https://malprob.io/report/de224e9a9b44a97f38ca670b4d775cf32dca9d43abbb6cc355027350294f77bc
Detection:
mirai
Create hunting rule
Link:
https://mwdb.cert.pl/sample/de224e9a9b44a97f38ca670b4d775cf32dca9d43abbb6cc355027350294f77bc/
Threat name:
Linux.Worm.Mirai
Create hunting rule
Status:
Malicious
First seen:
2026-05-25 22:11:44 UTC
File Type:
ELF32 Little (Exe)
AV detection:
13 of 24 (54.17%)
Threat level:
  5/5
Detection(s):
Suspicious file
Link:
https://check.spamhaus.org/check/?searchterm=3yre5gu3isux6ogkm4fu25246mw4vhkdvo5wzq2vajzvakkpo66a._file
Result
Malware family:
n/a
Score:
  6/10
Tags:
discovery persistence
Link:
https://tria.ge/reports/260525-132s4say8s/
Behaviour
Reads runtime system information
Changes its process name
Write file to user bin folder
Please note that we are no longer able to provide a coverage score for Virus Total.
Threat name:
Legit
Score:
0.00
Link:
https://yomi.yoroi.company/submissions/de224e9a9b44a97f38ca670b4d775cf32dca9d43abbb6cc355027350294f77bc

YARA Signatures

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Rule name:ELF_IoT_Persistence_Hunt
Create hunting rule
Author:4r4
Description:Hunts for ELF files with persistence and download capabilities
Rule name:ELF_Toriilike_persist
Create hunting rule
Author:4r4
Description:Detects Torii IoT Botnet (stealthier Mirai alternative)
Reference:Identified via researched data
Rule name:linux_generic_ipv6_catcher
Create hunting rule
Author:@_lubiedo
Description:ELF samples using IPv6 addresses
Rule name:setsockopt
Create hunting rule
Author:Tim Brown @timb_machine
Description:Hunts for setsockopt() red flags
Rule name:TH_Generic_MassHunt_Linux_Malware_2026_CYFARE
Create hunting rule
Author:CYFARE
Description:Generic Linux malware mass-hunt rule - 2026
Reference:https://cyfare.net/
Rule name:unixredflags3
Create hunting rule
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 de224e9a9b44a97f38ca670b4d775cf32dca9d43abbb6cc355027350294f77bc

(this sample)

  
URLhaus
https://urlhaus.abuse.ch/url/3853086/
  
Delivery method
Distributed via web download

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