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Database Entry



Gafgyt


Vendor detections: 9


Intelligence 9 IOCs YARA 9 File information Comments

SHA256 hash: 71f85b71fd6becb6da95ea156b87e6c669d8ac3c73046e118dd7efdd9dfcec73
SHA3-384 hash: 17de176117be9ee54a80e940fd45bfbb38cb74cc67553bd8d8484007dc3d99a263ed67e435e34e2ff68a8ff81c33f8db
SHA1 hash: f8f4204f6db2f25f56cdd1a873719f2404de1540
MD5 hash: b7c9dc3a847ce07557817b0444bbff52
humanhash: kansas-london-cold-music
File name:2016Nwjarm
Download: download sample
Signature Gafgyt
File size:223'898 bytes
First seen:2026-01-26 17:44:11 UTC
Last seen:Never
File type: elf
MIME type:application/x-executable
ssdeep 6144:1z4B6GW+/A4VQx/ivJr2lmLZnFaxmobZcnZZYk3YLC9rH2p:1z4TW+PWYJq2nFumobZcnZOk3YLC9rHM
TLSH T14C241B02B9118F53C5C31BBAFB9F42593B326724D7DB73029A19BEB42F4768D1E2A141
telfhash t18f916219993d48e9ef630c1d586dabe21497b52a32b67f19ff25cec0094e429f248d0b
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 :
29
Origin country :
DE DE
Vendor Threat Intelligence
No detections
Verdict:
Unknown
Threat level:
  0/10
Confidence:
100%
Tags:
anti-vm anti-vm gafgyt gcc rust tsunami
Verdict:
Malicious
Uses P2P?:
false
Uses anti-vm?:
true
Architecture:
arm
Packer:
not packed
Botnet:
unknown
Number of open files:
2
Number of processes launched:
3
Processes remaning?
false
Remote TCP ports scanned:
not identified
Behaviour
Anti-VM
Botnet C2s
TCP botnet C2(s):
not identified
UDP botnet C2(s):
not identified
Result
Gathering data
Verdict:
Malicious
File Type:
ELF 32 LE
Detections:
HEUR:Backdoor.Linux.Gafgyt.t HEUR:Backdoor.Linux.Gafgyt.bj
Status:
terminated
Behavior Graph:
%3 guuid=48744316-1900-0000-7ec5-a453e80b0000 pid=3048 /usr/bin/sudo guuid=40397e18-1900-0000-7ec5-a453f00b0000 pid=3056 /tmp/sample.bin guuid=48744316-1900-0000-7ec5-a453e80b0000 pid=3048->guuid=40397e18-1900-0000-7ec5-a453f00b0000 pid=3056 execve
Result
Threat name:
Detection:
malicious
Classification:
troj
Score:
68 / 100
Signature
Connects to many ports of the same IP (likely port scanning)
Found malware configuration
Multi AV Scanner detection for submitted file
Yara detected Gafgyt
Behaviour
Behavior Graph:
Threat name:
Linux.Backdoor.Gafgyt
Status:
Malicious
First seen:
2026-01-26 17:10:41 UTC
File Type:
ELF32 Little (Exe)
AV detection:
15 of 36 (41.67%)
Threat level:
  5/5
Result
Malware family:
Score:
  10/10
Tags:
family:gafgyt
Malware Config
C2 Extraction:
78.142.228.144:65483
Please note that we are no longer able to provide a coverage score for Virus Total.

YARA Signatures


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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:enterpriseapps2
Author:Tim Brown @timb_machine
Description:Enterprise apps
Rule name:enterpriseunix2
Author:Tim Brown @timb_machine
Description:Enterprise UNIX
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: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
Rule name:vmdetect
Author:nex
Description:Possibly employs anti-virtualization techniques

File information


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Gafgyt

elf 71f85b71fd6becb6da95ea156b87e6c669d8ac3c73046e118dd7efdd9dfcec73

(this sample)

  
Delivery method
Distributed via web download

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