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Database Entry



Mirai


Vendor detections: 10


Intelligence 10 IOCs YARA 7 File information Comments

SHA256 hash: e2a46042865791e966dad8510ce21044cc06790e4777b225a52d86f4a05b1f10
SHA3-384 hash: ae15796a60c00cbe9c3ccea10de37f3ecd89e7a80dc057b29f8edbf32fc57175071ad0ac6253438e7e5f81ff6be3cd44
SHA1 hash: 89f89e844f959e62ca034126f62d1dd518d1904c
MD5 hash: e20908c98c7e776bec0e5792ee434c12
humanhash: sodium-mobile-bravo-autumn
File name:tux.m68k
Download: download sample
Signature Mirai
File size:74'876 bytes
First seen:2026-03-25 15:01:15 UTC
Last seen:2026-03-25 16:51:43 UTC
File type: elf
MIME type:application/x-executable
ssdeep 1536:G22so6ktgQgcKyZOExCDCGnioLc8RQnveRuUhF8cnbrUN1yNW0:G22vpWcKexECGnioLwYuU386LNW0
TLSH T1BF732A9AF800DC7DF80BD77B4463090AF63163515A930F3B6767F963AC321A95926E82
Magika elf
Reporter abuse_ch
Tags:elf mirai

Intelligence


File Origin
# of uploads :
2
# of downloads :
109
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
Verdict:
Malicious
Threat level:
  10/10
Confidence:
100%
Tags:
base64 masquerade mirai mirai obfuscated obfuscated
Verdict:
Malicious
File Type:
elf.32.be
Detections:
HEUR:Backdoor.Linux.Mirai.r HEUR:Backdoor.Linux.Mirai.hw HEUR:Backdoor.Linux.Mirai.h HEUR:Backdoor.Linux.Mirai.gen HEUR:Backdoor.Linux.Mirai.c HEUR:Backdoor.Linux.Mirai.b
Status:
terminated
Behavior Graph:
%3 guuid=31d3b8d6-1600-0000-aab9-bdc0840e0000 pid=3716 /usr/bin/sudo guuid=c9ea74d8-1600-0000-aab9-bdc08d0e0000 pid=3725 /tmp/sample.bin guuid=31d3b8d6-1600-0000-aab9-bdc0840e0000 pid=3716->guuid=c9ea74d8-1600-0000-aab9-bdc08d0e0000 pid=3725 execve
Threat name:
Linux.Worm.Mirai
Status:
Malicious
First seen:
2026-03-25 15:02:29 UTC
File Type:
ELF32 Big (Exe)
AV detection:
22 of 36 (61.11%)
Threat level:
  5/5
Result
Malware family:
Score:
  10/10
Tags:
family:mirai botnet:mirai linux
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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: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: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


The table below shows additional information about this malware sample such as delivery method and external references.

Web download

Mirai

elf e2a46042865791e966dad8510ce21044cc06790e4777b225a52d86f4a05b1f10

(this sample)

  
Delivery method
Distributed via web download

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