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Gafgyt


Vendor detections: 9


Intelligence 9 IOCs YARA 17 File information Comments

SHA256 hash: 505f8c41f6a711eab3eb4b49d7893b0fc48ada5abbba8093b3ff95577df8fb7e
SHA3-384 hash: a10d867fdd6b5d5495f0c28de3e67c9fa86315e5352cecf1b2aea66ff56d973c63e63b2d0ff0606a3bf4e5fc0b0d2862
SHA1 hash: 619c28a28bd2e76411bddd7625d78a41a1fe4913
MD5 hash: 930186a893b7ad2f5488903ae82cf336
humanhash: item-december-tennis-missouri
File name:assailant.i586
Download: download sample
Signature Gafgyt
File size:99'709 bytes
First seen:2026-01-20 14:52:07 UTC
Last seen:Never
File type: elf
MIME type:application/x-executable
ssdeep 3072:Jg4eodUWUh917j8mc2deiPUDAZURyPfO5hQTSvxinf0OzTyoQQub:JdRu917j8mc2H5Z5P25h8cxinf0OzTyv
TLSH T19FA34A82A740D5B3D19306B6129B8B150133FB3F4A6B9DA6F35D3CF48B509C57221B99
telfhash t11a21c14396f68b2c6fb3587468bc47a11552a6237260bf70af5ec1409d37006b579e8f
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 :
29
Origin country :
DE DE
Vendor Threat Intelligence
No detections
Result
Gathering data
Status:
terminated
Behavior Graph:
%3 guuid=1830550a-1a00-0000-937a-3b3138080000 pid=2104 /usr/bin/sudo guuid=9e2f890c-1a00-0000-937a-3b3140080000 pid=2112 /tmp/sample.bin guuid=1830550a-1a00-0000-937a-3b3138080000 pid=2104->guuid=9e2f890c-1a00-0000-937a-3b3140080000 pid=2112 execve guuid=66ffbf0c-1a00-0000-937a-3b3141080000 pid=2113 /tmp/sample.bin guuid=9e2f890c-1a00-0000-937a-3b3140080000 pid=2112->guuid=66ffbf0c-1a00-0000-937a-3b3141080000 pid=2113 clone guuid=0e6dc60c-1a00-0000-937a-3b3142080000 pid=2114 /tmp/sample.bin guuid=66ffbf0c-1a00-0000-937a-3b3141080000 pid=2113->guuid=0e6dc60c-1a00-0000-937a-3b3142080000 pid=2114 clone guuid=24fbcd0c-1a00-0000-937a-3b3143080000 pid=2115 /tmp/sample.bin guuid=0e6dc60c-1a00-0000-937a-3b3142080000 pid=2114->guuid=24fbcd0c-1a00-0000-937a-3b3143080000 pid=2115 clone guuid=e490d40c-1a00-0000-937a-3b3144080000 pid=2116 /tmp/sample.bin net zombie guuid=0e6dc60c-1a00-0000-937a-3b3142080000 pid=2114->guuid=e490d40c-1a00-0000-937a-3b3144080000 pid=2116 clone 541343aa-57ed-5077-abaa-43455d6f904e 178.16.52.166:42516 guuid=e490d40c-1a00-0000-937a-3b3144080000 pid=2116->541343aa-57ed-5077-abaa-43455d6f904e con guuid=276fb634-2200-0000-937a-3b3194140000 pid=5268 /tmp/sample.bin net zombie guuid=e490d40c-1a00-0000-937a-3b3144080000 pid=2116->guuid=276fb634-2200-0000-937a-3b3194140000 pid=5268 clone guuid=276fb634-2200-0000-937a-3b3194140000 pid=5268->541343aa-57ed-5077-abaa-43455d6f904e con
Result
Threat name:
Gafgyt, Mirai
Detection:
malicious
Classification:
troj
Score:
92 / 100
Signature
Antivirus / Scanner detection for submitted sample
Connects to many ports of the same IP (likely port scanning)
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: 1854039 Sample: assailant.i586.elf Startdate: 20/01/2026 Architecture: LINUX Score: 92 43 178.16.52.166, 42516 DUSNET-ASDE Germany 2->43 45 185.125.190.26, 443 CANONICAL-ASGB United Kingdom 2->45 47 2 other IPs or domains 2->47 49 Found malware configuration 2->49 51 Malicious sample detected (through community Yara rule) 2->51 53 Antivirus / Scanner detection for submitted sample 2->53 55 4 other signatures 2->55 15 dash rm assailant.i586.elf 2->15         started        17 dash rm 2->17         started        19 dash cut 2->19         started        21 8 other processes 2->21 signatures3 process4 process5 23 assailant.i586.elf 15->23         started        process6 25 assailant.i586.elf 23->25         started        process7 27 assailant.i586.elf 25->27         started        29 assailant.i586.elf 25->29         started        process8 31 assailant.i586.elf 27->31         started        process9 33 assailant.i586.elf 31->33         started        process10 35 assailant.i586.elf 33->35         started        process11 37 assailant.i586.elf 35->37         started        process12 39 assailant.i586.elf 37->39         started        process13 41 assailant.i586.elf 39->41         started       
Threat name:
Linux.Trojan.Gafgyt
Status:
Malicious
First seen:
2026-01-20 14:52:44 UTC
File Type:
ELF32 Little (Exe)
AV detection:
27 of 36 (75.00%)
Threat level:
  5/5
Result
Malware family:
Score:
  10/10
Tags:
family:gafgyt linux
Behaviour
Changes its process name
Malware Config
C2 Extraction:
178.16.52.166:42516
Verdict:
Malicious
Tags:
trojan gafgyt mirai Unix.Trojan.Gafgyt-6981154-0
YARA:
Linux_Trojan_Gafgyt_c573932b Linux_Trojan_Gafgyt_5bf62ce4 Linux_Trojan_Gafgyt_750fe002 Linux_Trojan_Gafgyt_6122acdf Linux_Trojan_Gafgyt_30444846 Linux_Trojan_Gafgyt_71e487ea Linux_Trojan_Gafgyt_7167d08f Linux_Trojan_Gafgyt_20f5e74f Linux_Trojan_Mirai_389ee3e9 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:ELF_Toriilike_persist
Author:4r4
Description:Detects Torii IoT Botnet (stealthier Mirai alternative)
Reference:Identified via researched data
Rule name:enterpriseapps2
Author:Tim Brown @timb_machine
Description:Enterprise apps
Rule name:linux_generic_ipv6_catcher
Author:@_lubiedo
Description:ELF samples using IPv6 addresses
Rule name:Linux_Trojan_Gafgyt_20f5e74f
Author:Elastic Security
Rule name:Linux_Trojan_Gafgyt_30444846
Author:Elastic Security
Rule name:Linux_Trojan_Gafgyt_5bf62ce4
Author:Elastic Security
Rule name:Linux_Trojan_Gafgyt_6122acdf
Author:Elastic Security
Rule name:Linux_Trojan_Gafgyt_7167d08f
Author:Elastic Security
Rule name:Linux_Trojan_Gafgyt_71e487ea
Author:Elastic Security
Rule name:Linux_Trojan_Gafgyt_750fe002
Author:Elastic Security
Rule name:Linux_Trojan_Gafgyt_c573932b
Author:Elastic Security
Rule name:Linux_Trojan_Mirai_389ee3e9
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


The table below shows additional information about this malware sample such as delivery method and external references.

Web download

Gafgyt

elf 505f8c41f6a711eab3eb4b49d7893b0fc48ada5abbba8093b3ff95577df8fb7e

(this sample)

  
Delivery method
Distributed via web download

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