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Database Entry



Mirai


Vendor detections: 10


Intelligence 10 IOCs YARA 4 File information Comments

SHA256 hash: e4afc15b78f26c3cd1fa5a03daf005bf8bc8f627947a8a38afa4d8aac4b4856b
SHA3-384 hash: 935451bdde89a678d882263983de7d0846a9512ff458a4f66e24f321723dda23c8c441fdb3b7d42454193cfa3c946035
SHA1 hash: ccb78c5d0d588daa440b9a58b4bbf1c95402febc
MD5 hash: 3dbf59616dbcffa706f3ba79dd970230
humanhash: asparagus-twelve-solar-uniform
File name:pmips
Download: download sample
Signature Mirai
File size:37'068 bytes
First seen:2026-09-26 01:01:56 UTC
Last seen:2026-09-26 10:21:59 UTC
File type: elf
MIME type:application/x-executable
ssdeep 768:4NYKyukZoTMKeFDedFYONsIyHrINP1pHElHlPMqMUMkLE0pucPjrWJgGlzDpbuRA:iYdWleFidFzbyLQP1OpMqMapCVJu+
TLSH T17AF2E078A20189DDD179D6FA03EC4370B2290FA0F4128C6FF66E59A63DE65E534272D8
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
File size (compressed) :37'068 bytes
File size (de-compressed) :97'736 bytes
Format:linux/mips
Unpacked file: 51e8cc5e0dcd6dec03ac00bf082dcc8cbe757df2bb581f4ec5ca7be9aa5dd7eb

Intelligence


File Origin
# of uploads :
2
# of downloads :
87
Origin country :
DE DE
Vendor Threat Intelligence
Result
Verdict:
Malware
Maliciousness:

Behaviour
Kills processes
Opens a port
Receives data from a server
Sends data to a server
Connection attempt
Runs as daemon
Creating a file
Substitutes an application name
Kills critical processes
Deleting of the original file
Verdict:
Unknown
Threat level:
  0/10
Confidence:
100%
Tags:
packed upx
Verdict:
Malicious
Uses P2P?:
false
Uses anti-vm?:
false
Architecture:
mips
Packer:
UPX
Botnet:
unknown
Number of open files:
81
Number of processes launched:
4
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
Verdict:
Malicious
File Type:
elf.32.be
First seen:
2026-09-25T22:28:00Z UTC
Last seen:
2026-09-27T23:32:00Z UTC
Hits:
~10
Status:
terminated
Behavior Graph:
%3 guuid=e1fc225d-1c00-0000-c9ec-dc701d0a0000 pid=2589 /usr/bin/sudo guuid=a31a925f-1c00-0000-c9ec-dc70260a0000 pid=2598 /tmp/sample.bin guuid=e1fc225d-1c00-0000-c9ec-dc701d0a0000 pid=2589->guuid=a31a925f-1c00-0000-c9ec-dc70260a0000 pid=2598 execve
Threat name:
Linux.Worm.Mirai
Status:
Malicious
First seen:
2026-09-26 01:03:23 UTC
File Type:
ELF32 Big (Exe)
AV detection:
20 of 38 (52.63%)
Threat level:
  5/5
Result
Malware family:
Score:
  10/10
Tags:
family:mirai botnet:mirai botnet defense_evasion discovery upx
Behaviour
Reads runtime system information
System Network Configuration Discovery
Writes file to shm directory
Changes its process name
Enumerates running processes
Deletes itself
Modifies Watchdog functionality
Family: Mirai
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YARA Signatures


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Rule name:ELF_IoT_DVR_Botnet_Hama_UPX
Author:Serhii Kocherhan
Description:Detects packed and unpacked ELF IoT/DVR botnet variants targeting UPX compression structures and uncompressed code
Rule name:SUSP_ELF_LNX_UPX_Compressed_File
Author:Florian Roth (Nextron Systems)
Description:Detects a suspicious ELF binary with UPX compression
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:upx_packed_elf_v1
Author:RandomMalware

File information


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Web download

Mirai

elf e4afc15b78f26c3cd1fa5a03daf005bf8bc8f627947a8a38afa4d8aac4b4856b

(this sample)

  
Delivery method
Distributed via web download

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