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Database Entry



Mirai


Vendor detections: 8


Intelligence 8 IOCs YARA 7 File information Comments

SHA256 hash: f9e554febbe32d19e39a23a163e331ca5828f697c60ff17a30282daf855ffea2
SHA3-384 hash: df0db19958d4571fdd0184c11123988ce550270394fb4476f0e132b02332dc6e897a85633e087cfff8654c99af63c3fa
SHA1 hash: 3673bee8cbec49aedd00ffbb1c17b917d695a178
MD5 hash: 191efcb29de27c82ef1657647a85e85c
humanhash: ten-magnesium-georgia-burger
File name:f9e554febbe32d19e39a23a163e331ca5828f697c60ff17a30282daf855ffea2.elf
Download: download sample
Signature Mirai
File size:103'968 bytes
First seen:2026-08-16 16:20:28 UTC
Last seen:Never
File type: elf
MIME type:application/x-executable
ssdeep 1536:8/d35T0+kS+gC0lzAE8h7jSqNnbIh5yKEXlF7DcW/jLfCsGNwtOOvTm:8VJTddC0BbKIhHEDcW/jb6SwOvTm
TLSH T172A3AE63CCA51D94D57445B8B8B8BE795F23E80046836FFB15AAC5A69087EDCF10A3B0
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 whack_sh
Tags:elf exe mirai whack.sh

Intelligence


File Origin
# of uploads :
1
# of downloads :
150
Origin country :
US US
Vendor Threat Intelligence
Verdict:
Malicious
Threat level:
  10/10
Confidence:
100%
Tags:
mirai obfuscated
Verdict:
Malicious
File Type:
elf.32.le
First seen:
2026-08-16T14:27:00Z UTC
Last seen:
2026-08-17T13:08:00Z UTC
Hits:
~10
Status:
terminated
Behavior Graph:
%3 guuid=837addc2-1600-0000-39fd-a01db20d0000 pid=3506 /usr/bin/sudo guuid=873d06c6-1600-0000-39fd-a01dbb0d0000 pid=3515 /tmp/sample.bin guuid=837addc2-1600-0000-39fd-a01db20d0000 pid=3506->guuid=873d06c6-1600-0000-39fd-a01dbb0d0000 pid=3515 execve
Threat name:
Linux.Worm.Mirai
Status:
Malicious
First seen:
2026-08-16 16:21:53 UTC
File Type:
ELF32 Little (Exe)
AV detection:
18 of 24 (75.00%)
Threat level:
  5/5
Result
Malware family:
Score:
  10/10
Tags:
family:mirai botnet linux
Malware Config
C2 Extraction:
watchdog.bin
watchdog.elf
wdt.bin
wdt.elf
watchdogd.bin
watchdogd.elf
genddos.st
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YARA Signatures


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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: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 f9e554febbe32d19e39a23a163e331ca5828f697c60ff17a30282daf855ffea2

(this sample)

  
Delivery method
Distributed via web download

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