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Mirai


Vendor detections: 10


Intelligence 10 IOCs YARA 3 File information Comments

SHA256 hash: fc72d38d915bb71a73bc468cbbebc695c31dc98552eaa3c5f26194616555312a
SHA3-384 hash: f339791f70bb1b01369c32e58621327c763910189920de5e4b09847634efb634af2494aeceafc968731271e732215b9d
SHA1 hash: e3c13764ead16f4c2c9bc44a4a3574167b109363
MD5 hash: 67c449563672ec1495b9284fad7cc5cd
humanhash: quiet-apart-four-fourteen
File name:ub8ehJSePAfc9FYqZIT6.ppc
Download: download sample
Signature Mirai
File size:63'380 bytes
First seen:2026-01-08 21:07:09 UTC
Last seen:Never
File type: elf
MIME type:application/x-executable
ssdeep 1536:ialWR/uYgYSsJEBTbNdJmakLMNqoCAwpMHlvSQ3gwPaM6N84u+qgw09R:iaUp9R/JEDdJm4dCVs8wiM6+4u+qgw8
TLSH T17A53026AFA707E9BD98BC2B65994C478227F74D6F77AC98608F1DB00143ED2357C8884
TrID 50.1% (.) ELF Executable and Linkable format (Linux) (4022/12)
49.8% (.O) ELF Executable and Linkable format (generic) (4000/1)
Magika unknown
Reporter abuse_ch
Tags:elf mirai UPX
File size (compressed) :63'380 bytes
File size (de-compressed) :178'872 bytes
Format:linux/ppc32
Unpacked file: 8929031f6c82863ab86150fd2374ca9e585b2db92f0cb5ddf5e9679994a0bfce

Intelligence


File Origin
# of uploads :
1
# of downloads :
110
Origin country :
DE DE
Vendor Threat Intelligence
Result
Verdict:
Malware
Maliciousness:

