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Gafgyt


Vendor detections: 8


Intelligence 8 IOCs YARA 4 File information Comments
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SHA256 hash: 6c3da2dfa68f5ef38d0a76ef56686e1571e405fd34413c1ec3be57d30a97e37e
SHA3-384 hash: 9582230ffffae3b5e56bc9cf776aea6406092fd60509e52042be621f41f92d1c0be819404f73726e6758673cf5161245
SHA1 hash: 0db9da25c611964d6a401738fc2db2934bcbab70
MD5 hash: 23edc0fbd75b0ebfa384b1bc6097fe41
humanhash: oscar-hawaii-edward-wolfram
File name:goon.mips
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Signature Gafgyt
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File size:160'904 bytes
First seen:2026-01-21 12:12:00 UTC
Last seen:Never
File type: elf
MIME type:application/x-executable
ssdeep 1536:eJNdqrjbBt608BfBygGpPeU+/0/qJ/wYtjW4TgfMtuRVYQ35LcaK7EWti1FjdwYJ:udqrjbn60g1a5iaK7/kFzbylSlHh+ns
TLSH T138F3721E6E619F7CF7A8C73447B78B24D24D67E226E1C581E1ACD1066E2038E681FF58
telfhash t13f31934c4a7413e067311d9d1addff77d56130de5a226d378e01ac69676dd825e10c1c
Magika elf
Reporter abuse_ch
Tags:elf gafgyt

