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Database Entry



CatStorm


Vendor detections: 7


Intelligence 7 IOCs YARA 29 File information Comments

SHA256 hash: 7baeeb7e96cfe57120a6c99eae938b7a112936642f73846f73feac04022d0f50
SHA3-384 hash: 3a2d1e69f18d4413634000990d9e670a8063a3a28e80b8ddf94434f26ffe0f90a150b852bc8447d59c31dce10c21b348
SHA1 hash: 394f92a547ce5cfbed3e8e941004c26008c68f0b
MD5 hash: bf3f944f3863b024b479377b928cf913
humanhash: mississippi-butter-texas-golf
File name:mipsel
Download: download sample
Signature CatStorm
File size:6'947'009 bytes
First seen:2026-10-06 00:35:49 UTC
Last seen:Never
File type: elf
MIME type:application/x-executable
ssdeep 49152:2j1nk9sPjA7A4FQQhL9UYKdnXGtiCw5E44gQYgo87:+b807EA87
TLSH T15866FA19EDC42BE6C82D5F3484EAC99613B45D104AF1463A26A5FFA9BC772347F4388C
gimphash e3b0c44298fc1c149afbf4c8996fb92427ae41e4649b934ca495991b7852b855
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:CatStorm elf

Intelligence


File Origin
# of uploads :
1
# of downloads :
92
Origin country :
DE DE
Vendor Threat Intelligence
No detections
Result
Verdict:
Malware
Maliciousness:

Behaviour
Changes access rights for a written file
Receives data from a server
Sends data to a server
Launching a process
Creating a file in the %temp% directory
Connection attempt
Changes the time when the file was created, accessed, or modified
Deleting a recently created file
Creating a process from a recently created file
Creating a file
Collects information on the RAM
Manages services
Writes files to system subdirectory
Creates or modifies files in /cron to set up autorun
Creates or modifies files in /init.d to set up autorun
Verdict:
Unknown
Threat level:
  0/10
Confidence:
100%
Tags:
anti-vm golang
Verdict:
Malicious
File Type:
elf.32.le
First seen:
2026-10-05T22:20:00Z UTC
Last seen:
2026-10-07T21:41:00Z UTC
Hits:
~10
Status:
terminated
Behavior Graph:
%3 guuid=31dfc51c-1900-0000-f198-72e09c080000 pid=2204 /usr/bin/sudo guuid=63d52e1f-1900-0000-f198-72e0a0080000 pid=2208 /tmp/sample.bin guuid=31dfc51c-1900-0000-f198-72e09c080000 pid=2204->guuid=63d52e1f-1900-0000-f198-72e0a0080000 pid=2208 execve
Result
Threat name:
n/a
Detection:
malicious
Classification:
mine
Score:
52 / 100
Signature
Found strings related to Crypto-Mining
Multi AV Scanner detection for submitted file
Behaviour
Behavior Graph:
Threat name:
Linux.Hacktool.Flooder
Status:
Malicious
First seen:
2026-10-06 00:36:27 UTC
File Type:
ELF32 Little (Exe)
AV detection:
7 of 24 (29.17%)
Threat level:
  1/5
Result
Malware family:
n/a
Score:
  6/10
Tags:
discovery execution persistence privilege_escalation
Behaviour
Enumerates kernel/hardware configuration
Reads runtime system information
System Network Configuration Discovery
Writes file to tmp directory
Creates/modifies Cron job
Modifies init.d
Modifies systemd
Please note that we are no longer able to provide a coverage score for Virus Total.

YARA Signatures


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Rule name:ach_202610_elf_catstorm
Author:abuse.ch
Description:Detects CatStorm
Rule name:APT_Bitter_ZxxZ_Downloader
Author:SECUINFRA Falcon Team (@SI_FalconTeam)
Description:Detects Bitter (T-APT-17) ZxxZ Downloader
Reference:https://www.secuinfra.com/en/techtalk/whatever-floats-your-boat-bitter-apt-continues-to-target-bangladesh
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:DetectEncryptedVariants
Author:Zinyth
Description:Detects 'encrypted' in ASCII, Unicode, base64, or hex-encoded
Rule name:DetectGoMethodSignatures
Author:Wyatt Tauber
Description:Detects Go method signatures in unpacked Go binaries
Rule name:Detect_Go_GOMAXPROCS
Author:Obscurity Labs LLC
Description:Detects Go binaries by the presence of runtime.GOMAXPROCS in the runtime metadata
Rule name:enterpriseapps2
Author:Tim Brown @timb_machine
Description:Enterprise apps
Rule name:F01_s1ckrule
Author:s1ckb017
Rule name:GoBinTest
Rule name:golang
Rule name:golang_binary_string
Description:Golang strings present
Rule name:Golang_Find_CSC846
Author:Ashar Siddiqui
Description:Find Go Signatuers
Rule name:Golang_Find_CSC846_Simple
Author:Ashar Siddiqui
Description:Find Go Signatuers
Rule name:identity_golang
Author:Eric Yocam
Description:find Golang malware
Rule name:MIRAI_TELNETCURL_payload
Author:AfterPacket
Description:Mirai-lineage ELF payload carrying the leaked-source decoy domain
Reference:https://github.com/Afterpacket/drosera-threat-intel
Rule name:NSVPS_Hydra_SSH_Bruteforce
Author:sanad (NSVPS-SOC)
Description:Hydra SSH brute-force campaign credentials pattern from NSVPS honeypot
Rule name:ProgramLanguage_Golang
Author:albertzsigovits
Description:Application written in Golang programming language
Rule name:RANSOMWARE
Author:ToroGuitar
Rule name:setsockopt
Author:Tim Brown @timb_machine
Description:Hunts for setsockopt() red flags
Rule name:SHA512_Constants
Author:phoul (@phoul)
Description:Look for SHA384/SHA512 constants
Rule name:Suspicious_Golang_Binary
Author:Tim Machac
Description:Triage: Golang-compiled binary with suspicious OS/persistence/network strings (not family-specific)
Rule name:telebot_framework
Author:vietdx.mb
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
Rule name:vmdetect
Author:nex
Description:Possibly employs anti-virtualization techniques
Rule name:Web_Generic_Binary_URL_Download
Author:Serhii Kocherhan
Description:Detects files containing HTTP or HTTPS links pointing directly to .bin payload extensions.

File information


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

Web download

CatStorm

elf 7baeeb7e96cfe57120a6c99eae938b7a112936642f73846f73feac04022d0f50

(this sample)

  
Delivery method
Distributed via web download

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