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Database Entry



Gafgyt


Vendor detections: 9


Intelligence 9 IOCs YARA 37 File information Comments

SHA256 hash: 99260031e227d342dcb5d908142d56199fc0dbf5edec1a9c0be0f868c4f366f1
SHA3-384 hash: ef0ba41d54cb3f29fba3860a1850263e29a0d942b5393ae75d6302f296352a7cb5f1731056993c55ccc5ae3c4ec45050
SHA1 hash: f0dd7dbb3617b5dc74f5ed9f0127718ead190c4b
MD5 hash: 7c9a4490dcb8dd4a0494fc0402c43796
humanhash: ten-solar-winner-tennessee
File name:swatnet
Download: download sample
Signature Gafgyt
File size:255'812 bytes
First seen:2026-02-13 19:37:36 UTC
Last seen:Never
File type: elf
MIME type:application/x-executable
ssdeep 6144:g9YaQCTf19sOiOh6phabTQ+t+FyOhyG3a0baQQbe9q4R:gXQC719cOh6ph5lyOhyG3a0baQQbe9qg
TLSH T127442927B6C08CFBC08646B417EBD932DC32F4BE1772710B77A4AE701F1E9999958A05
telfhash t14f713254947d09d9ae634d29a46c17e35943f02622e5bf28ff0acdc0085f42df254e0f
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 :
43
Origin country :
DE DE
Vendor Threat Intelligence
No detections
Verdict:
Malicious
Uses P2P?:
false
Uses anti-vm?:
false
Architecture:
x86
Packer:
not packed
Botnet:
unknown
Number of open files:
2
Number of processes launched:
5
Processes remaning?
false
Remote TCP ports scanned:
not identified
Behaviour
no suspicious findings
Botnet C2s
TCP botnet C2(s):
not identified
UDP botnet C2(s):
not identified
Result
Gathering data
Status:
terminated
Behavior Graph:
%3 guuid=a9e12f12-1a00-0000-0eae-2d6e5a0a0000 pid=2650 /usr/bin/sudo guuid=03aeee13-1a00-0000-0eae-2d6e600a0000 pid=2656 /tmp/sample.bin net guuid=a9e12f12-1a00-0000-0eae-2d6e5a0a0000 pid=2650->guuid=03aeee13-1a00-0000-0eae-2d6e600a0000 pid=2656 execve 8b0a01dc-0728-52c1-8024-c4ba7801b8d6 8.8.8.8:53 guuid=03aeee13-1a00-0000-0eae-2d6e600a0000 pid=2656->8b0a01dc-0728-52c1-8024-c4ba7801b8d6 con guuid=b9c72114-1a00-0000-0eae-2d6e620a0000 pid=2658 /tmp/sample.bin guuid=03aeee13-1a00-0000-0eae-2d6e600a0000 pid=2656->guuid=b9c72114-1a00-0000-0eae-2d6e620a0000 pid=2658 clone guuid=67832814-1a00-0000-0eae-2d6e630a0000 pid=2659 /tmp/sample.bin net zombie guuid=b9c72114-1a00-0000-0eae-2d6e620a0000 pid=2658->guuid=67832814-1a00-0000-0eae-2d6e630a0000 pid=2659 clone f54d1384-4836-52db-9189-8c02127514aa 111.123.41.235:4444 guuid=67832814-1a00-0000-0eae-2d6e630a0000 pid=2659->f54d1384-4836-52db-9189-8c02127514aa con guuid=3f183914-1a00-0000-0eae-2d6e640a0000 pid=2660 /tmp/sample.bin guuid=67832814-1a00-0000-0eae-2d6e630a0000 pid=2659->guuid=3f183914-1a00-0000-0eae-2d6e640a0000 pid=2660 clone guuid=89894014-1a00-0000-0eae-2d6e650a0000 pid=2661 /tmp/sample.bin guuid=3f183914-1a00-0000-0eae-2d6e640a0000 pid=2660->guuid=89894014-1a00-0000-0eae-2d6e650a0000 pid=2661 clone
Result
Threat name:
Gafgyt, Mirai
Detection:
malicious
Classification:
spre.troj
Score:
100 / 100
Signature
Antivirus / Scanner detection for submitted sample
Contains symbols with names commonly found in malware
Found malware configuration
Malicious sample detected (through community Yara rule)
Multi AV Scanner detection for submitted file
Opens /proc/net/* files useful for finding connected devices and routers
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 Gafgyt
Yara detected Mirai
Behaviour
Behavior Graph:
behaviorgraph top1 dnsIp2 2 Behavior Graph ID: 1869335 Sample: swatnet.elf Startdate: 13/02/2026 Architecture: LINUX Score: 100 81 109.202.202.202, 80 INIT7CH Switzerland 2->81 83 111.123.41.235, 42104, 4444 CHINANET-GY-ASCHINANETGuizhouYilongIDCCN China 2->83 85 4 other IPs or domains 2->85 91 Found malware configuration 2->91 93 Malicious sample detected (through community Yara rule) 2->93 95 Antivirus / Scanner detection for submitted sample 2->95 97 4 other signatures 2->97 11 systemd gdm3 2->11         started        13 systemd gpu-manager 2->13         started        15 dash rm swatnet.elf 2->15         started        18 30 other processes 2->18 signatures3 process4 file5 21 gdm3 gdm-session-worker 11->21         started        35 3 other processes 11->35 23 gpu-manager sh 13->23         started        25 gpu-manager sh 13->25         started        27 gpu-manager sh 13->27         started        37 5 other processes 13->37 101 Opens /proc/net/* files useful for finding connected devices and routers 15->101 29 swatnet.elf 15->29         started        79 /var/log/wtmp, data 18->79 dropped 103 Sample reads /proc/mounts (often used for finding a writable filesystem) 18->103 105 Reads system files that contain records of logged in users 18->105 31 accounts-daemon language-validate 18->31         started        33 generate-config pkill 18->33         started        signatures6 process7 process8 39 gdm-session-worker gdm-wayland-session 21->39         started        41 sh grep 23->41         started        43 sh grep 25->43         started        45 sh grep 27->45         started        47 swatnet.elf 29->47         started        49 language-validate language-options 31->49         started        51 sh grep 37->51         started        53 sh grep 37->53         started        55 3 other processes 37->55 process9 57 gdm-wayland-session dbus-run-session 39->57         started        59 gdm-wayland-session dbus-daemon 39->59         started        62 swatnet.elf 47->62         started        64 language-options sh 49->64         started        signatures10 66 dbus-run-session dbus-daemon 57->66         started        99 Sample reads /proc/mounts (often used for finding a writable filesystem) 59->99 69 dbus-daemon 59->69         started        71 swatnet.elf 62->71         started        73 sh locale 64->73         started        75 sh grep 64->75         started        process11 signatures12 87 Sample reads /proc/mounts (often used for finding a writable filesystem) 66->87 77 dbus-daemon false 69->77         started        89 Sample tries to kill multiple processes (SIGKILL) 71->89 process13
Threat name:
Linux.Trojan.Gafgyt
Status:
Malicious
First seen:
2026-02-13 16:07:06 UTC
File Type:
ELF64 Little (Exe)
AV detection:
21 of 36 (58.33%)
Threat level:
  5/5
Result
Malware family:
Score:
  10/10
Tags:
family:gafgyt discovery linux
Behaviour
Reads runtime system information
Reads system network configuration
Enumerates active TCP sockets
Enumerates running processes
Reads system routing table
Malware Config
C2 Extraction:
111.123.41.235:4444
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_dayzddos
Author:NDA0E
Description:dayzddos botnet
Rule name:botnet_dedsec
Author:NDA0E
Description:dedsec botnet
Rule name:botnet_Kaiten
Author:NDA0E
Description:Kaiten botnet
Rule name:botnet_mortem_qbot_gafgyt
Author:cip
Description:Some strings that stand out from a publicly-available botnet source code (Mortem-qBot-Botnet-Src)
Rule name:botnet_RyM
Author:NDA0E
Description:RyM botnet
Rule name:botnet_unknown
Author:NDA0E
Description:unknown botnet
Rule name:botnet_Vixaati
Author:NDA0E
Description:Vixaati botnet
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:enterpriseapps2
Author:Tim Brown @timb_machine
Description:Enterprise apps
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_09c3070e
Author:Elastic Security
Rule name:Linux_Trojan_Gafgyt_0cd591cd
Author:Elastic Security
Rule name:Linux_Trojan_Gafgyt_28a2fe0c
Author:Elastic Security
Rule name:Linux_Trojan_Gafgyt_31796a40
Author:Elastic Security
Rule name:Linux_Trojan_Gafgyt_32eb0c81
Author:Elastic Security
Rule name:Linux_Trojan_Gafgyt_33b4111a
Author:Elastic Security
Rule name:Linux_Trojan_Gafgyt_620087b9
Author:Elastic Security
Rule name:Linux_Trojan_Gafgyt_779e142f
Author:Elastic Security
Rule name:Linux_Trojan_Gafgyt_807911a2
Author:Elastic Security
Rule name:Linux_Trojan_Gafgyt_9e9530a7
Author:Elastic Security
Rule name:Linux_Trojan_Gafgyt_a0a4de11
Author:Elastic Security
Rule name:Linux_Trojan_Gafgyt_a33a8363
Author:Elastic Security
Rule name:Linux_Trojan_Gafgyt_a6a2adb9
Author:Elastic Security
Rule name:Linux_Trojan_Gafgyt_cf84c9f2
Author:Elastic Security
Rule name:Linux_Trojan_Gafgyt_d0c57a2e
Author:Elastic Security
Rule name:Linux_Trojan_Gafgyt_d4227dbf
Author:Elastic Security
Rule name:Linux_Trojan_Gafgyt_d996d335
Author:Elastic Security
Rule name:Linux_Trojan_Gafgyt_dd0d6173
Author:Elastic Security
Rule name:Linux_Trojan_Gafgyt_e4a1982b
Author:Elastic Security
Rule name:Linux_Trojan_Gafgyt_ea92cca8
Author:Elastic Security
Rule name:Linux_Trojan_Gafgyt_f3d83a74
Author:Elastic Security
Rule name:NET
Author:malware-lu
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

File information


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Gafgyt

elf 99260031e227d342dcb5d908142d56199fc0dbf5edec1a9c0be0f868c4f366f1

(this sample)

  
Delivery method
Distributed via web download

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