Concrete signature match: Backdoor - Provides unauthorized remote access for Linux platform, family Mirai
This threat is a backdoor component of the Mirai botnet, designed to infect Linux-based systems like IoT devices and servers. Once infected, the system is controlled by an attacker and used to participate in large-scale Distributed Denial-of-Service (DDoS) attacks.
No specific strings found for this threat
rule Backdoor_Linux_Mirai_ER_2147905480_0
{
meta:
author = "threatcheck.sh"
detection_name = "Backdoor:Linux/Mirai.ER!MTB"
threat_id = "2147905480"
type = "Backdoor"
platform = "Linux: Linux platform"
family = "Mirai"
severity = "Critical"
info = "MTB: Microsoft Threat Behavior"
signature_type = "SIGNATURE_TYPE_ELFHSTR_EXT"
threshold = "2"
strings_accuracy = "Low"
strings:
$x_1_1 = {21 00 00 3f 92 10 00 1b 96 14 23 ff d0 2f be cf 94 10 20 03} //weight: 1, accuracy: High
$x_1_2 = {05 00 00 3f a3 30 60 10 ac 10 a3 ff 82 10 20 00 a5 37 60 10 83 28 60 02 d4 07 be b8 a7 3d e0 18 e0 02 80 01 80 a4 80 16 02 80 ?? ?? b6 04 20 14} //weight: 1, accuracy: Low
condition:
(filesize < 20MB) and
(all of ($x*))
}27cd08d06037e115b340e1ace170f62fa9d7f95b03e5b64d7b7cfec2d0c5090c7449e4c5c08d529e63958e1138947824167e437847141999aebbc36a658fa5e0Isolate the affected Linux device from the network. Identify and remove the malicious file, and change all default or weak credentials. If it's an IoT device, perform a factory reset or re-flash the firmware to a known-clean version and apply all security patches.