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Database Entry



Mirai


Vendor detections: 7


Intelligence 7 IOCs YARA 9 File information Comments

SHA256 hash: f9ef8b038aa67332cf5f362c720d5ea5fde4446154ec95e5ee73e95881030fe6
SHA3-384 hash: a9dc195f2479cff78e648cc24a0eca47bf0a022aefcc4b168a2e798e3576575176676b27339d6dd7b405b9f0bca88a94
SHA1 hash: fa37581d97894b2c4269533b21c5d83d616e7567
MD5 hash: 4d6fa314b7a4b0846506cf02ddc628e5
humanhash: whiskey-autumn-white-five
File name:vlxx.mpsl
Download: download sample
Signature Mirai
File size:190'504 bytes
First seen:2026-09-16 12:13:33 UTC
Last seen:Never
File type: elf
MIME type:application/x-executable
ssdeep 3072:a5I/5o7CJH408FCu4+8cdbdN8/Z3wJUlNju55CvPBw4:a5I/K7Clfvu4kdbd+/ZAMN655CvJw
TLSH T13314C71AAF520FBBDCAFDD3706E90B0139CC644722A83B357674D524F54A64B4AE3C68
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 :
70
Origin country :
AT AT
Vendor Threat Intelligence
Verdict:
Unknown
Threat level:
  2.5/10
Confidence:
100%
Tags:
bash lolbin masquerade
Verdict:
Malicious
File Type:
elf.32.le
First seen:
2026-09-16T09:49:00Z UTC
Last seen:
2026-09-17T01:32:00Z UTC
Hits:
~10
Status:
terminated
Behavior Graph:
%3 guuid=e011b358-1c00-0000-61d1-f92d71070000 pid=1905 /usr/bin/sudo guuid=99467d5c-1c00-0000-61d1-f92d73070000 pid=1907 /tmp/sample.bin guuid=e011b358-1c00-0000-61d1-f92d71070000 pid=1905->guuid=99467d5c-1c00-0000-61d1-f92d73070000 pid=1907 execve
Threat name:
Linux.Backdoor.Mirai
Status:
Malicious
First seen:
2026-09-16 12:12:47 UTC
File Type:
ELF32 Little (Exe)
AV detection:
25 of 38 (65.79%)
Threat level:
  5/5
Result
Malware family:
Score:
  10/10
Tags:
family:mirai botnet discovery
Behaviour
Reads runtime system information
Changes its process name
Enumerates running processes
Malware Config
C2 Extraction:
yaniatbisb.duckdns.org
Please note that we are no longer able to provide a coverage score for Virus Total.

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:Linux_Generic_Threat_3bcc1630
Author:Elastic Security
Rule name:Linux_Trojan_Gafgyt_28a2fe0c
Author:Elastic Security
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 f9ef8b038aa67332cf5f362c720d5ea5fde4446154ec95e5ee73e95881030fe6

(this sample)

  
Delivery method
Distributed via web download

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