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Database Entry



Mirai


Vendor detections: 7


Intelligence 7 IOCs YARA 1 File information Comments

SHA256 hash: e461b4c122a049d2d887769c1fb01b13876dc6ab46cebc7f8d5b35b6d220c67a
SHA3-384 hash: 26b7839832dfb77c39e3f64819953d77db7fd8b7b57003924791e4523536134f77ab6b7b76cb1b7d6870ce7b8d26fea8
SHA1 hash: 1fae4e6470e03388f410532a1b3cb5166bd10b6e
MD5 hash: af5e64487ed71c98b8866b8d0ce42b02
humanhash: utah-batman-social-bulldog
File name:nklppc
Download: download sample
Signature Mirai
File size:93'644 bytes
First seen:2026-01-24 13:28:22 UTC
Last seen:Never
File type: elf
MIME type:application/x-executable
ssdeep 1536:UBy86CH6OJxdUjfuxmkrLYIHiv2R0MsFKFs/GMxNYnvo89CJbq2dtHC05bRT:U76OJo6IMsMMpInvLMv5p
TLSH T169934A4273654447F7A70DB1283FABF193AED5A121E0B285694FDB0F8136E321586FCA
Magika elf
Reporter abuse_ch
Tags:elf mirai

Intelligence


File Origin
# of uploads :
1
# of downloads :
92
Origin country :
DE DE
Vendor Threat Intelligence
No detections
Verdict:
Likely Malicious
Threat level:
  7.5/10
Confidence:
100%
Tags:
mirai
Result
Gathering data
Status:
terminated
Behavior Graph:
%3 guuid=3b8090b8-1600-0000-4b9b-b0188f0c0000 pid=3215 /usr/bin/sudo guuid=23f225ba-1600-0000-4b9b-b018950c0000 pid=3221 /tmp/sample.bin guuid=3b8090b8-1600-0000-4b9b-b0188f0c0000 pid=3215->guuid=23f225ba-1600-0000-4b9b-b018950c0000 pid=3221 execve
Result
Threat name:
Detection:
malicious
Classification:
troj.evad
Score:
72 / 100
Signature
Connects to many IPs within the same subnet mask (likely port scanning)
Drops invisible ELF files
Multi AV Scanner detection for submitted file
Sample deletes itself
Sends malformed DNS queries
Yara detected Mirai
Behaviour
Behavior Graph:
behaviorgraph top1 dnsIp2 2 Behavior Graph ID: 1856805 Sample: nklppc.elf Startdate: 24/01/2026 Architecture: LINUX Score: 72 22 slursontel.ru. [malformed] 2->22 24 slursbeback.ru. [malformed] 2->24 26 103 other IPs or domains 2->26 28 Multi AV Scanner detection for submitted file 2->28 30 Yara detected Mirai 2->30 32 Connects to many IPs within the same subnet mask (likely port scanning) 2->32 8 nklppc.elf .systemd-journald 2->8         started        12 dash rm 2->12         started        14 dash rm 2->14         started        signatures3 34 Sends malformed DNS queries 24->34 process4 file5 20 /dev/shm/.systemd-journald, ELF 8->20 dropped 36 Drops invisible ELF files 8->36 38 Sample deletes itself 8->38 16 .systemd-journald 8->16         started        signatures6 process7 process8 18 .systemd-journald 16->18         started       
Threat name:
Linux.Backdoor.Mirai
Status:
Malicious
First seen:
2026-01-24 13:29:32 UTC
File Type:
ELF32 Big (Exe)
AV detection:
12 of 36 (33.33%)
Threat level:
  5/5
Result
Malware family:
n/a
Score:
  1/10
Tags:
linux
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YARA Signatures


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

File information


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Web download

Mirai

elf e461b4c122a049d2d887769c1fb01b13876dc6ab46cebc7f8d5b35b6d220c67a

(this sample)

  
Delivery method
Distributed via web download

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