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Database Entry



CatStorm


Vendor detections: 6


Intelligence 6 IOCs YARA 30 File information Comments

SHA256 hash: 915c70273114d41bc83d83b681d53ffdff6697c697d02f20d33772bae3f5d5c2
SHA3-384 hash: d5cb493732f2f7785fddd0d1c62ae3bd7a0f2e7c7481c3518becc9993cce24289608f00b809427712c215cc7c580545c
SHA1 hash: 76d158cfeab78885f3a8f5b563dc7a305c1e202b
MD5 hash: b9cb8cdd3e2f4efb081a7741ed4fc8b7
humanhash: kentucky-green-magnesium-crazy
File name:armv7l
Download: download sample
Signature CatStorm
File size:5'963'960 bytes
First seen:2026-10-27 11:11:07 UTC
Last seen:Never
File type: elf
MIME type:application/x-executable
ssdeep 49152:/vXZNHW4y/t0kRg2BukvwLwBJrmI8+xCwHp6/k00Q0TFA5Eu:/vpC/tHRgKTG/OTFyEu
TLSH T1C1561887B9D24943C4E43A77B9BD81C433634EBA9B8612666D05FE383EBE1D90E35314
telfhash t11ce068d6c94c23cc47d3c0a8029b029559b635fa0720ba89aece776b0a82485f18ec67
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 BlinkzSec
Tags:CatStorm

Intelligence


File Origin
# of uploads :
1
# of downloads :
55
Origin country :
US US
Vendor Threat Intelligence
No detections
Gathering data
Verdict:
Malicious
File Type:
elf.32.le
First seen:
2026-10-27T09:25:00Z UTC
Last seen:
2026-10-28T19:02:00Z UTC
Hits:
~10
Status:
terminated
Behavior Graph:
%3 guuid=e4b1ceaf-1b00-0000-f867-0439c20a0000 pid=2754 /usr/bin/sudo guuid=1ee5cab2-1b00-0000-f867-0439c90a0000 pid=2761 /tmp/sample.bin guuid=e4b1ceaf-1b00-0000-f867-0439c20a0000 pid=2754->guuid=1ee5cab2-1b00-0000-f867-0439c90a0000 pid=2761 execve
Result
Threat name:
CatStorm
Detection:
malicious
Classification:
troj
Score:
56 / 100
Signature
Multi AV Scanner detection for submitted file
Yara detected CatStorm
Behaviour
Behavior Graph:
behaviorgraph top1 signatures2 2 Behavior Graph ID: 1992659 Sample: armv7l.elf Startdate: 27/10/2026 Architecture: LINUX Score: 56 34 Multi AV Scanner detection for submitted file 2->34 36 Yara detected CatStorm 2->36 14 armv7l.elf 2->14         started        process3 process4 16 armv7l.elf armv7l.elf 14->16         started        process5 18 armv7l.elf armv7l.elf 16->18         started        process6 20 armv7l.elf armv7l.elf 18->20         started        process7 22 armv7l.elf armv7l.elf 20->22         started        process8 24 armv7l.elf armv7l.elf 22->24         started        process9 26 armv7l.elf armv7l.elf 24->26         started        process10 28 armv7l.elf armv7l.elf 26->28         started        process11 30 armv7l.elf armv7l.elf 28->30         started        process12 32 armv7l.elf armv7l.elf 30->32         started       
Threat name:
Linux.Backdoor.DarkDDoSer
Status:
Suspicious
First seen:
2026-10-27 11:09:44 UTC
File Type:
ELF32 Little (Exe)
AV detection:
12 of 38 (31.58%)
Threat level:
  5/5
Result
Malware family:
n/a
Score:
  6/10
Tags:
discovery execution persistence privilege_escalation
Behaviour
Enumerates kernel/hardware configuration
Reads runtime system information
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:LIN_Malware_Unknown_ForgeAuto_0daebbb8
Author:Marjoriefort
Description:Detects Unknown (elf, etat binaire)
Rule name:MD5_Constants
Author:phoul (@phoul)
Description:Look for MD5 constants
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:RIPEMD160_Constants
Author:phoul (@phoul)
Description:Look for RIPEMD-160 constants
Rule name:setsockopt
Author:Tim Brown @timb_machine
Description:Hunts for setsockopt() red flags
Rule name:SHA1_Constants
Author:phoul (@phoul)
Description:Look for SHA1 constants
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 915c70273114d41bc83d83b681d53ffdff6697c697d02f20d33772bae3f5d5c2

(this sample)

  
Delivery method
Distributed via web download

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