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Database Entry



Mirai


Vendor detections: 8


Intelligence 8 IOCs YARA 15 File information Comments

SHA256 hash: ef97a019a136f7e43ad006f8a7fd44236df44058053b5e01dd60755d24c86011
SHA3-384 hash: 12611bea0a9f2b17be1a6a38129af23bee53cec55032c1c4975b5dcb61d44f86f3aa14678ff41419a3b78e3564a2d4ea
SHA1 hash: 00dc110cdaf86dc8e511c820c6d7a0c145d5cf5a
MD5 hash: 6b0d92f5955366d23ce0bfc548a40136
humanhash: finch-cold-timing-arizona
File name:nz.arm7
Download: download sample
Signature Mirai
File size:213'236 bytes
First seen:2026-07-25 17:00:21 UTC
Last seen:Never
File type: elf
MIME type:application/x-executable
ssdeep 6144:pxrU3P5KyEowlaNKmHtNgrufdCzCaHIVL5FM/9uk/:pxrUBKyEowlaNKmHtNgrqdK2ni/l
TLSH T156246D46EA414E23C0D7177AB6AF114A33329BA4D3DB730699286FB43B8779E0D63705
telfhash t12d312db2933052266a61d924d9ec97b2162ec7071288fe33df36889c141a48ee53bc1f
Magika elf
Reporter abuse_ch
Tags:elf mirai upx-dec


Avatar
abuse_ch
UPX decompressed file, sourced from SHA256 6d8249f94461455b8fdf679cb0c22c40e6d87d7ed7e79bcd7a48ada72e75ec92
File size (compressed) :75'504 bytes
File size (de-compressed) :213'236 bytes
Format:linux/arm
Packed file: 6d8249f94461455b8fdf679cb0c22c40e6d87d7ed7e79bcd7a48ada72e75ec92

Intelligence


File Origin
# of uploads :
1
# of downloads :
94
Origin country :
NL NL
Vendor Threat Intelligence
Result
Verdict:
Malware
Maliciousness:

Behaviour
Opens a port
Sends data to a server
Connection attempt
Runs as daemon
DNS request
Status:
terminated
Behavior Graph:
%3 guuid=275eba4e-1b00-0000-f1cb-d331050b0000 pid=2821 /usr/bin/sudo guuid=38bcb452-1b00-0000-f1cb-d331060b0000 pid=2822 /tmp/sample.bin guuid=275eba4e-1b00-0000-f1cb-d331050b0000 pid=2821->guuid=38bcb452-1b00-0000-f1cb-d331060b0000 pid=2822 execve
Threat name:
Linux.Backdoor.Mirai
Status:
Malicious
First seen:
2026-07-25 17:04:04 UTC
File Type:
ELF32 Little (Exe)
AV detection:
24 of 36 (66.67%)
Threat level:
  5/5
Result
Malware family:
Score:
  10/10
Tags:
family:mirai botnet defense_evasion discovery
Behaviour
Reads runtime system information
Enumerates running processes
Writes file to system bin folder
Modifies Watchdog functionality
Malware Config
C2 Extraction:
wqok85qtq.net
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YARA Signatures


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Rule name:botnet_Yakuza
Author:NDA0E
Description:Yakuza botnet
Rule name:CP_Script_Inject_Detector
Author:DiegoAnalytics
Description:Detects attempts to inject code into another process across PE, ELF, Mach-O binaries
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:Linux_Generic_Threat_8299c877
Author:Elastic Security
Rule name:Linux_Generic_Threat_c19ca8e5
Author:Elastic Security
Rule name:Linux_Trojan_Gafgyt_28a2fe0c
Author:Elastic Security
Rule name:Linux_Trojan_Gafgyt_ea92cca8
Author:Elastic Security
Rule name:MAL_ARM_LNX_Mirai_Mar13_2022
Author:Mehmet Ali Kerimoglu a.k.a. CYB3RMX
Description:Detects new ARM Mirai variant
Rule name:setsockopt
Author:Tim Brown @timb_machine
Description:Hunts for setsockopt() red flags
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 ef97a019a136f7e43ad006f8a7fd44236df44058053b5e01dd60755d24c86011

(this sample)

  
Delivery method
Distributed via web download

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