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Database Entry



Gafgyt


Vendor detections: 7


Intelligence 7 IOCs YARA 10 File information Comments

SHA256 hash: 6cb4e6a744312cd67a9397badf246a8343c52fe4abd84467ca02c290ee9752d4
SHA3-384 hash: 36743080feb7a35c0caf05260bd1b65b276f28fdba71d8075fb5697c6e3d10bb3a53cd74cdaf26a71e39c7a33d292643
SHA1 hash: de823604122f0839b392f826444c58c8bf61372f
MD5 hash: 15acc5c7be94f30c019d7d0673e3acdd
humanhash: black-summer-butter-ink
File name:Demon.arm7
Download: download sample
Signature Gafgyt
File size:166'069 bytes
First seen:2026-04-18 07:56:00 UTC
Last seen:Never
File type: elf
MIME type:application/x-executable
ssdeep 3072:nhUY5EXPjqqmJEFBrFvY1P/atlb21hynoT6ovy+5DR1IAqd3DcpSwJ+RqvyiQUPw:nnfldHeajSniZyBkMMshQm7aBM/9mmTh
TLSH T1BCF30945EA906B33D1E23F7AF69A82CE7322479467973346852C6FF02BC5BE84D36111
telfhash t1a921be53a1b9860967f76c24debc0bf006612b2772527eb1bf0dc5c48936042a97addb
Magika elf
Reporter adliwahid
Tags:gafgyt

Intelligence


File Origin
# of uploads :
1
# of downloads :
103
Origin country :
NL NL
Vendor Threat Intelligence
No detections
Result
Verdict:
Malware
Maliciousness:

Behaviour
Runs as daemon
Connection attempt
Performs a bruteforce attack in the network
Gathering data
Verdict:
Malicious
File Type:
elf.32.le
First seen:
2026-04-18T02:20:00Z UTC
Last seen:
2026-04-18T05:28:00Z UTC
Hits:
~10
Detections:
HEUR:Backdoor.Linux.Mirai.h HEUR:Backdoor.Linux.Gafgyt.gen HEUR:Backdoor.Linux.Gafgyt.bl HEUR:Backdoor.Linux.Gafgyt.bj
Status:
terminated
Behavior Graph:
%3 guuid=7091bb86-1d00-0000-ee12-7b79d6090000 pid=2518 /usr/bin/sudo guuid=f88c518a-1d00-0000-ee12-7b79d7090000 pid=2519 /tmp/sample.bin guuid=7091bb86-1d00-0000-ee12-7b79d6090000 pid=2518->guuid=f88c518a-1d00-0000-ee12-7b79d7090000 pid=2519 execve
Threat name:
Linux.Backdoor.Gafgyt
Status:
Malicious
First seen:
2026-04-18 07:56:24 UTC
File Type:
ELF32 Little (Exe)
AV detection:
17 of 24 (70.83%)
Threat level:
  5/5
Result
Malware family:
n/a
Score:
  9/10
Tags:
discovery
Behaviour
Reads system network configuration
Creates a large amount of network flows
Reads system routing table
Contacts a large (3762) amount of remote hosts
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_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_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_Trojan_Gafgyt_ea92cca8
Author:Elastic Security
Rule name:Mal_LNX_Gafgyt_Botnet_ELF
Author:Phatcharadol Thangplub
Description:Use to detect Gafgyt botnet, and there variants.
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


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Web download

Gafgyt

elf 6cb4e6a744312cd67a9397badf246a8343c52fe4abd84467ca02c290ee9752d4

(this sample)

  
Delivery method
Distributed via web download

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