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Database Entry



Mirai


Vendor detections: 9


Intelligence 9 IOCs YARA 6 File information Comments

SHA256 hash: efc158644bbeb866a43082ff68b0eb4dd712e9caaf4d17a48a571067f9eaed13
SHA3-384 hash: 7d25e69e98e07eadc955fa4aa869518cbcbec04ee6c0ed5d6e5221006d268df098455106edf7af3cd827dcf52034f292
SHA1 hash: 513f65d93d04d02cb956938da055567f0a332e89
MD5 hash: 37c408c6521d87aa1901e77885c45f90
humanhash: echo-nebraska-quiet-five
File name:mpsl
Download: download sample
Signature Mirai
File size:123'348 bytes
First seen:2026-05-28 12:17:07 UTC
Last seen:Never
File type: elf
MIME type:application/x-executable
ssdeep 1536:QhwCvdHmez3BK9LW05Biw6PmPQ4+efKmWhS4cUz9KrZ9nTDCV5bOvd7JMPN:MwCvdHmezn0nUPMu9KryXsMPN
TLSH T18FC3D60ABF210FFBD85FCD3B06A9170225CC555722E9BB3A7574C928F64A21B09D3DA4
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 BlinkzSec
Tags:mirai

Intelligence


File Origin
# of uploads :
1
# of downloads :
79
Origin country :
SE SE
Vendor Threat Intelligence
Malware configuration found for:
Mirai
Details
Mirai
an XOR decryption key and at least a c2 socket address
Result
Verdict:
Malware
Maliciousness:

Behaviour
Creating a file
Runs as daemon
Connection attempt
Substitutes an application name
Verdict:
Malicious
File Type:
elf.32.le
First seen:
2026-05-28T09:57:00Z UTC
Last seen:
2026-05-28T11:05:00Z UTC
Hits:
~10
Status:
terminated
Behavior Graph:
%3 guuid=d183918f-1a00-0000-172b-f1466b0c0000 pid=3179 /usr/bin/sudo guuid=dbba9e92-1a00-0000-172b-f1466c0c0000 pid=3180 /tmp/sample.bin guuid=d183918f-1a00-0000-172b-f1466b0c0000 pid=3179->guuid=dbba9e92-1a00-0000-172b-f1466c0c0000 pid=3180 execve
Threat name:
Linux.Worm.Mirai
Status:
Malicious
First seen:
2026-05-28 12:16:21 UTC
File Type:
ELF32 Little (Exe)
AV detection:
14 of 24 (58.33%)
Threat level:
  5/5
Result
Malware family:
Score:
  10/10
Tags:
family:mirai botnet defense_evasion
Behaviour
Changes its process name
Modifies Watchdog functionality
Please note that we are no longer able to provide a coverage score for Virus Total.

YARA Signatures


MalwareBazaar uses YARA rules from several public and non-public repositories, such as YARAhub and Malpedia. Those are being matched against malware samples uploaded to MalwareBazaar as well as against any suspicious process dumps they may create. Please note that only results from TLP:CLEAR rules are being displayed.

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_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_Trojan_Gafgyt_28a2fe0c
Author:Elastic Security
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 efc158644bbeb866a43082ff68b0eb4dd712e9caaf4d17a48a571067f9eaed13

(this sample)

  
Delivery method
Distributed via web download

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