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Database Entry



Mirai


Vendor detections: 7


Intelligence 7 IOCs YARA 5 File information Comments

SHA256 hash: ff796c0acf25b52596e1905b8d4eda4a5023b2e1bc25c6fbd038e27ec3b56bd1
SHA3-384 hash: 6e7d11b7bff3701f3e26e98f6318deccfc65e8f00c75d15fe3fcf4ff45de26bd006c8e2180e272cfbac8b458a993353f
SHA1 hash: 027e337bb1b9b695f838cebc774d34b9901f4075
MD5 hash: 75c855023bb3e9ed7be719d36b65813e
humanhash: nevada-violet-mars-red
File name:ff796c0acf25b52596e1905b8d4eda4a5023b2e1bc25c6fbd038e27ec3b56bd1.elf
Download: download sample
Signature Mirai
File size:50'560 bytes
First seen:2026-08-23 20:47:10 UTC
Last seen:2026-08-28 13:37:00 UTC
File type: elf
MIME type:application/x-executable
ssdeep 1536:Hxrs9iuO2ey9D7T1lmZH8/KwdtEQrml4u+qgw09P:HxEiudXT1lmZH8S8EDl4u+qgwK
TLSH T1C733F1E9C5435A96EEFEF47026C8E9C1B77CAB0F11E1CCD31C8BCA274A435039A56192
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 Tuxxin
Tags:elf exe mirai UPX whack.sh
File size (compressed) :50'560 bytes
File size (de-compressed) :142'256 bytes
Format:linux/ppc32
Unpacked file: 843e8c26228c641e829479c27a4ec46ee267bb82dd16786b4a5ecac251b9c156

Intelligence


File Origin
# of uploads :
3
# of downloads :
126
Origin country :
NL NL
Vendor Threat Intelligence
Result
Verdict:
Malware
Maliciousness:

Behaviour
Kills processes
Connection attempt
Runs as daemon
Creating a file
Traces processes
Substitutes an application name
Deleting of the original file
Verdict:
Malicious
File Type:
elf.32.be
First seen:
2026-08-23T16:21:00Z UTC
Last seen:
2026-08-25T17:38:00Z UTC
Hits:
~10
Status:
terminated
Behavior Graph:
%3 guuid=bfb2ff75-1b00-0000-6893-ce364e0b0000 pid=2894 /usr/bin/sudo guuid=23e45678-1b00-0000-6893-ce36550b0000 pid=2901 /tmp/sample.bin guuid=bfb2ff75-1b00-0000-6893-ce364e0b0000 pid=2894->guuid=23e45678-1b00-0000-6893-ce36550b0000 pid=2901 execve
Threat name:
Linux.Worm.Mirai
Status:
Malicious
First seen:
2026-08-23 20:47:23 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
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_IoT_DVR_Botnet_Hama_UPX
Author:Serhii Kocherhan
Description:Detects packed and unpacked ELF IoT/DVR botnet variants targeting UPX compression structures and uncompressed code
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:TH_Generic_MassHunt_Linux_Malware_2026_CYFARE
Author:CYFARE
Description:Generic Linux malware mass-hunt rule - 2026
Reference:https://cyfare.net/
Rule name:upx_packed_elf_v1
Author:RandomMalware

File information


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

Web download

Mirai

elf ff796c0acf25b52596e1905b8d4eda4a5023b2e1bc25c6fbd038e27ec3b56bd1

(this sample)

  
Delivery method
Distributed via web download

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