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Mirai


Vendor detections: 6


Intelligence 6 IOCs YARA 4 File information Comments

SHA256 hash: ef5d274ea8c4c2f1c105cf400c935359187fc435ff6874daa6792e18b080a1be
SHA3-384 hash: fa6d16561844c2c27d7b2d498a51ebf9b1c55454b2c5f41b085615e0b9056a1801e6e3107d8500b3186af1b6f8515c63
SHA1 hash: f85b52e8f64b2d073a038c3eb2f8dbfb60150668
MD5 hash: c65b4b9ee13f29eb2b10b0b218b4d0f6
humanhash: mars-thirteen-pip-single
File name:bot.armv6l
Download: download sample
Signature Mirai
File size:77'412 bytes
First seen:2026-05-12 18:23:36 UTC
Last seen:2026-05-13 16:37:29 UTC
File type: elf
MIME type:application/x-executable
ssdeep 1536:yjoSrNjlUZa9ayN87002+iSFVj1LwiNLtCOr+0DoISa7:w0yaVgFvc1ki5tSxISa7
TLSH T198730992FE81C941C5D529BBFA6F41CC338307ACC3DE72029E11AB3566DF55A4A7AE01
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 :
2
# of downloads :
52
Origin country :
DE DE
Vendor Threat Intelligence
No detections
Verdict:
Unknown
Threat level:
  2.5/10
Confidence:
100%
Tags:
rust
Verdict:
Malicious
Uses P2P?:
false
Uses anti-vm?:
false
Architecture:
arm
Packer:
not packed
Botnet:
unknown
Number of open files:
0
Number of processes launched:
0
Processes remaning?
false
Remote TCP ports scanned:
not identified
Behaviour
no suspicious findings
Botnet C2s
TCP botnet C2(s):
not identified
UDP botnet C2(s):
not identified
Verdict:
Unknown
File Type:
elf.32.le
First seen:
2026-05-12T16:35:00Z UTC
Last seen:
2026-05-12T17:50:00Z UTC
Hits:
~10
Status:
terminated
Behavior Graph:
%3 guuid=553c64cf-1a00-0000-725a-10bbb70c0000 pid=3255 /usr/bin/sudo guuid=90045ed1-1a00-0000-725a-10bbbc0c0000 pid=3260 /tmp/sample.bin guuid=553c64cf-1a00-0000-725a-10bbb70c0000 pid=3255->guuid=90045ed1-1a00-0000-725a-10bbbc0c0000 pid=3260 execve
Result
Threat name:
Detection:
malicious
Classification:
spre.troj.evad
Score:
96 / 100
Signature
Detected Mirai
Drops files in suspicious directories
Executes the "crontab" command typically for achieving persistence
Sample deletes itself
Sample tries to kill a massive number of system processes
Sample tries to kill multiple processes (SIGKILL)
Sample tries to persist itself using cron
Sample tries to persist itself using System V runlevels
Sample tries to set files in /etc globally writable
Suricata IDS alerts for network traffic
Uses dynamic DNS services
Behaviour
Behavior Graph:
behaviorgraph top1 dnsIp2 2 Behavior Graph ID: 1912449 Sample: bot.armv6l.elf Startdate: 12/05/2026 Architecture: LINUX Score: 96 96 faggotcnc.duckdns.org 2->96 98 faggotcnc.duckdns.org 176.65.139.112, 60418, 60420, 60422 PALTEL-ASPALTELAutonomousSystemPS Germany 2->98 100 3 other IPs or domains 2->100 102 Suricata IDS alerts for network traffic 2->102 104 Detected Mirai 2->104 13 bot.armv6l.elf 2->13         started        15 systemd sh 2->15         started        17 systemd snapd-env-generator 2->17         started        19 6 other processes 2->19 signatures3 106 Uses dynamic DNS services 96->106 process4 process5 21 bot.armv6l.elf 13->21         started        23 bot.armv6l.elf 13->23         started        25 sh 15->25         started        process6 27 bot.armv6l.elf 21->27         started        file7 92 /etc/rc.local, ASCII 27->92 dropped 94 /etc/init.d/system048, POSIX 27->94 dropped 116 Sample tries to kill a massive number of system processes 27->116 118 Sample tries to kill multiple processes (SIGKILL) 27->118 120 Sample tries to set files in /etc globally writable 27->120 122 3 other signatures 27->122 31 bot.armv6l.elf sh 27->31         started        33 bot.armv6l.elf sh 27->33         started        35 bot.armv6l.elf sh 27->35         started        37 5 other processes 27->37 signatures8 process9 process10 39 sh crontab 31->39         started        43 sh 31->43         started        45 sh crontab 33->45         started        47 sh 33->47         started        49 sh update-rc.d 35->49         started        51 sh systemctl 37->51         started        53 sh system048 37->53         started        55 sh systemctl 37->55         started        57 sh systemctl 37->57         started        file11 88 /var/spool/cron/crontabs/tmp.w5vAaA, ASCII 39->88 dropped 108 Sample tries to persist itself using cron 39->108 110 Executes the "crontab" command typically for achieving persistence 39->110 59 sh crontab 43->59         started        62 sh grep 43->62         started        90 /var/spool/cron/crontabs/tmp.AqhVbW, ASCII 45->90 dropped 64 sh crontab 47->64         started        66 sh grep 47->66         started        112 Sample tries to persist itself using System V runlevels 49->112 68 update-rc.d systemctl 49->68         started        70 systemctl systemd-sysv-install 51->70         started        72 system048 53->72         started        signatures12 process13 signatures14 114 Executes the "crontab" command typically for achieving persistence 59->114 74 systemd-sysv-install update-rc.d 70->74         started        76 systemd-sysv-install update-rc.d 70->76         started        78 systemd-sysv-install getopt 70->78         started        80 system048 curl 72->80         started        process15 process16 82 update-rc.d systemctl 74->82         started        84 update-rc.d systemctl 76->84         started        86 system048 wget 80->86         started       
Threat name:
Linux.Trojan.Generic
Status:
Suspicious
First seen:
2026-05-12 18:24:34 UTC
File Type:
ELF32 Little (Exe)
AV detection:
5 of 24 (20.83%)
Threat level:
  5/5
Result
Malware family:
n/a
Score:
  7/10
Tags:
antivm credential_access discovery execution persistence privilege_escalation
Behaviour
Reads runtime system information
Changes its process name
Checks CPU configuration
Reads process memory
Creates/modifies Cron job
Enumerates running processes
Modifies init.d
Modifies rc script
Modifies systemd
Deletes itself
Executes dropped EXE
Unexpected DNS network traffic destination
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YARA Signatures


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Rule name:ELF_IoT_Persistence_Hunt
Author:4r4
Description:Hunts for ELF files with persistence and download capabilities
Rule name:linux_generic_ipv6_catcher
Author:@_lubiedo
Description:ELF samples using IPv6 addresses
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 ef5d274ea8c4c2f1c105cf400c935359187fc435ff6874daa6792e18b080a1be

(this sample)

  
Delivery method
Distributed via web download

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