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Database Entry



Mirai


Vendor detections: 7


Intelligence 7 IOCs YARA 8 File information Comments

SHA256 hash: f2579b42273a13bd2bba92afc3b5b934cb4a27b2f93baebdf716916daef714c4
SHA3-384 hash: f7cad229a78aaa2baa350c2181bf1f7bec9b295fb47e9110680f24499c77c063b5d2c409a795751d3f664af7358fa991
SHA1 hash: a5afacc7fb7a28997e53c6e7216b5fabbdcc76d6
MD5 hash: 17706efbba21ff7c59bff670448b8163
humanhash: south-grey-sierra-mountain
File name:mips
Download: download sample
Signature Mirai
File size:263'172 bytes
First seen:2026-08-03 22:08:32 UTC
Last seen:2026-08-04 02:44:52 UTC
File type: elf
MIME type:application/x-executable
ssdeep 3072:fIpL5fJJ/qknZ7Xe8yjD5hpXIsQUHifisbpJb7MBWeyq0zvWSDC:QpL5fJJ/qkn9ehXiaA97IvyqSvtDC
TLSH T1E744B71E6E128F7EF2A8C73447F78A31976923D613E1D585D2ACC6105E2029E641FFAC
telfhash t1a241e218097817b467756c1d089dff36e6a731db7e1a2c238a10e85eeb69f838d14c1c
Magika elf
Reporter abuse_ch
Tags:elf mirai

Intelligence


File Origin
# of uploads :
3
# of downloads :
65
Origin country :
DE DE
Vendor Threat Intelligence
Gathering data
Result
Verdict:
Malware
Maliciousness:

Behaviour
Sets a written file as executable
Sends data to a server
Receives data from a server
Creating a file in the %temp% directory
Creating a file
Runs as daemon
Changes the time when the file was created, accessed, or modified
Launching a process
Connection attempt
Substitutes an application name
Status:
terminated
Behavior Graph:
%3 guuid=e51efcdd-1d00-0000-b2ae-6e3cb4080000 pid=2228 /usr/bin/sudo guuid=e0fe89e2-1d00-0000-b2ae-6e3cb9080000 pid=2233 /tmp/sample.bin guuid=e51efcdd-1d00-0000-b2ae-6e3cb4080000 pid=2228->guuid=e0fe89e2-1d00-0000-b2ae-6e3cb9080000 pid=2233 execve
Threat name:
Linux.Worm.Mirai
Status:
Malicious
First seen:
2026-08-03 22:10:32 UTC
File Type:
ELF32 Big (Exe)
AV detection:
16 of 36 (44.44%)
Threat level:
  5/5
Result
Malware family:
Score:
  10/10
Tags:
family:mirai botnet
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:enterpriseunix2
Author:Tim Brown @timb_machine
Description:Enterprise UNIX
Rule name:ldpreload
Author:xorseed
Reference:https://stuff.rop.io/
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 f2579b42273a13bd2bba92afc3b5b934cb4a27b2f93baebdf716916daef714c4

(this sample)

  
Delivery method
Distributed via web download

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