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Mirai


Vendor detections: 7


Intelligence 7 IOCs YARA 5 File information Comments

SHA256 hash: f9dd65f46e8e102de6f7a6e5d423b3adc53c9791918a3b9f448899635353684d
SHA3-384 hash: 568a97374e896fc675769fb810e5bf087e87be8f8c9e686756d94cd6439129b9250973cfb8f8b3210594270cd6cdf282
SHA1 hash: 4b899796f188f4da9997ae282ca69d2eb5bd64eb
MD5 hash: 340cf78ab9a86de6d254cdb3d72d2974
humanhash: item-robin-equal-beer
File name:mirai.mpsl
Download: download sample
Signature Mirai
File size:241'100 bytes
First seen:2025-12-28 08:14:27 UTC
Last seen:Never
File type: elf
MIME type:application/x-executable
ssdeep 3072:JhEjBNJNplJsA4XmZwIUeWlgQn4hGwiY0iYii57FhK84PWV3H:JhUbpMUwIUeWlh4hGwNLYDHH6WV3
TLSH T14F34B50AAF610EFBE86BCD3746E91B0624CCA41B22A93F757674D528F50A50F4AD3C74
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 :
70
Origin country :
DE DE
Vendor Threat Intelligence
No detections
Verdict:
Malicious
Threat level:
  10/10
Confidence:
100%
Tags:
masquerade
Result
Gathering data
Status:
terminated
Behavior Graph:
%3 guuid=597d285e-1900-0000-d2b1-3af51b080000 pid=2075 /usr/bin/sudo guuid=df050461-1900-0000-d2b1-3af523080000 pid=2083 /tmp/sample.bin guuid=597d285e-1900-0000-d2b1-3af51b080000 pid=2075->guuid=df050461-1900-0000-d2b1-3af523080000 pid=2083 execve
Result
Threat name:
Detection:
malicious
Classification:
troj.evad
Score:
92 / 100
Signature
Antivirus / Scanner detection for submitted sample
Antivirus detection for dropped file
Drops files in suspicious directories
Drops invisible ELF files
Multi AV Scanner detection for submitted file
Sample deletes itself
Yara detected Mirai
Behaviour
Behavior Graph:
behaviorgraph top1 dnsIp2 2 Behavior Graph ID: 1840749 Sample: mirai.mpsl.elf Startdate: 28/12/2025 Architecture: LINUX Score: 92 46 169.254.169.254, 80 USDOSUS Reserved 2->46 48 86.54.42.154, 443, 54284, 54286 KCOM-SPNService-ProviderNetworkex-MistralGB United Kingdom 2->48 50 2 other IPs or domains 2->50 52 Antivirus detection for dropped file 2->52 54 Antivirus / Scanner detection for submitted sample 2->54 56 Multi AV Scanner detection for submitted file 2->56 58 Yara detected Mirai 2->58 10 mirai.mpsl.elf 2->10         started        12 systemd .sh 2->12         started        14 systemd snapd-env-generator 2->14         started        16 13 other processes 2->16 signatures3 process4 process5 18 mirai.mpsl.elf 10->18         started        20 .sh 12->20         started        process6 22 mirai.mpsl.elf 18->22         started        26 .sh 20->26         started        file7 44 /usr/bin/.sh, ELF 22->44 dropped 60 Drops invisible ELF files 22->60 62 Drops files in suspicious directories 22->62 64 Sample deletes itself 22->64 28 mirai.mpsl.elf sh 22->28         started        30 mirai.mpsl.elf sh 22->30         started        32 mirai.mpsl.elf sh 22->32         started        34 mirai.mpsl.elf 22->34         started        signatures8 process9 process10 36 sh systemctl 28->36         started        38 sh systemctl 30->38         started        40 sh systemctl 32->40         started        42 mirai.mpsl.elf 34->42         started       
Threat name:
Linux.Worm.Mirai
Status:
Malicious
First seen:
2025-12-28 08:15:24 UTC
File Type:
ELF32 Little (Exe)
AV detection:
13 of 36 (36.11%)
Threat level:
  5/5
Result
Malware family:
n/a
Score:
  7/10
Tags:
discovery persistence privilege_escalation
Behaviour
Reads runtime system information
Changes its process name
Reads system network configuration
Enumerates active TCP sockets
Enumerates running processes
Modifies systemd
Write file to user bin folder
Deletes itself
Verdict:
Malicious
Tags:
Unix.Trojan.Mirai-10017641-0
YARA:
n/a
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YARA Signatures


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Rule name:ach_202503_elf_Mirai
Author:abuse.ch
Description:Detects Mirai 'TSource' ELF files
Rule name:ELF_IoT_Persistence_Hunt
Author:4r4
Description:Hunts for ELF files with persistence and download capabilities
Rule name:ELF_Toriilike_persist
Author:4r4
Description:Detects Torii IoT Botnet (stealthier Mirai alternative)
Reference:Identified via researched data
Rule name:Linux_Mirai_Generic
Author:albertzsigovits
Description:Generic Approach to Mirai/Gafgyt samples
Rule name:unixredflags3
Author:Tim Brown @timb_machine
Description:Hunts for UNIX red flags

File information


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Web download

Mirai

elf f9dd65f46e8e102de6f7a6e5d423b3adc53c9791918a3b9f448899635353684d

(this sample)

  
Delivery method
Distributed via web download

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