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Database Entry



Mirai


Vendor detections: 10


Intelligence 10 IOCs YARA 14 File information Comments

SHA256 hash: ff2acdcb9b320ccabb61598c722e36dc0c6565c275025cbd287cb23403697229
SHA3-384 hash: 6d334e3d98f931f8fd8dbb4f202a864b68f4c8c2945a10a049e71c98f7abab083a764212af4b237f95c88338f4e7cebe
SHA1 hash: bb6fd76f5c5601cb91ef40068a912383606046e7
MD5 hash: 352c75d07dffa79d328a6e5564452c67
humanhash: romeo-river-hamper-twenty
File name:mips
Download: download sample
Signature Mirai
File size:848'672 bytes
First seen:2026-09-29 17:42:58 UTC
Last seen:Never
File type: elf
MIME type:application/x-executable
ssdeep 6144:wxrUsRCbU16s7sLP+N+5t2GrvO+FpoAYSyvpXolz9F5FbkUkRhzHhS53HKO0GggX:nsIYIs7lO8+HZguNTzKOuBK
TLSH T1C905E70B6E329F3EF579C2308BF34B34D69962D727E19588E19CD20C5E2424A651F7AC
telfhash t196a1e8a8193817b4a7659c8d459dff32c9a334ef3a161c239e50e85dd71fa835d10c1d
Magika elf
Reporter abuse_ch
Tags:elf mirai

Intelligence


File Origin
# of uploads :
1
# of downloads :
89
Origin country :
DE DE
Vendor Threat Intelligence
No detections
Result
Verdict:
Malware
Maliciousness:

Behaviour
Creating a file
Sets a written file as executable
Receives data from a server
Collects information on the RAM
Sends data to a server
Kills processes
Connection attempt
Creating a file in the %temp% directory
Writes files to system directory
Substitutes an application name
Creates or modifies files in /cron to set up autorun
Performs a bruteforce attack in the network
Creates or modifies files in /init.d to set up autorun
Creates or modifies symbolic links in /init.d to set up autorun
Verdict:
Malicious
Threat level:
  10/10
Confidence:
100%
Tags:
gcc
Verdict:
Malicious
Uses P2P?:
false
Uses anti-vm?:
false
Architecture:
mips
Packer:
not packed
Botnet:
unknown
Number of open files:
87
Number of processes launched:
46
Processes remaning?
true
Remote TCP ports scanned:
23,2323,5555,8443
Behaviour
Persistence
Process Renaming
Information Gathering
Botnet C2s
TCP botnet C2(s):
not identified
UDP botnet C2(s):
not identified
Verdict:
Malicious
File Type:
elf.32.be
First seen:
2026-09-30T08:13:00Z UTC
Last seen:
2026-09-30T23:38:00Z UTC
Hits:
~1000
Status:
terminated
Behavior Graph:
%3 guuid=9afc0c58-1900-0000-fb72-5050230c0000 pid=3107 /usr/bin/sudo guuid=1f08085a-1900-0000-fb72-5050290c0000 pid=3113 /tmp/sample.bin guuid=9afc0c58-1900-0000-fb72-5050230c0000 pid=3107->guuid=1f08085a-1900-0000-fb72-5050290c0000 pid=3113 execve
Threat name:
Linux.Backdoor.Mirai
Status:
Malicious
First seen:
2026-09-29 17:43:24 UTC
File Type:
ELF32 Big (Exe)
AV detection:
14 of 23 (60.87%)
Threat level:
  5/5
Result
Malware family:
xmrig_linux
Score:
  10/10
Tags:
family:xmrig_linux discovery execution miner persistence privilege_escalation
Behaviour
Reads runtime system information
System Network Configuration Discovery
Writes file to tmp directory
Changes its process name
Reads system network configuration
Creates a large amount of network flows
Creates/modifies Cron job
Enumerates active TCP sockets
Enumerates running processes
Modifies init.d
Modifies rc script
Contacts a large (1899) amount of remote hosts
Family: xmrig
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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:BLOWFISH_Constants
Author:phoul (@phoul)
Description:Look for Blowfish constants
Rule name:DetectEncryptedVariants
Author:Zinyth
Description:Detects 'encrypted' in ASCII, Unicode, base64, or hex-encoded
Rule name:ELF_Toriilike_persist
Author:4r4
Description:Detects Torii IoT Botnet (stealthier Mirai alternative)
Reference:Identified via researched data
Rule name:enterpriseapps2
Author:Tim Brown @timb_machine
Description:Enterprise apps
Rule name:golang
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_Hydra_SSH_Bruteforce
Author:sanad (NSVPS-SOC)
Description:Hydra SSH brute-force campaign credentials pattern from NSVPS honeypot
Rule name:RANSOMWARE
Author:ToroGuitar
Rule name:SHA512_Constants
Author:phoul (@phoul)
Description:Look for SHA384/SHA512 constants
Rule name:telebot_framework
Author:vietdx.mb
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 ff2acdcb9b320ccabb61598c722e36dc0c6565c275025cbd287cb23403697229

(this sample)

  
Delivery method
Distributed via web download

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