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Mirai


Vendor detections: 10


Intelligence 10 IOCs YARA 12 File information Comments

SHA256 hash: e18e662e9b55381cd8c5a19bb81e15b78db2ac0ae2c675c2bddf39d984ee5d9b
SHA3-384 hash: 22e91fab19ead97382c337cc8ec53916b2a71a44a4e31a6274670b32a503f35a63b72bff5f2081e5cd3af423acb8f7c2
SHA1 hash: 98ccecd6eb9e43405b1806d0fd526789158a48e0
MD5 hash: 9dcbc1d56b12da9d1335cf3d51f95df7
humanhash: sodium-cat-artist-cup
File name:db0fa4b8db0333367e9bda3ab68b8042.mpsl
Download: download sample
Signature Mirai
File size:109'440 bytes
First seen:2026-01-12 11:33:21 UTC
Last seen:Never
File type: elf
MIME type:application/x-executable
ssdeep 768:mHnnxjB96cW/c5Y8in6Jn/1CcMT/p3Stftk+qgchmIVrDsxxr51ne5eA8e2BSet0:Q396cW/c5niVrArzIl8FBSPpZPWGycD
TLSH T13DB391097F610FF7E8AFCC3749A92B4228CC651A21A83B75B934D818F64B25F15E3875
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 upx-dec


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abuse_ch
UPX decompressed file, sourced from SHA256 f50738b140aedf4b8a7d3f9609ced1723b3206f853fe2a9d23511781480e2825
File size (compressed) :37'784 bytes
File size (de-compressed) :109'440 bytes
Format:linux/mipsel
Packed file: f50738b140aedf4b8a7d3f9609ced1723b3206f853fe2a9d23511781480e2825

Intelligence


File Origin
# of uploads :
1
# of downloads :
72
Origin country :
NL NL
Vendor Threat Intelligence
Malware configuration found for:
Mirai
Details
Mirai
an XOR decryption key and at least a c2 socket address
Verdict:
Malicious
Threat level:
  10/10
Confidence:
100%
Tags:
masquerade mirai obfuscated
Verdict:
Malicious
File Type:
elf.32.le
First seen:
2026-01-12T10:01:00Z UTC
Last seen:
2026-01-12T10:55:00Z UTC
Hits:
~10
Status:
terminated
Behavior Graph:
%3 guuid=30130465-1a00-0000-2edd-16ebaf0a0000 pid=2735 /usr/bin/sudo guuid=0e302f67-1a00-0000-2edd-16ebb40a0000 pid=2740 /tmp/sample.bin guuid=30130465-1a00-0000-2edd-16ebaf0a0000 pid=2735->guuid=0e302f67-1a00-0000-2edd-16ebb40a0000 pid=2740 execve
Result
Threat name:
Mirai, Gafgyt
Detection:
malicious
Classification:
spre.troj
Score:
100 / 100
Signature
Antivirus / Scanner detection for submitted sample
Detected Mirai
Malicious sample detected (through community Yara rule)
Multi AV Scanner detection for submitted file
Sample tries to kill multiple processes (SIGKILL)
Suricata IDS alerts for network traffic
Yara detected Gafgyt
Yara detected Mirai
Behaviour
Behavior Graph:
behaviorgraph top1 dnsIp2 2 Behavior Graph ID: 1849009 Sample: db0fa4b8db0333367e9bda3ab68... Startdate: 12/01/2026 Architecture: LINUX Score: 100 29 iqos-center.sho 2->29 31 165.224.118.128, 23 WISCNET1-ASUS United States 2->31 33 99 other IPs or domains 2->33 35 Suricata IDS alerts for network traffic 2->35 37 Malicious sample detected (through community Yara rule) 2->37 39 Antivirus / Scanner detection for submitted sample 2->39 41 4 other signatures 2->41 8 db0fa4b8db0333367e9bda3ab68b8042.mpsl.elf 2->8         started        10 xfce4-panel wrapper-2.0 2->10         started        12 xfce4-panel wrapper-2.0 2->12         started        14 6 other processes 2->14 signatures3 process4 process5 16 db0fa4b8db0333367e9bda3ab68b8042.mpsl.elf 8->16         started        18 wrapper-2.0 xfpm-power-backlight-helper 10->18         started        process6 20 db0fa4b8db0333367e9bda3ab68b8042.mpsl.elf 16->20         started        23 db0fa4b8db0333367e9bda3ab68b8042.mpsl.elf 16->23         started        25 db0fa4b8db0333367e9bda3ab68b8042.mpsl.elf 16->25         started        27 3 other processes 16->27 signatures7 43 Sample tries to kill multiple processes (SIGKILL) 20->43
Threat name:
Linux.Worm.Mirai
Status:
Malicious
First seen:
2026-01-12 11:34:30 UTC
File Type:
ELF32 Little (Exe)
AV detection:
18 of 24 (75.00%)
Threat level:
  5/5
Result
Malware family:
Score:
  10/10
Tags:
family:mirai botnet:unstable defense_evasion discovery
Behaviour
Reads runtime system information
Changes its process name
Writes file to system bin folder
Modifies Watchdog functionality
Contacts a large (163192) amount of remote hosts
Creates a large amount of network flows
Verdict:
Unknown
Tags:
trojan gafgyt botnet mirai
YARA:
Linux_Trojan_Gafgyt_ea92cca8 MAL_ELF_LNX_Mirai_Oct10_1 MAL_ELF_LNX_Mirai_Oct10_2
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YARA Signatures


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Rule name:botnet_Yakuza
Author:NDA0E
Description:Yakuza botnet
Rule name:CVE_2017_17215
Author:NDA0E
Description:Detects exploitation attempt of CVE-2017-17215
Rule name:ELF_Mirai
Author:NDA0E
Description:Detects multiple Mirai variants
Rule name:linux_generic_ipv6_catcher
Author:@_lubiedo
Description:ELF samples using IPv6 addresses
Rule name:Linux_Trojan_Gafgyt_ea92cca8
Author:Elastic Security
Rule name:MAL_ELF_LNX_Mirai_Oct10_1
Author:Florian Roth (Nextron Systems)
Description:Detects ELF Mirai variant
Reference:Internal Research
Rule name:MAL_ELF_LNX_Mirai_Oct10_1_RID2F39
Author:Florian Roth
Description:Detects ELF Mirai variant
Reference:Internal Research
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: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: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 e18e662e9b55381cd8c5a19bb81e15b78db2ac0ae2c675c2bddf39d984ee5d9b

(this sample)

  
Delivery method
Distributed via web download

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