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Gafgyt


Vendor detections: 9


Intelligence 9 IOCs YARA 7 File information Comments

SHA256 hash: 490735ee8f6e61fab8c608d35b9c434c8f4f7060552769584ff6ca519cbafe89
SHA3-384 hash: 9104f76a1e4267a41fde68f0be4d1f715e36bca00e59ae5e668933db8e1ca4d0f690343bd2ad670ea16534e9e9d126be
SHA1 hash: 94f18562089c5ba36a481597eaecef43b3ea0056
MD5 hash: e73c21adea9f04865519d04ccaef6a79
humanhash: violet-july-moon-kitten
File name:yakuza.ppc
Download: download sample
Signature Gafgyt
File size:116'040 bytes
First seen:2026-01-18 19:20:27 UTC
Last seen:Never
File type: elf
MIME type:application/x-executable
ssdeep 3072:lqDUOulvQ+nozmrCppEDtkLWN5h8MbKZlrDoeZNV7YHQQ/hVOmAD3m:0pEcWN5h8MbK97YHQQ/hVOmAD3m
TLSH T107B30805F9404B23C6D26BBBF79B43CD77366658ABD7330196297EB02BC17982E3A150
telfhash t15f21e243a6b68a6c6ff3582858bc06b11592e6237250bf70ef5ec1809d37002b475e8b
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 :
67
Origin country :
DE DE
Vendor Threat Intelligence
No detections
Verdict:
Unknown
Threat level:
  2.5/10
Confidence:
100%
Tags:
gcc masquerade obfuscated rust
Verdict:
Malicious
File Type:
elf.32.le
First seen:
2026-01-18T17:33:00Z UTC
Last seen:
2026-01-19T12:53:00Z UTC
Hits:
~10
Status:
terminated
Behavior Graph:
%3 guuid=3aadc389-1b00-0000-bbf9-5c68020d0000 pid=3330 /usr/bin/sudo guuid=03b9178c-1b00-0000-bbf9-5c68040d0000 pid=3332 /tmp/sample.bin guuid=3aadc389-1b00-0000-bbf9-5c68020d0000 pid=3330->guuid=03b9178c-1b00-0000-bbf9-5c68040d0000 pid=3332 execve
Result
Threat name:
Gafgyt, Mirai
Detection:
malicious
Classification:
troj
Score:
80 / 100
Signature
Antivirus / Scanner detection for submitted sample
Found malware configuration
Multi AV Scanner detection for submitted file
Yara detected Gafgyt
Yara detected Mirai
Behaviour
Behavior Graph:
behaviorgraph top1 dnsIp2 2 Behavior Graph ID: 1853010 Sample: yakuza.ppc.elf Startdate: 18/01/2026 Architecture: LINUX Score: 80 37 103.211.218.101, 23 PUBLIC-DOMAIN-REGISTRYUS Seychelles 2->37 39 185.125.190.26, 443 CANONICAL-ASGB United Kingdom 2->39 41 daisy.ubuntu.com 2->41 43 Found malware configuration 2->43 45 Antivirus / Scanner detection for submitted sample 2->45 47 Multi AV Scanner detection for submitted file 2->47 49 2 other signatures 2->49 15 yakuza.ppc.elf 2->15         started        17 python3.8 dpkg 2->17         started        signatures3 process4 process5 19 yakuza.ppc.elf 15->19         started        process6 21 yakuza.ppc.elf 19->21         started        process7 23 yakuza.ppc.elf 21->23         started        process8 25 yakuza.ppc.elf 23->25         started        process9 27 yakuza.ppc.elf 25->27         started        process10 29 yakuza.ppc.elf 27->29         started        process11 31 yakuza.ppc.elf 29->31         started        process12 33 yakuza.ppc.elf 31->33         started        process13 35 yakuza.ppc.elf 33->35         started       
Threat name:
Linux.Trojan.Gafgyt
Status:
Malicious
First seen:
2026-01-18 19:11:34 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
Malware Config
C2 Extraction:
103.211.218.101:23
Verdict:
Malicious
Tags:
Unix.Trojan.Gafgyt-6981154-0
YARA:
n/a
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YARA Signatures


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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_Generic_Threat_d94e1020
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 490735ee8f6e61fab8c608d35b9c434c8f4f7060552769584ff6ca519cbafe89

(this sample)

  
Delivery method
Distributed via web download

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