Behaviour
Manages services
Changes access rights for a written file
Locks files
Launching a process
Sets a written file as executable
Creates or modifies symbolic links
Creating a file
Changes the time when the file was created, accessed, or modified
Creating a file in the %temp% directory
Connection attempt
Creates or modifies files in /cron to set up autorun
Creates or modifies files in /init.d to set up autorun
Creates or modifies symbolic links in /init.d to set up autorun
Verdict:
Unknown
Threat level:
  0/10
Confidence:
100%
Tags:
masquerade packed upx
Verdict:
Malicious
File Type:
elf.32.be
First seen:
2026-01-08T19:06:00Z UTC
Last seen:
2026-01-09T00:20:00Z UTC
Hits:
~10
Status:
terminated
Behavior Graph:
%3 guuid=e842971b-1b00-0000-2aab-17df210b0000 pid=2849 /usr/bin/sudo guuid=35cbce1d-1b00-0000-2aab-17df280b0000 pid=2856 /tmp/sample.bin guuid=e842971b-1b00-0000-2aab-17df210b0000 pid=2849->guuid=35cbce1d-1b00-0000-2aab-17df280b0000 pid=2856 execve
Result
Threat name:
Detection:
malicious
Classification:
troj.evad
Score:
88 / 100
Signature
Antivirus / Scanner detection for submitted sample
Drops files in suspicious directories
Executes the "crontab" command typically for achieving persistence
Malicious sample detected (through community Yara rule)
Sample is packed with UPX
Sample tries to persist itself using cron
Sample tries to persist itself using System V runlevels
Sample tries to set files in /etc globally writable
Yara detected Mirai
Behaviour
Behavior Graph:
behaviorgraph top1 dnsIp2 2 Behavior Graph ID: 1846916 Sample: ub8ehJSePAfc9FYqZIT6.ppc.elf Startdate: 08/01/2026 Architecture: LINUX Score: 88 116 169.254.169.254, 80 USDOSUS Reserved 2->116 118 daisy.ubuntu.com 162.213.35.24, 40400, 443 CANONICAL-ASGB United States 2->118 120 162.213.35.25, 443, 60628 CANONICAL-ASGB United States 2->120 122 Malicious sample detected (through community Yara rule) 2->122 124 Antivirus / Scanner detection for submitted sample 2->124 126 Yara detected Mirai 2->126 128 Sample is packed with UPX 2->128 11 ub8ehJSePAfc9FYqZIT6.ppc.elf 2->11         started        14 systemd ub8ehJSePAfc9FYqZIT6.ppc.elf 2->14         started        17 systemd ub8ehJSePAfc9FYqZIT6.ppc.elf 2->17         started        19 22 other processes 2->19 signatures3 process4 file5 136 Sample tries to set files in /etc globally writable 11->136 138 Drops files in suspicious directories 11->138 21 ub8ehJSePAfc9FYqZIT6.ppc.elf sh 11->21         started        23 ub8ehJSePAfc9FYqZIT6.ppc.elf sh 11->23         started        25 ub8ehJSePAfc9FYqZIT6.ppc.elf sh 11->25         started        31 4 other processes 11->31 114 /etc/init.d/chaotic, POSIX 14->114 dropped 33 6 other processes 14->33 27 ub8ehJSePAfc9FYqZIT6.ppc.elf sh 17->27         started        35 5 other processes 17->35 29 ub8ehJSePAfc9FYqZIT6.ppc.elf sh 19->29         started        37 5 other processes 19->37 signatures6 process7 process8 48 2 other processes 21->48 39 sh update-rc.d 23->39         started        42 sh crontab 25->42         started        44 sh crontab 27->44         started        46 sh crontab 29->46         started        51 3 other processes 31->51 53 5 other processes 33->53 55 4 other processes 35->55 57 4 other processes 37->57 file9 130 Sample tries to persist itself using System V runlevels 39->130 59 update-rc.d systemctl 39->59         started        132 Executes the "crontab" command typically for achieving persistence 42->132 112 /var/spool/cron/crontabs/tmp.bFAopO, ASCII 48->112 dropped 134 Sample tries to persist itself using cron 48->134 61 sh crontab 48->61         started        64 systemctl systemd-sysv-install 51->64         started        66 systemctl systemd-sysv-install 53->66         started        68 update-rc.d systemctl 53->68         started        70 systemctl systemd-sysv-install 55->70         started        72 update-rc.d systemctl 55->72         started        74 systemctl systemd-sysv-install 57->74         started        76 update-rc.d systemctl 57->76         started        signatures10 process11 signatures12 140 Executes the "crontab" command typically for achieving persistence 61->140 78 systemd-sysv-install update-rc.d 64->78         started        80 systemd-sysv-install update-rc.d 64->80         started        82 systemd-sysv-install getopt 64->82         started        92 3 other processes 66->92 84 systemd-sysv-install update-rc.d 70->84         started        86 systemd-sysv-install update-rc.d 70->86         started        88 systemd-sysv-install getopt 70->88         started        90 systemd-sysv-install update-rc.d 74->90         started        94 2 other processes 74->94 process13 process14 96 update-rc.d systemctl 78->96         started        98 update-rc.d systemctl 80->98         started        100 update-rc.d systemctl 84->100         started        102 update-rc.d systemctl 86->102         started        104 update-rc.d systemctl 90->104         started        106 update-rc.d systemctl 92->106         started        108 update-rc.d systemctl 92->108         started        110 update-rc.d systemctl 94->110         started       
Threat name:
Linux.Worm.Mirai
Status:
Malicious
First seen:
2026-01-08 21:08:34 UTC
File Type:
ELF32 Big (Exe)
AV detection:
16 of 24 (66.67%)
Threat level:
  5/5
Result
Malware family:
n/a
Score:
  5/10
Tags:
linux upx
Verdict:
Malicious
Tags:
Unix.Trojan.Mirai-9936831-0
YARA:
n/a
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YARA Signatures


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Rule name:linux_generic_ipv6_catcher
Author:@_lubiedo
Description:ELF samples using IPv6 addresses
Rule name:SUSP_ELF_LNX_UPX_Compressed_File
Author:Florian Roth (Nextron Systems)
Description:Detects a suspicious ELF binary with UPX compression
Reference:Internal Research
Rule name:upx_packed_elf_v1
Author:RandomMalware

File information


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Web download

Mirai

elf fc72d38d915bb71a73bc468cbbebc695c31dc98552eaa3c5f26194616555312a

(this sample)

  
Delivery method
Distributed via web download

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