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Database Entry



Mirai


Vendor detections: 8


Intelligence 8 IOCs YARA 14 File information Comments

SHA256 hash: fbe985dafb80cd950c56f5e12a9e73494dab2952c096855873c1f4684fd8efce
SHA3-384 hash: fef172436d8fbfe3df32dc6cf960e78cb0843daefed45ddd1def3d084d6d8dc263a59bba4ab34107a047a6bc12cb9902
SHA1 hash: ae61ecaf103e58d722ed9a28d7ce74f106011689
MD5 hash: e44e48574a1b0d8dd1ee32c774acf0f2
humanhash: jupiter-saturn-black-neptune
File name:akuma_mips
Download: download sample
Signature Mirai
File size:564'248 bytes
First seen:2026-10-10 06:12:19 UTC
Last seen:Never
File type: elf
MIME type:application/x-executable
ssdeep 12288:FsGllo0TnLodoxwjOdXOhr9y+kkkkkkkkkkkPkkkk32qXFd:tvTLodeVOhr3+X
TLSH T1D6C428476E32CF5CF274CA718AF70974DB6823D313E19645D1ACE1206E6069B981FBAC
telfhash t1cc7104973c7523e4ab944e8d47ccef318c615cea06b50d37ee65998a971fa822f11c1c
Magika elf
Reporter abuse_ch
Tags:elf mirai

Intelligence


File Origin
# of uploads :
1
# of downloads :
95
Origin country :
DE DE
Vendor Threat Intelligence
No detections
Result
Verdict:
Malware
Maliciousness:

