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Database Entry



Gafgyt


Vendor detections: 9


Intelligence 9 IOCs YARA 39 File information Comments

SHA256 hash: 626efd921df91f96474f7627ef3ddcd49d0c1f381758b81cc0da189acd2fd13a
SHA3-384 hash: f7d327058bc8a31c803cfd1ddcc1b4ae14aa880ae898b93d5839255b890ee88c16486d1f45390a601b7f1dec08977dca
SHA1 hash: 2904421ddc1479a17fb9124c2869a613e6224458
MD5 hash: c38cbf74a5a4699c52b9ab2ba67a1129
humanhash: autumn-march-high-monkey
File name:x-8.6-.exodus
Download: download sample
Signature Gafgyt
File size:144'135 bytes
First seen:2026-08-25 05:23:30 UTC
Last seen:2026-08-25 23:17:27 UTC
File type: elf
MIME type:application/x-executable
ssdeep 3072:O07fpH6O9AMKUIHYhssn3pha3FYYtIZ6om+QVYXFNqOPPe:TLIHaNpha1YYSm+QVYXFNqOPPe
TLSH T19FE3F733B2D18DEAC14342B026EFDEB29C32F1FA0772712B23A41D645F2D9D61D99A45
telfhash t1c8213f8271f68a282bb349246cbc03f52686a5232341bf74af0ec5c46837042a934ecb
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 :
4
# of downloads :
79
Origin country :
DE DE
Vendor Threat Intelligence
No detections
Result
Verdict:
Malware
Maliciousness:

Behaviour
Connection attempt
Sends data to a server
Receives data from a server
Runs as daemon
Verdict:
Malicious
File Type:
elf.64.le
First seen:
2026-08-25T03:29:00Z UTC
Last seen:
2026-08-26T18:27:00Z UTC
Hits:
~10
Status:
terminated
Behavior Graph:
%3 guuid=ca189f59-1c00-0000-5b39-b669260b0000 pid=2854 /usr/bin/sudo guuid=5078335d-1c00-0000-5b39-b6692b0b0000 pid=2859 /tmp/sample.bin net guuid=ca189f59-1c00-0000-5b39-b669260b0000 pid=2854->guuid=5078335d-1c00-0000-5b39-b6692b0b0000 pid=2859 execve 8b0a01dc-0728-52c1-8024-c4ba7801b8d6 8.8.8.8:53 guuid=5078335d-1c00-0000-5b39-b6692b0b0000 pid=2859->8b0a01dc-0728-52c1-8024-c4ba7801b8d6 con guuid=824b8b5d-1c00-0000-5b39-b6692d0b0000 pid=2861 /tmp/sample.bin guuid=5078335d-1c00-0000-5b39-b6692b0b0000 pid=2859->guuid=824b8b5d-1c00-0000-5b39-b6692d0b0000 pid=2861 clone guuid=1976915d-1c00-0000-5b39-b6692e0b0000 pid=2862 /tmp/sample.bin net send-data zombie guuid=824b8b5d-1c00-0000-5b39-b6692d0b0000 pid=2861->guuid=1976915d-1c00-0000-5b39-b6692e0b0000 pid=2862 clone 1b003392-bb8b-537a-8d6c-7ccb0cfa2400 94.154.43.29:4444 guuid=1976915d-1c00-0000-5b39-b6692e0b0000 pid=2862->1b003392-bb8b-537a-8d6c-7ccb0cfa2400 send: 65B
Result
Threat name:
Gafgyt, Mirai
Detection:
malicious
Classification:
spre.troj
Score:
100 / 100
Signature
Antivirus / Scanner detection for submitted sample
Contains symbols with names commonly found in malware
Found malware configuration
Malicious sample detected (through community Yara rule)
Multi AV Scanner detection for submitted file
Opens /proc/net/* files useful for finding connected devices and routers
Suricata IDS alerts for network traffic
Yara detected Gafgyt
Yara detected Mirai
Behaviour
Behavior Graph:
Threat name:
Linux.Trojan.LnxGafgyt
Status:
Malicious
First seen:
2026-08-25 05:24:31 UTC
File Type:
ELF64 Little (Exe)
AV detection:
26 of 38 (68.42%)
Threat level:
  5/5
Result
Malware family:
Score:
  10/10
Tags:
family:gafgyt botnet discovery linux
Behaviour
Reads system network configuration
Reads system routing table
Malware Config
C2 Extraction:
94.154.43.29:4444
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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:botnet_dayzddos
Author:NDA0E
Description:dayzddos botnet
Rule name:botnet_dedsec
Author:NDA0E
Description:dedsec botnet
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_RyM
Author:NDA0E
Description:RyM botnet
Rule name:botnet_unknown
Author:NDA0E
Description:unknown botnet
Rule name:botnet_Vixaati
Author:NDA0E
Description:Vixaati botnet
Rule name:botnet_Yakuza
Author:NDA0E
Description:Yakuza botnet
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_bashlite_auto
Author:Felix Bilstein - yara-signator at cocacoding dot com
Description:Detects elf.bashlite.
Rule name:ELF_DDoS_Gafgyt_Variant
Author:Serhii Kocherhan
Description:Detects Gafgyt (Qbot) / Mirai variant with specific DDoS functions (vseattack, ftcp, SendHTTPHex) and recon routines
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_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_Trojan_Gafgyt_09c3070e
Author:Elastic Security
Rule name:Linux_Trojan_Gafgyt_0cd591cd
Author:Elastic Security
Rule name:Linux_Trojan_Gafgyt_28a2fe0c
Author:Elastic Security
Rule name:Linux_Trojan_Gafgyt_31796a40
Author:Elastic Security
Rule name:Linux_Trojan_Gafgyt_32eb0c81
Author:Elastic Security
Rule name:Linux_Trojan_Gafgyt_33b4111a
Author:Elastic Security
Rule name:Linux_Trojan_Gafgyt_620087b9
Author:Elastic Security
Rule name:Linux_Trojan_Gafgyt_779e142f
Author:Elastic Security
Rule name:Linux_Trojan_Gafgyt_807911a2
Author:Elastic Security
Rule name:Linux_Trojan_Gafgyt_9e9530a7
Author:Elastic Security
Rule name:Linux_Trojan_Gafgyt_a0a4de11
Author:Elastic Security
Rule name:Linux_Trojan_Gafgyt_a33a8363
Author:Elastic Security
Rule name:Linux_Trojan_Gafgyt_a6a2adb9
Author:Elastic Security
Rule name:Linux_Trojan_Gafgyt_d0c57a2e
Author:Elastic Security
Rule name:Linux_Trojan_Gafgyt_d4227dbf
Author:Elastic Security
Rule name:Linux_Trojan_Gafgyt_d996d335
Author:Elastic Security
Rule name:Linux_Trojan_Gafgyt_dd0d6173
Author:Elastic Security
Rule name:Linux_Trojan_Gafgyt_e4a1982b
Author:Elastic Security
Rule name:Linux_Trojan_Gafgyt_ea92cca8
Author:Elastic Security
Rule name:Linux_Trojan_Gafgyt_f3d83a74
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: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


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

Web download

Gafgyt

elf 626efd921df91f96474f7627ef3ddcd49d0c1f381758b81cc0da189acd2fd13a

(this sample)

  
Delivery method
Distributed via web download

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