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Gafgyt


Vendor detections: 9


Intelligence 9 IOCs YARA 32 File information Comments

SHA256 hash: 17dea70173364026b0f95b789b9c44638fc647ee0eb10c7699de1e472aca58d7
SHA3-384 hash: 98681c522b25e73b2c9dd3237cfaae2e10eb9bd3f77de3f99908c24c7cfb0c0d07479565c482dc758e46f3b7b768ef7a
SHA1 hash: 28e9095395a4bd363407bea28a9945b0be9357f4
MD5 hash: 8a964af1a3757ee06b2943348298fbd8
humanhash: four-florida-charlie-kilo
File name:x86
Download: download sample
Signature Gafgyt
File size:114'825 bytes
First seen:2026-01-13 16:32:15 UTC
Last seen:Never
File type: elf
MIME type:application/x-executable
ssdeep 3072:2d0wKSAewzi+Xn+8Uhw6W+aPyJmDk1c8xF6KjW:bfO8IBzJmDk1c8xF6KjW
TLSH T185B31813B7B1DABEC08252B12BDB92F19423FD7D0732622B33957DA51B388D96D59302
telfhash t1ad210246a1f68a685ff368205dbc46b5199217273351af70af1984c01c7b002a939ecb
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 :
47
Origin country :
DE DE
Vendor Threat Intelligence
No detections
Verdict:
Unknown
Threat level:
  0/10
Confidence:
100%
Tags:
gcc
Verdict:
Malicious
File Type:
elf.64.le
First seen:
2026-01-13T14:44:00Z UTC
Last seen:
2026-01-13T23:44:00Z UTC
Hits:
~10
Status:
terminated
Behavior Graph:
%3 guuid=dfdfdbc4-1900-0000-02da-dcbda7090000 pid=2471 /usr/bin/sudo guuid=2fbdc7c6-1900-0000-02da-dcbdad090000 pid=2477 /tmp/sample.bin guuid=dfdfdbc4-1900-0000-02da-dcbda7090000 pid=2471->guuid=2fbdc7c6-1900-0000-02da-dcbdad090000 pid=2477 execve guuid=f59edac6-1900-0000-02da-dcbdaf090000 pid=2479 /tmp/sample.bin guuid=2fbdc7c6-1900-0000-02da-dcbdad090000 pid=2477->guuid=f59edac6-1900-0000-02da-dcbdaf090000 pid=2479 clone guuid=e1d8e0c6-1900-0000-02da-dcbdb0090000 pid=2480 /tmp/sample.bin zombie guuid=f59edac6-1900-0000-02da-dcbdaf090000 pid=2479->guuid=e1d8e0c6-1900-0000-02da-dcbdb0090000 pid=2480 clone guuid=ef13e7c6-1900-0000-02da-dcbdb1090000 pid=2481 /tmp/sample.bin net send-data zombie guuid=e1d8e0c6-1900-0000-02da-dcbdb0090000 pid=2480->guuid=ef13e7c6-1900-0000-02da-dcbdb1090000 pid=2481 clone b44c1cb7-4249-5277-94c4-faa018c8ed40 64.227.48.87:23 guuid=ef13e7c6-1900-0000-02da-dcbdb1090000 pid=2481->b44c1cb7-4249-5277-94c4-faa018c8ed40 send: 95B guuid=388a68cf-1900-0000-02da-dcbdca090000 pid=2506 /tmp/sample.bin guuid=ef13e7c6-1900-0000-02da-dcbdb1090000 pid=2481->guuid=388a68cf-1900-0000-02da-dcbdca090000 pid=2506 clone
Result
Threat name:
Gafgyt, Mirai
Detection:
malicious
Classification:
troj
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
Suricata IDS alerts for network traffic
Yara detected Gafgyt
Yara detected Mirai
Behaviour
Behavior Graph:
behaviorgraph top1 dnsIp2 2 Behavior Graph ID: 1850004 Sample: x86.elf Startdate: 13/01/2026 Architecture: LINUX Score: 100 26 64.227.48.87, 23, 34058 DIGITALOCEAN-ASNUS United States 2->26 28 109.202.202.202, 80 INIT7CH Switzerland 2->28 30 4 other IPs or domains 2->30 32 Suricata IDS alerts for network traffic 2->32 34 Found malware configuration 2->34 36 Malicious sample detected (through community Yara rule) 2->36 38 4 other signatures 2->38 10 x86.elf 2->10         started        12 dash rm 2->12         started        14 dash rm 2->14         started        16 python3.8 dpkg 2->16         started        signatures3 process4 process5 18 x86.elf 10->18         started        process6 20 x86.elf 18->20         started        process7 22 x86.elf 20->22         started        process8 24 x86.elf 22->24         started       
Threat name:
Linux.Trojan.Gafgyt
Status:
Malicious
First seen:
2026-01-13 16:19:58 UTC
File Type:
