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Database Entry



Kaiji


Vendor detections: 7


Intelligence 7 IOCs YARA 20 File information Comments

SHA256 hash: 31d4ef6aaca605c0cbe19fe0ca4e70151e232e5f61d963cdd0033d67785165fd
SHA3-384 hash: e8dbd7b80e89d2e9204eeef6fcd2bc1d5e9309c1bce310605c9e1fc01a7fbdc7b7d27067eed1b93d5d917f461bc688b7
SHA1 hash: 04b27c55de7dbe67f3d0e999317c07305bb2ea09
MD5 hash: 5f205da58520396de86631d28f29ea87
humanhash: pip-purple-harry-east
File name:linux_ppc64el
Download: download sample
Signature Kaiji
File size:5'111'808 bytes
First seen:2026-02-25 20:32:00 UTC
Last seen:Never
File type: elf
MIME type:application/x-executable
ssdeep 49152:i2LzgioAq4P670Og/d6I+eFRgjpmbLQYLy280ntKyB1:nLzgioh4P670Og/d6I+wgjpaLyM
TLSH T174363942B7086FA9CA60493385B38ED117727D996F315343AB14FABEA8B63054F15FC8
gimphash 211db7a0239e5fc99a6586de3a048800db896d42ff8d6ab26954b5ef47fc9ac0
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 kaiji

Intelligence


File Origin
# of uploads :
1
# of downloads :
89
Origin country :
DE DE
Vendor Threat Intelligence
No detections
Result
Verdict:
Malware
Maliciousness:

Behaviour
Connection attempt
DNS request
Sets a written file as executable
Changes the time when the file was created, accessed, or modified
Manages services
Receives data from a server
Creating a file
Locks files
Kills processes
Sends data to a server
Creating a process from a recently created file
Launching a process
Writes files to system subdirectory
Writes files to system directory
Performs a bruteforce attack in the network
Creates or modifies files in /init.d to set up autorun
Result
Gathering data
Result
Threat name:
Detection:
malicious
Classification:
troj.evad
Score:
72 / 100
Signature
Drops files in suspicious directories
Multi AV Scanner detection for submitted file
Sample tries to set files in /etc globally writable
Uses known network protocols on non-standard ports
Writes identical ELF files to multiple locations
Yara detected Chaos
Behaviour
Behavior Graph:
behaviorgraph top1 dnsIp2 2 Behavior Graph ID: 1875004 Sample: linux_ppc64el.elf Startdate: 25/02/2026 Architecture: LINUX Score: 72 106 109.202.202.202, 80 INIT7CH Switzerland 2->106 108 91.189.91.42, 443 CANONICAL-ASGB United Kingdom 2->108 110 4 other IPs or domains 2->110 112 Multi AV Scanner detection for submitted file 2->112 114 Yara detected Chaos 2->114 116 Uses known network protocols on non-standard ports 2->116 12 linux_ppc64el.elf 2->12         started        16 systemd System.img.config 2->16         started        18 systemd snapd-env-generator 2->18         started        20 5 other processes 2->20 signatures3 process4 file5 102 /etc/id.services.conf, ELF 12->102 dropped 104 /etc/32678, POSIX 12->104 dropped 122 Sample tries to set files in /etc globally writable 12->122 124 Writes identical ELF files to multiple locations 12->124 22 linux_ppc64el.elf linux_ppc64el.elf 12->22         started        26 linux_ppc64el.elf service systemctl 12->26         started        28 linux_ppc64el.elf bash 12->28         started        30 System.img.config sh 16->30         started        32 System.img.config service systemctl 16->32         started        34 System.img.config pkill 16->34         started        36 System.img.config System.img.config 16->36         started        signatures6 process7 file8 98 /etc/init.d/linux_kill, POSIX 22->98 dropped 100 /boot/System.img.config, ELF 22->100 dropped 118 Writes identical ELF files to multiple locations 22->118 120 Drops files in suspicious directories 22->120 38 linux_ppc64el.elf bash 22->38         started        40 linux_ppc64el.elf update-rc.d 22->40         started        42 service 26->42         started        44 service basename 26->44         started        52 2 other processes 26->52 46 bash 32678 28->46         started        48 sh 32678 30->48         started        50 service 32->50         started        54 3 other processes 32->54 signatures9 process10 process11 72 4 other processes 38->72 56 update-rc.d systemctl 40->56         started        58 service systemctl 42->58         started        60 service sed 42->60         started        62 32678 sleep 46->62         started        64 32678 id.services.conf 48->64         started        66 32678 sleep 48->66         started        68 service systemctl 50->68         started        70 service sed 50->70         started        process12 74 id.services.conf service systemctl 64->74         started        76 id.services.conf sh 64->76         started        78 id.services.conf pkill 64->78         started        80 id.services.conf id.services.conf 64->80         started        process13 82 service 74->82         started        84 service basename 74->84         started        86 service basename 74->86         started        88 service systemctl 74->88         started        90 sh 32678 76->90         started        process14 92 service systemctl 82->92         started        94 service sed 82->94         started        96 32678 sleep 90->96         started       
Threat name:
Linux.Trojan.Kaiji
Status:
Malicious
First seen:
2026-02-25 20:45:40 UTC
File Type:
ELF64 Little (Exe)
AV detection:
19 of 36 (52.78%)
Threat level:
  5/5
Result
Malware family:
Score:
  10/10
Tags:
family:kaiji linux
Please note that we are no longer able to provide a coverage score for Virus Total.

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:DetectEncryptedVariants
Author:Zinyth
Description:Detects 'encrypted' in ASCII, Unicode, base64, or hex-encoded
Rule name:DetectGoMethodSignatures
Author:Wyatt Tauber
Description:Detects Go method signatures in unpacked Go binaries
Rule name:Detect_Go_GOMAXPROCS
Author:Obscurity Labs LLC
Description:Detects Go binaries by the presence of runtime.GOMAXPROCS in the runtime metadata
Rule name:enterpriseapps2
Author:Tim Brown @timb_machine
Description:Enterprise apps
Rule name:F01_s1ckrule
Author:s1ckb017
Rule name:GoBinTest
Rule name:golang
Rule name:golang_binary_string
Description:Golang strings present
Rule name:Golang_Find_CSC846
Author:Ashar Siddiqui
Description:Find Go Signatuers
Rule name:Golang_Find_CSC846_Simple
Author:Ashar Siddiqui
Description:Find Go Signatuers
Rule name:identity_golang
Author:Eric Yocam
Description:find Golang malware
Rule name:Linux_Generic_Threat_a40aaa96
Author:Elastic Security
Rule name:NET
Author:malware-lu
Rule name:ProgramLanguage_Golang
Author:albertzsigovits
Description:Application written in Golang programming language
Rule name:RANSOMWARE
Author:ToroGuitar
Rule name:setsockopt
Author:Tim Brown @timb_machine
Description:Hunts for setsockopt() red flags
Rule name:SHA512_Constants
Author:phoul (@phoul)
Description:Look for SHA384/SHA512 constants
Rule name:Suspicious_Golang_Binary
Author:Tim Machac
Description:Triage: Golang-compiled binary with suspicious OS/persistence/network strings (not family-specific)
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

Kaiji

elf 31d4ef6aaca605c0cbe19fe0ca4e70151e232e5f61d963cdd0033d67785165fd

(this sample)

  
Delivery method
Distributed via web download

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