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Database Entry



Gafgyt


Vendor detections: 9


Intelligence 9 IOCs YARA 12 File information Comments

SHA256 hash: 23e3354e499b6cb514c01d1e56b9f7c2954f9fe38eaca10649a04d41726f0775
SHA3-384 hash: 28067e34b9038b32dfab369577db208b55c92624d579a3aefd9d24ee994a746dca56d2920791b47e3eaaa7670a6dd4da
SHA1 hash: 9e19b00563bbc18a5ee51f52e30b52422b20a36b
MD5 hash: dad846e4538a757abeddcaade2ba11fd
humanhash: pizza-august-cat-mike
File name:yakuza.x32
Download: download sample
Signature Gafgyt
File size:91'540 bytes
First seen:2026-01-18 19:20:38 UTC
Last seen:Never
File type: elf
MIME type:application/x-executable
ssdeep 1536:2egmM3PJOR/k679fwqWQC1yIZ2DN1d3OoD5hhJJrJs6Wshe0QzUzJYQ2Wk:hMcR/kI9U91yIZ2DN1Q85hhJ3WUe0QzR
TLSH T13E932A86E642CAF3C4430AB502AFAA590732FE2A4E3B8EA6F71C7DF49B515C43115791
telfhash t1c421d043aab68a6c6ff3582498bc06b11592a6237250af70ef5ec1809d37002b475e8b
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 :
45
Origin country :
DE DE
Vendor Threat Intelligence
No detections
Verdict:
Unknown
Threat level:
  2.5/10
Confidence:
100%
Tags:
gcc masquerade
Verdict:
Malicious
File Type:
elf.32.le
First seen:
2026-01-18T17:32:00Z UTC
Last seen:
2026-01-19T12:53:00Z UTC
Hits:
~10
Status:
terminated
Behavior Graph:
%3 guuid=87c7c054-1700-0000-c50d-6663630f0000 pid=3939 /usr/bin/sudo guuid=501f5c56-1700-0000-c50d-66636b0f0000 pid=3947 /tmp/sample.bin guuid=87c7c054-1700-0000-c50d-6663630f0000 pid=3939->guuid=501f5c56-1700-0000-c50d-66636b0f0000 pid=3947 execve guuid=c7807356-1700-0000-c50d-66636e0f0000 pid=3950 /tmp/sample.bin guuid=501f5c56-1700-0000-c50d-66636b0f0000 pid=3947->guuid=c7807356-1700-0000-c50d-66636e0f0000 pid=3950 clone guuid=aa4a7a56-1700-0000-c50d-66636f0f0000 pid=3951 /tmp/sample.bin guuid=c7807356-1700-0000-c50d-66636e0f0000 pid=3950->guuid=aa4a7a56-1700-0000-c50d-66636f0f0000 pid=3951 clone guuid=1ecc8256-1700-0000-c50d-6663710f0000 pid=3953 /tmp/sample.bin net zombie guuid=aa4a7a56-1700-0000-c50d-66636f0f0000 pid=3951->guuid=1ecc8256-1700-0000-c50d-6663710f0000 pid=3953 clone fddcfd21-97bd-5f51-9415-03b210fd9508 103.211.218.101:23 guuid=1ecc8256-1700-0000-c50d-6663710f0000 pid=3953->fddcfd21-97bd-5f51-9415-03b210fd9508 con guuid=fa91487d-1f00-0000-c50d-666392140000 pid=5266 /tmp/sample.bin net zombie guuid=1ecc8256-1700-0000-c50d-6663710f0000 pid=3953->guuid=fa91487d-1f00-0000-c50d-666392140000 pid=5266 clone guuid=fa91487d-1f00-0000-c50d-666392140000 pid=5266->fddcfd21-97bd-5f51-9415-03b210fd9508 con
Result
Threat name:
Gafgyt, Mirai
Detection:
malicious
Classification:
troj
Score:
88 / 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
Yara detected Gafgyt
Yara detected Mirai
Behaviour
Behavior Graph:
behaviorgraph top1 dnsIp2 2 Behavior Graph ID: 1852978 Sample: yakuza.x32.elf Startdate: 18/01/2026 Architecture: LINUX Score: 88 37 103.211.218.101, 23 PUBLIC-DOMAIN-REGISTRYUS Seychelles 2->37 39 daisy.ubuntu.com 2->39 41 Found malware configuration 2->41 43 Malicious sample detected (through community Yara rule) 2->43 45 Antivirus / Scanner detection for submitted sample 2->45 47 3 other signatures 2->47 15 yakuza.x32.elf 2->15         started        17 python3.8 dpkg 2->17         started        signatures3 process4 process5 19 yakuza.x32.elf 15->19         started        process6 21 yakuza.x32.elf 19->21         started        process7 23 yakuza.x32.elf 21->23         started        process8 25 yakuza.x32.elf 23->25         started        process9 27 yakuza.x32.elf 25->27         started        process10 29 yakuza.x32.elf 27->29         started        process11 31 yakuza.x32.elf 29->31         started        process12 33 yakuza.x32.elf 31->33         started        process13 35 yakuza.x32.elf 33->35         started       
Threat name:
Linux.Trojan.Gafgyt
Status:
Malicious
First seen:
2026-01-18 19:11:11 UTC
File Type:
ELF32 Little (Exe)
AV detection:
20 of 24 (83.33%)
Threat level:
  5/5
Result
Malware family:
Score:
  10/10
Tags:
family:gafgyt linux
Behaviour
Changes its process name
Malware Config
C2 Extraction:
103.211.218.101:23
Verdict:
Malicious
Tags:
trojan gafgyt Unix.Trojan.Gafgyt-6981154-0
YARA:
Linux_Trojan_Gafgyt_6122acdf Linux_Trojan_Gafgyt_f51c5ac3 Linux_Trojan_Gafgyt_27de1106 Linux_Trojan_Gafgyt_1b2e2a3a Linux_Trojan_Gafgyt_9127f7be
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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:ELF_Toriilike_persist
Author:4r4
Description:Detects Torii IoT Botnet (stealthier Mirai alternative)
Reference:Identified via researched data
Rule name:linux_generic_ipv6_catcher
Author:@_lubiedo
Description:ELF samples using IPv6 addresses
Rule name:Linux_Trojan_Gafgyt_1b2e2a3a
Author:Elastic Security
Rule name:Linux_Trojan_Gafgyt_27de1106
Author:Elastic Security
Rule name:Linux_Trojan_Gafgyt_6122acdf
Author:Elastic Security
Rule name:Linux_Trojan_Gafgyt_9127f7be
Author:Elastic Security
Rule name:Linux_Trojan_Gafgyt_f51c5ac3
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: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 23e3354e499b6cb514c01d1e56b9f7c2954f9fe38eaca10649a04d41726f0775

(this sample)

  
Delivery method
Distributed via web download

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