ELF64 Little (Exe)
AV detection:
18 of 24 (75.00%)
Threat level:
  5/5
Result
Malware family:
Score:
  10/10
Tags:
family:gafgyt defense_evasion linux
Behaviour
Changes its process name
Modifies Watchdog functionality
Malware Config
C2 Extraction:
64.227.48.87:23
Verdict:
Malicious
Tags:
trojan gafgyt Unix.Trojan.Gafgyt-6981154-0
YARA:
Linux_Trojan_Gafgyt_a6a2adb9 Linux_Trojan_Gafgyt_9e9530a7 Linux_Trojan_Gafgyt_f3d83a74 Linux_Trojan_Gafgyt_807911a2 Linux_Trojan_Gafgyt_e0673a90 Linux_Trojan_Gafgyt_31796a40 Linux_Trojan_Gafgyt_a0a4de11 Linux_Trojan_Gafgyt_d4227dbf Linux_Trojan_Gafgyt_09c3070e Linux_Trojan_Gafgyt_46eec778 Linux_Trojan_Gafgyt_d996d335 Linux_Trojan_Gafgyt_d0c57a2e Linux_Trojan_Gafgyt_656bf077 Linux_Trojan_Gafgyt_620087b9 Linux_Trojan_Gafgyt_dd0d6173 Linux_Trojan_Gafgyt_779e142f Linux_Trojan_Gafgyt_cf84c9f2 Linux_Trojan_Gafgyt_0cd591cd Linux_Trojan_Gafgyt_33b4111a Linux_Trojan_Gafgyt_862c4e0e Linux_Trojan_Gafgyt_32eb0c81 Linux_Trojan_Gafgyt_a33a8363 elf_bashlite_auto
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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:CP_Script_Inject_Detector
Author:DiegoAnalytics
Description:Detects attempts to inject code into another process across PE, ELF, Mach-O binaries
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:Linux_Gafgyt_Generic
Author:albertzsigovits
Description:Generic Approach to Mirai/Gafgyt samples
Rule name:linux_generic_ipv6_catcher
Author:@_lubiedo
Description:ELF samples using IPv6 addresses
Rule name:Linux_Trojan_Gafgyt_09c3070e
Author:Elastic Security
Rule name:Linux_Trojan_Gafgyt_0cd591cd
Author:Elastic Security
Rule name:Linux_Trojan_Gafgyt_31796a40
Author:Elastic Security
Rule name:Linux_Trojan_Gafgyt_32eb0c81
Author:Elastic Security
Rule name:Linux_Trojan_Gafgyt_33b4111a
Author:Elastic Security
Rule name:Linux_Trojan_Gafgyt_46eec778
Author:Elastic Security
Rule name:Linux_Trojan_Gafgyt_620087b9
Author:Elastic Security
Rule name:Linux_Trojan_Gafgyt_656bf077
Author:Elastic Security
Rule name:Linux_Trojan_Gafgyt_779e142f
Author:Elastic Security
Rule name:Linux_Trojan_Gafgyt_807911a2
Author:Elastic Security
Rule name:Linux_Trojan_Gafgyt_862c4e0e
Author:Elastic Security
Rule name:Linux_Trojan_Gafgyt_9e9530a7
Author:Elastic Security
Rule name:Linux_Trojan_Gafgyt_a0a4de11
Author:Elastic Security
Rule name:Linux_Trojan_Gafgyt_a33a8363
Author:Elastic Security
Rule name:Linux_Trojan_Gafgyt_a6a2adb9
Author:Elastic Security
Rule name:Linux_Trojan_Gafgyt_cf84c9f2
Author:Elastic Security
Rule name:Linux_Trojan_Gafgyt_d0c57a2e
Author:Elastic Security
Rule name:Linux_Trojan_Gafgyt_d4227dbf
Author:Elastic Security
Rule name:Linux_Trojan_Gafgyt_d996d335
Author:Elastic Security
Rule name:Linux_Trojan_Gafgyt_dd0d6173
Author:Elastic Security
Rule name:Linux_Trojan_Gafgyt_e0673a90
Author:Elastic Security
Rule name:Linux_Trojan_Gafgyt_f3d83a74
Author:Elastic Security
Rule name:Mal_LNX_Gafgyt_Botnet_ELF
Author:Phatcharadol Thangplub
Description:Use to detect Gafgyt botnet, and there variants.
Rule name:NET
Author:malware-lu
Rule name:RANSOMWARE
Author:ToroGuitar
Rule name:setsockopt
Author:Tim Brown @timb_machine
Description:Hunts for setsockopt() red flags
Rule name:unixredflags3
Author:Tim Brown @timb_machine
Description:Hunts for UNIX red flags

File information


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Web download

Gafgyt

elf 17dea70173364026b0f95b789b9c44638fc647ee0eb10c7699de1e472aca58d7

(this sample)

  
Delivery method
Distributed via web download

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