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Database Entry



Gafgyt


Vendor detections: 10


Intelligence 10 IOCs YARA 12 File information Comments

SHA256 hash: 01b79d849af474b20157d3af51257e27bca7fce8b08a17c3202c458fabcd781c
SHA3-384 hash: bea0a4f7d61b5b6f337133bad920df36336d17835dcc030b6e4b938915f2757c7237e7c692ea19505e7cf1d2b431d9f1
SHA1 hash: fbcc921b4b9b2d7d85fdfca4951eff015c8c87e3
MD5 hash: 397e702901fe20b3cb108f7a6a527416
humanhash: april-april-triple-shade
File name:armv5l
Download: download sample
Signature Gafgyt
File size:352'457 bytes
First seen:2026-06-16 11:17:32 UTC
Last seen:Never
File type: elf
MIME type:application/x-executable
ssdeep 3072:sbgQxdnFjImmejjPKwjoCU9ObmAUmE/9aQaSXRigRNb:mrIm93iwjoz9OemE/9aQaSXRigRNb
TLSH T19F74A623D8154595D1614CF322273389AD0B87BF89E732D3EE2A59A0BF6051F52BEEC1
telfhash t1fb317851a43556182fb3da28acbc57b31111262353582e716f26c0cc44370e1fa39d0f
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 abuse_ch
Tags:elf gafgyt

Intelligence


File Origin
# of uploads :
1
# of downloads :
90
Origin country :
DE DE
Vendor Threat Intelligence
Result
Verdict:
Malware
Maliciousness:
Verdict:
Unknown
Threat level:
  0/10
Confidence:
100%
Tags:
explorer gcc lolbin rust
Verdict:
Malicious
File Type:
elf.32.le
First seen:
2026-06-12T21:24:00Z UTC
Last seen:
2026-06-17T22:36:00Z UTC
Hits:
~10
Status:
terminated
Behavior Graph:
%3 guuid=920c73ce-1d00-0000-c0c6-c0916f0c0000 pid=3183 /usr/bin/sudo guuid=a5d898d1-1d00-0000-c0c6-c091700c0000 pid=3184 /tmp/sample.bin guuid=920c73ce-1d00-0000-c0c6-c0916f0c0000 pid=3183->guuid=a5d898d1-1d00-0000-c0c6-c091700c0000 pid=3184 execve
Result
Threat name:
Gafgyt, Mirai
Detection:
malicious
Classification:
spre.troj.evad
Score:
100 / 100
Signature
Antivirus / Scanner detection for submitted sample
Found malware configuration
Malicious sample detected (through community Yara rule)
Multi AV Scanner detection for submitted file
Opens /proc/net/* files useful for finding connected devices and routers
Sample deletes itself
Suricata IDS alerts for network traffic
Yara detected Gafgyt
Yara detected Mirai
Behaviour
Behavior Graph:
behaviorgraph top1 dnsIp2 2 Behavior Graph ID: 1928697 Sample: armv5l.elf Startdate: 16/06/2026 Architecture: LINUX Score: 100 60 89.33.192.131, 40178, 40182, 40184 VIRMACH-VirtualMachineSolutionsLLCUS United States 2->60 62 109.202.202.202, 80 INIT7CH Switzerland 2->62 64 4 other IPs or domains 2->64 68 Suricata IDS alerts for network traffic 2->68 70 Found malware configuration 2->70 72 Malicious sample detected (through community Yara rule) 2->72 74 4 other signatures 2->74 9 armv5l.elf 2->9         started        12 dash rm 2->12         started        14 dash rm 2->14         started        16 python3.8 dpkg 2->16         started        signatures3 process4 signatures5 76 Opens /proc/net/* files useful for finding connected devices and routers 9->76 18 armv5l.elf 9->18         started        20 armv5l.elf sh 9->20         started        22 armv5l.elf sh 9->22         started        24 13 other processes 9->24 process6 process7 26 armv5l.elf sh 18->26         started        28 armv5l.elf sh 18->28         started        30 armv5l.elf sh 18->30         started        41 12 other processes 18->41 32 sh rm 20->32         started        35 sh rm 22->35         started        37 sh rm 24->37         started        39 sh rm 24->39         started        43 10 other processes 24->43 signatures8 45 sh rm 26->45         started        48 sh rm 28->48         started        50 sh rm 30->50         started        66 Sample deletes itself 32->66 52 sh rm 41->52         started        54 sh rm 41->54         started        56 sh rm 41->56         started        58 8 other processes 41->58 process9 signatures10 78 Sample deletes itself 45->78
Threat name:
Linux.Trojan.Gafgyt
Status:
Malicious
First seen:
2026-06-13 02:40:50 UTC
File Type:
ELF32 Little (Exe)
AV detection:
18 of 24 (75.00%)
Threat level:
  5/5
Result
Malware family:
Score:
  10/10
Tags:
family:gafgyt botnet
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YARA Signatures


MalwareBazaar uses YARA rules from several public and non-public repositories, such as YARAhub and Malpedia. Those are being matched against malware samples uploaded to MalwareBazaar as well as against any suspicious process dumps they may create. Please note that only results from TLP:CLEAR rules are being displayed.

Rule name:botnet_dayzddos
Author:NDA0E
Description:dayzddos botnet
Rule name:botnet_dedsec
Author:NDA0E
Description:dedsec botnet
Rule name:ELF_IoT_Persistence_Hunt
Author:4r4
Description:Hunts for ELF files with persistence and download capabilities
Rule name:ELF_Toriilike_persist
Author:4r4
Description:Detects Torii IoT Botnet (stealthier Mirai alternative)
Reference:Identified via researched data
Rule name:Linux_Gafgyt_Generic
Author:albertzsigovits
Description:Generic Approach to Mirai/Gafgyt samples
Rule name:Linux_Generic_Threat_d94e1020
Author:Elastic Security
Rule name:Linux_Trojan_Gafgyt_28a2fe0c
Author:Elastic Security
Rule name:NET
Author:malware-lu
Rule name:ScanStringsInsocks5systemz
Author:Byambaa@pubcert.mn
Description:Scans presence of the found strings using the in-house brute force method
Rule name:setsockopt
Author:Tim Brown @timb_machine
Description:Hunts for setsockopt() red flags
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

Gafgyt

elf 01b79d849af474b20157d3af51257e27bca7fce8b08a17c3202c458fabcd781c

(this sample)

  
Delivery method
Distributed via web download

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