Behaviour
Manages services
Opens a port
Kills processes
Runs as daemon
Sends data to a server
Collects information on the RAM
Sets a written file as executable
Creating a process from a recently created file
Creating a file
Connection attempt
Launching a process
Substitutes an application name
Creates or modifies files in /init.d to set up autorun
Gathering data
Verdict:
Malicious
Uses P2P?:
false
Uses anti-vm?:
true
Architecture:
mips
Packer:
not packed
Botnet:
unknown
Number of open files:
32
Number of processes launched:
6
Processes remaning?
true
Remote TCP ports scanned:
not identified
Behaviour
Anti-VM
Persistence
Process Renaming
Botnet C2s
TCP botnet C2(s):
not identified
UDP botnet C2(s):
not identified
Verdict:
Malicious
File Type:
elf.32.be
First seen:
2026-10-09T18:06:00Z UTC
Last seen:
2026-10-11T17:48:00Z UTC
Hits:
~10
Status:
terminated
Behavior Graph:
%3 guuid=3412a02e-1b00-0000-7d1d-2e31eb080000 pid=2283 /usr/bin/sudo guuid=5e160831-1b00-0000-7d1d-2e31f0080000 pid=2288 /tmp/sample.bin guuid=3412a02e-1b00-0000-7d1d-2e31eb080000 pid=2283->guuid=5e160831-1b00-0000-7d1d-2e31f0080000 pid=2288 execve
Result
Threat name:
Gafgyt, Mirai, Xmrig
Detection:
malicious
Classification:
troj.evad.mine
Score:
100 / 100
Signature
Antivirus / Scanner detection for submitted sample
Antivirus detection for dropped file
Drops files in suspicious directories
Found strings related to Crypto-Mining
Multi AV Scanner detection for submitted file
Sample is potentially a Mirai botnet sample
Sample tries to set files in /etc globally writable
Yara detected Gafgyt
Yara detected Mirai
Yara detected Xmrig cryptocurrency miner
Behaviour
Behavior Graph:
behaviorgraph top1 dnsIp2 2 Behavior Graph ID: 1985251 Sample: akuma_mips.elf Startdate: 10/10/2026 Architecture: LINUX Score: 100 71 169.254.169.254, 80 USDOS-USDepartmentofStateUS ZZ 2->71 73 85.137.53.167, 25565, 48774, 48776 SOLLUTIUM-NLPL Netherlands 2->73 75 Antivirus detection for dropped file 2->75 77 Antivirus / Scanner detection for submitted sample 2->77 79 Multi AV Scanner detection for submitted file 2->79 81 4 other signatures 2->81 11 akuma_mips.elf 2->11         started        14 systemd snapd-env-generator 2->14         started        16 systemd snapd-env-generator 2->16         started        18 2 other processes 2->18 signatures3 process4 signatures5 85 Sample tries to set files in /etc globally writable 11->85 87 Drops files in suspicious directories 11->87 20 akuma_mips.elf 11->20         started        23 akuma_mips.elf sh 11->23         started        25 akuma_mips.elf sh 11->25         started        27 2 other processes 11->27 process6 signatures7 83 Found strings related to Crypto-Mining 20->83 29 akuma_mips.elf akuma_mips.elf 20->29         started        33 akuma_mips.elf akuma_mips.elf 20->33         started        35 akuma_mips.elf akuma_mips.elf 20->35         started        37 sh systemctl 23->37         started        39 sh systemctl 25->39         started        process8 file9 69 /etc/init.d/systemd-network-helper, ELF 29->69 dropped 89 Sample tries to set files in /etc globally writable 29->89 91 Drops files in suspicious directories 29->91 41 akuma_mips.elf 29->41         started        43 akuma_mips.elf sh 29->43         started        45 akuma_mips.elf sh 29->45         started        49 3 other processes 29->49 47 systemctl systemd-sysv-install 37->47         started        signatures10 process11 process12 51 akuma_mips.elf akuma_mips.elf 41->51         started        53 akuma_mips.elf akuma_mips.elf 41->53         started        55 sh systemctl 43->55         started        57 sh systemctl 45->57         started        59 systemd-sysv-install update-rc.d 47->59         started        61 systemd-sysv-install getopt 47->61         started        63 systemd-sysv-install update-rc.d 47->63         started        65 sh systemctl 49->65         started        process13 67 update-rc.d systemctl 59->67         started       
Threat name:
Linux.Worm.Mirai
Status:
Malicious
First seen:
2026-10-09 22:20:32 UTC
File Type:
ELF32 Big (Exe)
AV detection:
18 of 38 (47.37%)
Threat level:
  5/5
Result
Malware family:
n/a
Score:
  6/10
Tags:
credential_access discovery persistence privilege_escalation
Behaviour
Enumerates kernel/hardware configuration
Reads runtime system information
System Network Configuration Discovery
Changes its process name
Reads system network configuration
Reads process memory
Enumerates active TCP sockets
Enumerates running processes
Modifies init.d
Modifies systemd
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:ach_202503_elf_Mirai
Author:abuse.ch
Description:Detects Mirai 'TSource' ELF files
Rule name:CoinMiner_Strings
Author:Florian Roth (Nextron Systems)
Description:Detects mining pool protocol string in Executable
Reference:https://minergate.com/faq/what-pool-address
Rule name:CoinMiner_Strings_RID2DDE
Author:Florian Roth
Description:Detects mining pool protocol string in Executable
Reference:https://minergate.com/faq/what-pool-address
Rule name:deepfield_katana_mirai_elf
Author:Nokia Deepfield ERT
Description:Katana Mirai variant (DDoS bot with rootkit)
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:generic_IG_stealer
Author:RE4rensics
Description:Detects stealers that interacts with IG endpoints after stealing IG cookies
Rule name:linux_generic_ipv6_catcher
Author:@_lubiedo
Description:ELF samples using IPv6 addresses
Rule name:MIRAI_TELNETCURL_payload
Author:AfterPacket
Description:Mirai-lineage ELF payload carrying the leaked-source decoy domain
Reference:https://github.com/Afterpacket/drosera-threat-intel
Rule name:NSVPS_Mirai_Busybox_Staging
Author:sanad (NSVPS-SOC)
Description:Mirai-style busybox wget/tftp payload staging seen in NSVPS honeypot
Rule name:SHA512_Constants
Author:phoul (@phoul)
Description:Look for SHA384/SHA512 constants
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
Rule name:Web_Generic_Binary_URL_Download
Author:Serhii Kocherhan
Description:Detects files containing HTTP or HTTPS links pointing directly to .bin payload extensions.

File information


The table below shows additional information about this malware sample such as delivery method and external references.

Web download

Mirai

elf fbe985dafb80cd950c56f5e12a9e73494dab2952c096855873c1f4684fd8efce

(this sample)

  
Delivery method
Distributed via web download

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