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Database Entry



Gafgyt


Vendor detections: 9


Intelligence 9 IOCs YARA 10 File information Comments

SHA256 hash: 54c3b17589a845cebbeee2898380c72d202b4956043387b9744db36fdfd04381
SHA3-384 hash: 7e995d2b3189675bfda2064d6f803a6f32510b2a6dac03664aa44011d2e78c475d337c6b4409e18e1ea7998c46d7c527
SHA1 hash: 77736989d45506c4ee3940f9399e75bcdf6d3def
MD5 hash: f9b59baf92d804f5d3990c6c1ff4c8f2
humanhash: wolfram-sweet-butter-cola
File name:FBI.arm7
Download: download sample
Signature Gafgyt
File size:129'968 bytes
First seen:2026-05-12 19:13:42 UTC
Last seen:2026-05-13 16:34:40 UTC
File type: elf
MIME type:application/x-executable
ssdeep 3072:RyK9yVznJoEsaMD56iNwaQFgei/oCkRXY5hTpZ3n:RyeyVzneEsaM96iNwa8ggCkRI5hv3n
TLSH T1E3C33917F9419F41C1D325BAFB8EA64933136FF8E3EB7102D9209F60278699B0E76941
Magika elf
Reporter abuse_ch
Tags:elf gafgyt mirai

Intelligence


File Origin
# of uploads :
3
# of downloads :
57
Origin country :
DE DE
Vendor Threat Intelligence
No detections
Verdict:
Unknown
Threat level:
  0/10
Confidence:
100%
Tags:
gcc masquerade rust
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:
7
Processes remaning?
true
Remote TCP ports scanned:
not identified
Behaviour
Process Renaming
Botnet C2s
TCP botnet C2(s):
not identified
UDP botnet C2(s):
not identified
Verdict:
Malicious
File Type:
elf.32.le
First seen:
2026-05-11T21:02:00Z UTC
Last seen:
2026-05-12T16:28:00Z UTC
Hits:
~10
Status:
terminated
Behavior Graph:
%3 guuid=3a629bdd-1800-0000-b3eb-2c6ff8090000 pid=2552 /usr/bin/sudo guuid=121779df-1800-0000-b3eb-2c6f000a0000 pid=2560 /tmp/sample.bin guuid=3a629bdd-1800-0000-b3eb-2c6ff8090000 pid=2552->guuid=121779df-1800-0000-b3eb-2c6f000a0000 pid=2560 execve
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: 1912488 Sample: FBI.arm7.elf Startdate: 12/05/2026 Architecture: LINUX Score: 88 28 169.254.169.254, 80 USDOSUS Reserved 2->28 30 176.65.139.9, 44720, 44722, 44724 PALTEL-ASPALTELAutonomousSystemPS Germany 2->30 32 2 other IPs or domains 2->32 34 Found malware configuration 2->34 36 Malicious sample detected (through community Yara rule) 2->36 38 Antivirus / Scanner detection for submitted sample 2->38 40 3 other signatures 2->40 10 FBI.arm7.elf 2->10         started        12 python3.8 dpkg 2->12         started        signatures3 process4 process5 14 FBI.arm7.elf 10->14         started        16 FBI.arm7.elf 10->16         started        process6 18 FBI.arm7.elf 14->18         started        20 FBI.arm7.elf 14->20         started        process7 22 FBI.arm7.elf 18->22         started        24 FBI.arm7.elf 20->24         started        process8 26 FBI.arm7.elf 22->26         started       
Threat name:
Linux.Exploit.Mirai
Status:
Malicious
First seen:
2026-05-12 02:51:08 UTC
File Type:
ELF32 Little (Exe)
AV detection:
17 of 24 (70.83%)
Threat level:
  5/5
Result
Malware family:
Score:
  10/10
Tags:
family:gafgyt botnet
Behaviour
Changes its process name
Writes DNS configuration
Please note that we are no longer able to provide a coverage score for Virus Total.

YARA Signatures


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Rule name:botnet_mortem_qbot_gafgyt
Author:cip
Description:Some strings that stand out from a publicly-available botnet source code (Mortem-qBot-Botnet-Src)
Rule name:botnet_Yakuza
Author:NDA0E
Description:Yakuza botnet
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_28a2fe0c
Author:Elastic Security
Rule name:Linux_Trojan_Gafgyt_ea92cca8
Author:Elastic Security
Rule name:NET
Author:malware-lu
Rule name:TH_Generic_MassHunt_Linux_Malware_2026_CYFARE
Author:CYFARE
Description:Generic Linux malware mass-hunt rule - 2026
Reference:https://cyfare.net/
Rule name:unixredflags3
Author:Tim Brown @timb_machine
Description:Hunts for UNIX red flags

File information


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Web download

Gafgyt

elf 54c3b17589a845cebbeee2898380c72d202b4956043387b9744db36fdfd04381

(this sample)

  
Delivery method
Distributed via web download

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