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Database Entry



Gafgyt


Vendor detections: 7


Intelligence 7 IOCs YARA 5 File information Comments

SHA256 hash: 23aa8b473e832b5e394ee6a3fea5fdc08b18650bf312fd0d68d9be401de61d85
SHA3-384 hash: 8f190f2e9d5c89d2dfe751c6603462270aa76c2ae06ea823b18eb588f162fae5f5270c06f66f753563a8b4646c9a41cf
SHA1 hash: 67f9ddc59a4fcff2a59bd05baddd1ed52d00a353
MD5 hash: 914e0b255f1b842467cf4667366b1400
humanhash: mississippi-glucose-vermont-connecticut
File name:beacon.arm64
Download: download sample
Signature Gafgyt
File size:1'321'416 bytes
First seen:2026-02-20 16:33:35 UTC
Last seen:Never
File type: elf
MIME type:application/x-executable
ssdeep 12288:P8D+yBS7yjWT24ww3sSkNDYWmauvLEu6mwXsSvdWqi335R+TIMi8izNtGpWxcsOn:P8E7yjtYLkNLuvYu6mashlnagYVa+9l
TLSH T1D2558D5DFE0F3841D3CBF13DCF8986D5B12B74A8D22391633481120DE5DADE98B62A5A
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 :
38
Origin country :
DE DE
Vendor Threat Intelligence
No detections
Verdict:
Suspicious
Threat level:
  5/10
Confidence:
100%
Tags:
gcc mirai
Verdict:
Malicious
Uses P2P?:
false
Uses anti-vm?:
false
Architecture:
arm
Packer:
not packed
Botnet:
unknown
Number of open files:
0
Number of processes launched:
0
Processes remaning?
false
Remote TCP ports scanned:
8080,23,2323
Behaviour
no suspicious findings
Botnet C2s
TCP botnet C2(s):
not identified
UDP botnet C2(s):
not identified
Status:
terminated
Behavior Graph:
%3 guuid=5382808a-1d00-0000-52b4-f9c0bb0c0000 pid=3259 /usr/bin/sudo guuid=8df7368d-1d00-0000-52b4-f9c0bc0c0000 pid=3260 /tmp/sample.bin guuid=5382808a-1d00-0000-52b4-f9c0bb0c0000 pid=3259->guuid=8df7368d-1d00-0000-52b4-f9c0bc0c0000 pid=3260 execve
Result
Threat name:
n/a
Detection:
malicious
Classification:
troj.evad
Score:
48 / 100
Signature
Connects to many ports of the same IP (likely port scanning)
Sample deletes itself
Behaviour
Behavior Graph:
Threat name:
Linux.Backdoor.Gafgyt
Status:
Malicious
First seen:
2026-02-20 16:27:47 UTC
File Type:
ELF64 Little (Exe)
AV detection:
3 of 36 (8.33%)
Threat level:
  5/5
Result
Malware family:
n/a
Score:
  1/10
Tags:
linux
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YARA Signatures


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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:F01_s1ckrule
Author:s1ckb017
Rule name:malwareelf55503
Rule name:ProgramLanguage_Rust
Author:albertzsigovits
Description:Application written in Rust programming language
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 23aa8b473e832b5e394ee6a3fea5fdc08b18650bf312fd0d68d9be401de61d85

(this sample)

  
Delivery method
Distributed via web download

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