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Database Entry



Mirai


Vendor detections: 9


Intelligence 9 IOCs YARA 10 File information Comments

SHA256 hash: e763c55eb9187d7a521b66f8a939eb116288ebbba656e8cf4284e9d42520d742
SHA3-384 hash: 1021200fb310a829fb3da8f012891fe467c24b5312b7aa15b636cd5efa0c77fac57a330e5c96e95a00d1a3c0a5f8036f
SHA1 hash: b15cc17e0d1b12d8b310f199c9c438cb973be790
MD5 hash: 1d1b07065613cc12b70a8e11817e0aa5
humanhash: river-rugby-july-johnny
File name:nexus.x86
Download: download sample
Signature Mirai
File size:42'240 bytes
First seen:2026-02-11 15:27:19 UTC
Last seen:Never
File type: elf
MIME type:application/x-executable
ssdeep 768:l67Kp31eLpTeVFQzf9YitD8ht7NS3v7R0WQ611gsp:0K/YTfJmv743v7R0e1gsp
TLSH T1561329131451C1FCC968C2308B7FAA2BD533F07D6631FB9A33983E266D5AE201E5B095
telfhash t18a1121f0396a3d8419c3b662a31dc7319c3d4ea1698178d7cab026f98f94b510eb5c7b
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 :
35
Origin country :
DE DE
Vendor Threat Intelligence
No detections
Verdict:
Unknown
Threat level:
  0/10
Confidence:
100%
Tags:
masquerade
Verdict:
Malicious
Uses P2P?:
false
Uses anti-vm?:
false
Architecture:
x86
Packer:
not packed
Botnet:
unknown
Number of open files:
21
Number of processes launched:
4
Processes remaning?
true
Remote TCP ports scanned:
23
Behaviour
Process Renaming
Botnet C2s
TCP botnet C2(s):
not identified
UDP botnet C2(s):
not identified
Result
Gathering data
Result
Threat name:
n/a
Detection:
malicious
Classification:
n/a
Score:
64 / 100
Signature
Antivirus / Scanner detection for submitted sample
Malicious sample detected (through community Yara rule)
Multi AV Scanner detection for submitted file
Behaviour
Behavior Graph:
behaviorgraph top1 dnsIp2 2 Behavior Graph ID: 1867556 Sample: nexus.x86.elf Startdate: 11/02/2026 Architecture: LINUX Score: 64 22 160.110.28.93 WOODYNET-2US United States 2->22 24 84.58.132.188, 23 VODANETInternationalIP-BackboneofVodafoneDE Germany 2->24 26 99 other IPs or domains 2->26 28 Malicious sample detected (through community Yara rule) 2->28 30 Antivirus / Scanner detection for submitted sample 2->30 32 Multi AV Scanner detection for submitted file 2->32 8 nexus.x86.elf 2->8         started        10 dash rm 2->10         started        12 dash rm 2->12         started        14 python3.8 dpkg 2->14         started        signatures3 process4 process5 16 nexus.x86.elf 8->16         started        18 nexus.x86.elf 8->18         started        process6 20 nexus.x86.elf 16->20         started       
Threat name:
Linux.Worm.Mirai
Status:
Malicious
First seen:
2026-02-11 12:41:37 UTC
File Type:
ELF64 Little (Exe)
AV detection:
19 of 36 (52.78%)
Threat level:
  5/5
Result
Malware family:
n/a
Score:
  9/10
Tags:
credential_access defense_evasion discovery linux
Behaviour
Enumerates kernel/hardware configuration
Reads runtime system information
Changes its process name
Reads process memory
Enumerates running processes
Writes file to system bin folder
Modifies Watchdog functionality
Contacts a large (182303) amount of remote hosts
Creates a large amount of network flows
Please note that we are no longer able to provide a coverage score for Virus Total.

YARA Signatures


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Rule name:Linux_Generic_Threat_e24558e1
Author:Elastic Security
Rule name:Linux_Trojan_Gafgyt_0cd591cd
Author:Elastic Security
Rule name:Linux_Trojan_Gafgyt_33b4111a
Author:Elastic Security
Rule name:Linux_Trojan_Gafgyt_620087b9
Author:Elastic Security
Rule name:Linux_Trojan_Gafgyt_807911a2
Author:Elastic Security
Rule name:Linux_Trojan_Gafgyt_9e9530a7
Author:Elastic Security
Rule name:Linux_Trojan_Gafgyt_a33a8363
Author:Elastic Security
Rule name:Linux_Trojan_Gafgyt_d4227dbf
Author:Elastic Security
Rule name:Linux_Trojan_Mirai_1cb033f3
Author:Elastic Security
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 e763c55eb9187d7a521b66f8a939eb116288ebbba656e8cf4284e9d42520d742

(this sample)

  
Delivery method
Distributed via web download

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