Intelligence

File Origin
# of uploads :
1
# of downloads :
75
Origin country :
DE DE
Vendor Threat Intelligence
No detections
Detection(s):
Sanesecurity.Malware.30423.LX.BOT.UNOFFICIAL
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Verdict:
Malicious
Uses P2P?:
false
Uses anti-vm?:
false
Architecture:
mips
Packer:
not packed
Botnet:
unknown
Number of open files:
69
Number of processes launched:
4
Processes remaning?
true
Remote TCP ports scanned:
not identified
Full report:
https://elfdigest.com/brief/6c3da2dfa68f5ef38d0a76ef56686e1571e405fd34413c1ec3be57d30a97e37e
Behaviour
Process Renaming
Anti-Debugging
Information Gathering
Botnet C2s
TCP botnet C2(s):
not identified
UDP botnet C2(s):
not identified
Verdict:
Malicious
File Type:
elf.32.be
First seen:
2026-01-21T09:26:00Z UTC
Last seen:
2026-01-21T12:58:00Z UTC
Hits:
~10
Link:
https://opentip.kaspersky.com/6c3da2dfa68f5ef38d0a76ef56686e1571e405fd34413c1ec3be57d30a97e37e/results?tab=lookup
Status:
terminated
Link:
https://sandbox.kunai.rocks/analysis/70521a5e-72d5-4bb8-85c1-70e5ef2e455b
Behavior Graph:
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%3 guuid=6a7456e1-1a00-0000-cf3e-3a03760a0000 pid=2678 /usr/bin/sudo guuid=78e0ede2-1a00-0000-cf3e-3a037c0a0000 pid=2684 /tmp/sample.bin guuid=6a7456e1-1a00-0000-cf3e-3a03760a0000 pid=2678->guuid=78e0ede2-1a00-0000-cf3e-3a037c0a0000 pid=2684 execve
Verdict:
Unknown
Link:
https://analyze.intezer.com/analyses/365cebf6-f509-4d6a-924c-4272c4f0410a
Result
Threat name:
Aquabot, Mirai
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Detection:
malicious
Classification:
spre.troj
Score:
84 / 100
Link:
https://www.joesandbox.com/analysis/1854822
Signature
Antivirus / Scanner detection for submitted sample
Multi AV Scanner detection for submitted file
Reads system files that contain records of logged in users
Sample reads /proc/mounts (often used for finding a writable filesystem)
Sample tries to kill multiple processes (SIGKILL)
Yara detected Aquabot
Yara detected Mirai
Behaviour
Behavior Graph:
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behaviorgraph top1 dnsIp2 2 Behavior Graph ID: 1854822 Sample: goon.mips.elf Startdate: 21/01/2026 Architecture: LINUX Score: 84 43 daisy.ubuntu.com 2->43 45 Antivirus / Scanner detection for submitted sample 2->45 47 Multi AV Scanner detection for submitted file 2->47 49 Yara detected Aquabot 2->49 51 Yara detected Mirai 2->51 10 goon.mips.elf 2->10         started        12 systemd accounts-daemon 2->12         started        15 gvfsd-fuse fusermount 2->15         started        17 24 other processes 2->17 signatures3 process4 signatures5 19 goon.mips.elf 10->19         started        55 Reads system files that contain records of logged in users 12->55 22 accounts-daemon language-validate 12->22         started        57 Sample reads /proc/mounts (often used for finding a writable filesystem) 15->57 24 gsd-print-notifications 17->24         started        26 colord colord-sane 17->26         started        process6 signatures7 53 Sample reads /proc/mounts (often used for finding a writable filesystem) 19->53 28 goon.mips.elf 19->28         started        31 goon.mips.elf 19->31         started        33 language-validate language-options 22->33         started        35 gsd-print-notifications gsd-printer 24->35         started        process8 signatures9 59 Sample tries to kill multiple processes (SIGKILL) 28->59 37 language-options sh 33->37         started        process10 process11 39 sh locale 37->39         started        41 sh grep 37->41         started       
Score:
100%
Verdict:
Malware
File Type:
ELF
Link:
https://malprob.io/report/6c3da2dfa68f5ef38d0a76ef56686e1571e405fd34413c1ec3be57d30a97e37e
Detection:
n/a
Link:
https://mwdb.cert.pl/sample/6c3da2dfa68f5ef38d0a76ef56686e1571e405fd34413c1ec3be57d30a97e37e/
Threat name:
Linux.Backdoor.Gafgyt
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Status:
Malicious
First seen:
2026-01-21 12:00:30 UTC
File Type:
ELF32 Big (Exe)
AV detection:
14 of 37 (37.84%)
Threat level:
  5/5
Detection(s):
Suspicious file
Link:
https://check.spamhaus.org/check/?searchterm=nq62fx5gr5pphdiko3xvm2docvy6ibp5gratyhwdxzl5gcux4n7a._file
Result
Malware family:
mirai
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Score:
  10/10
Tags:
family:mirai discovery
Link:
https://tria.ge/reports/260121-pdcxxacw4a/
Behaviour
Reads runtime system information
System Network Configuration Discovery
Changes its process name
Reads system network configuration
Enumerates active TCP sockets
Enumerates running processes
Traces itself
Please note that we are no longer able to provide a coverage score for Virus Total.
Threat name:
Legit
Score:
0.00
Link:
https://yomi.yoroi.company/submissions/6c3da2dfa68f5ef38d0a76ef56686e1571e405fd34413c1ec3be57d30a97e37e

YARA Signatures

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Rule name:ELF_IoT_Persistence_Hunt
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Author:4r4
Description:Hunts for ELF files with persistence and download capabilities
Rule name:ELF_Toriilike_persist
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Author:4r4
Description:Detects Torii IoT Botnet (stealthier Mirai alternative)
Reference:Identified via researched data
Rule name:linux_generic_ipv6_catcher
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Author:@_lubiedo
Description:ELF samples using IPv6 addresses
Rule name:unixredflags3
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Author:Tim Brown @timb_machine
Description:Hunts for UNIX red flags

File information

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Web download

Gafgyt

elf 6c3da2dfa68f5ef38d0a76ef56686e1571e405fd34413c1ec3be57d30a97e37e

(this sample)

  
URLhaus
https://urlhaus.abuse.ch/url/3761239/
  
Delivery method
Distributed via web download

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