jgamblin/Mirai-Source-Code
Mirai Source Code
This repository contains the source code for a C-based network botnet designed to compromise Internet of Things devices. It serves as a functional implementation of malware used for security research, behavioral analysis, and the development of threat detection signatures.
The project includes a command and control server architecture that manages infected devices via a custom binary protocol and TCP-based command distribution. It employs a cross-compilation toolchain to build and deliver architecture-specific binary payloads across multiple hardware platforms.
The codebase covers capabilities for credential-based brute forcing to spread across network ports and multi-platform target mapping. It provides a dataset for studying malware propagation patterns, simulating network communications, and creating intrusion detection rules based on the botnet's internal logic.
Features
- C2 Command Protocols - Provides a central controller architecture that manages infected devices via a custom binary protocol and TCP distribution.
- Cross-Compilation Toolchains - Utilizes a cross-compilation toolchain to build executable payloads for multiple different IoT hardware architectures.
- Encrypted TCP Command Channels - Uses persistent TCP socket connections to distribute commands for real-time remote execution across a botnet.
- C-Based Botnets - Implements a network-based botnet written in C that targets multiple hardware architectures and embedded devices.
- IoT Malware Implementations - Provides a functional implementation of malware designed to compromise IoT devices via telnet brute-forcing.
- Mirai-Based Botnets - Provides the original source code for a Mirai-based botnet used for creating threat detection signatures.
- Multi-Stage Payload Delivery - Implements a multi-stage delivery chain using droppers and stagers to deploy architecture-specific binaries to IoT devices.
- Credential Brute-Forcing - Spreads across network ports by attempting to authenticate using a predefined list of common default credentials.
- Malware Datasets - Serves as a codebase for security researchers to analyze botnet C2 protocols and develop indicators of compromise.
- Intrusion Detection Signatures - Provides a basis for creating network rules and antivirus signatures based on actual botnet logic.
- Architecture Mapping - Identifies and targets specific device architectures to ensure the correct binary payload is delivered to matching hardware.
- Botnet Protocol Simulations - Enables deploying controllers and loaders in isolated networks to analyze the protocols used between bots and servers.
- Network Architecture Simulations - Provides an environment to simulate the interactions and communications between bot controllers and infected clients.
- Detection Signature Development - Implements logic that can be used to develop antivirus signatures and intrusion detection rules.
- IoT Security Analysis Tools - Facilitates security research on IoT devices by testing compatibility and vulnerabilities using architecture-specific binaries.
- Malware Analysis - Allows researchers to study how botnets propagate through weak credentials and how remote servers manage infected devices.
- Malware Analysis - Source code for research and IOC development.
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