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Database Entry



Gafgyt


Vendor detections: 9


Intelligence 9 IOCs YARA 10 File information Comments

SHA256 hash: 55fdd5ebb555ac7d165081fd622a56738d01d6ce8a10af6ad6a29e4ee869ab84
SHA3-384 hash: af51ec9b0d99168bce4adbfe75036a6df24640f03bb8d5006b7702bbb8825ab9a71fa3f86d02c58805f0829f94817781
SHA1 hash: 03d3de3cff98ef170188acac1f1b0f1cd5512812
MD5 hash: 3124f03dc4f92ae1096b96586c33938e
humanhash: oregon-grey-snake-artist
File name:co
Download: download sample
Signature Gafgyt
File size:120'177 bytes
First seen:2026-01-13 16:32:18 UTC
Last seen:Never
File type: elf
MIME type:application/x-executable
ssdeep 3072:FDrS5Njub7G5Q3On0/s3wZRmBoHQuQekQnYW:xSnu6Q+0/s3KmBoHQuQekQnYW
TLSH T16BC3F945F845875BC2D327BAE74E438C37355E6897D73311AA38BDB42BF2B982D29120
telfhash t18421fe46a1f6856d2ff368345dbc46b5188227133361bf70af0985c01c7b002a936ecb
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 :
70
Origin country :
DE DE
Vendor Threat Intelligence
No detections
Verdict:
Unknown
Threat level:
  0/10
Confidence:
100%
Tags:
gcc rust
Verdict:
Malicious
File Type:
elf.32.le
First seen:
2026-01-13T14:44:00Z UTC
Last seen:
2026-01-13T23:44:00Z UTC
Hits:
~10
Status:
terminated
Behavior Graph:
%3 guuid=6dcf7757-1900-0000-d999-2867f9080000 pid=2297 /usr/bin/sudo guuid=7d077959-1900-0000-d999-2867fa080000 pid=2298 /tmp/sample.bin guuid=6dcf7757-1900-0000-d999-2867f9080000 pid=2297->guuid=7d077959-1900-0000-d999-2867fa080000 pid=2298 execve
Result
Threat name:
Gafgyt, Mirai
Detection:
malicious
Classification:
troj
Score:
96 / 100
Signature
Antivirus / Scanner detection for submitted sample
Found malware configuration
Multi AV Scanner detection for submitted file
Suricata IDS alerts for network traffic
Yara detected Gafgyt
Yara detected Mirai
Behaviour
Behavior Graph:
behaviorgraph top1 dnsIp2 2 Behavior Graph ID: 1850002 Sample: co.elf Startdate: 13/01/2026 Architecture: LINUX Score: 96 26 64.227.48.87, 23, 48040 DIGITALOCEAN-ASNUS United States 2->26 28 54.217.10.153, 443, 49576 AMAZON-02US United States 2->28 30 daisy.ubuntu.com 2->30 32 Suricata IDS alerts for network traffic 2->32 34 Found malware configuration 2->34 36 Antivirus / Scanner detection for submitted sample 2->36 38 3 other signatures 2->38 10 co.elf 2->10         started        12 dash rm 2->12         started        14 dash grep 2->14         started        16 2 other processes 2->16 signatures3 process4 process5 18 co.elf 10->18         started        process6 20 co.elf 18->20         started        process7 22 co.elf 20->22         started        process8 24 co.elf 22->24         started       
Threat name:
Linux.Trojan.Gafgyt
Status:
Malicious
First seen:
2026-01-13 16:20:15 UTC
File Type:
ELF32 Little (Exe)
AV detection:
27 of 37 (72.97%)
Threat level:
  5/5
Result
Malware family:
Score:
  10/10
Tags:
family:gafgyt
Malware Config
C2 Extraction:
64.227.48.87:23
Verdict:
Malicious
Tags:
Unix.Trojan.Tsunami-6981155-0
YARA:
n/a
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YARA Signatures


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Rule name:DetectEncryptedVariants
Author:Zinyth
Description:Detects 'encrypted' in ASCII, Unicode, base64, or hex-encoded
Rule name:ELF_Toriilike_persist
Author:4r4
Description:Detects Torii IoT Botnet (stealthier Mirai alternative)
Reference:Identified via researched data
Rule name:Linux_Gafgyt_Generic
Author:albertzsigovits
Description:Generic Approach to Mirai/Gafgyt samples
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:RANSOMWARE
Author:ToroGuitar
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 55fdd5ebb555ac7d165081fd622a56738d01d6ce8a10af6ad6a29e4ee869ab84

(this sample)

  
Delivery method
Distributed via web download

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