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Database Entry



Gafgyt


Vendor detections: 8


Intelligence 8 IOCs YARA 9 File information Comments

SHA256 hash: 9ad54a0427d0894e51d9909f829c9f136a469181eecaee3b0baa8026cba14085
SHA3-384 hash: 79e224f2bd5ae6044dd898a9c43990f48b0da8d9eb9ff211cb61bd33d80577bb9fefd60d4b0c17b1bdbacd97ad45940b
SHA1 hash: dc8becf55a701951c7df60b734efd7ab6d4b43cb
MD5 hash: 411193302ecc6ea796328db336a0374d
humanhash: delaware-beryllium-sodium-oscar
File name:mips
Download: download sample
Signature Gafgyt
File size:152'121 bytes
First seen:2026-01-13 16:32:14 UTC
Last seen:Never
File type: elf
MIME type:application/x-executable
ssdeep 1536:mVNs7K397V+nT57Abf6l6T6B6v6N6/6AePe1ebeZe5/s18c2rKA49xXAQTI/e0hT:vMQhWTXAQT4NiFj/ImlWs4zWfOodW
TLSH T1CAE3962E3E21ABBEE16886310BF76F70C39529D636A19346E16CF7185EB124C1C5F760
telfhash t1c421fe47a1f6856d2ff368345dbc46b5188227133361bf70af0985c01c7b002a93aecb
Magika elf
Reporter abuse_ch
Tags:elf gafgyt

Intelligence


File Origin
# of uploads :
1
# of downloads :
79
Origin country :
DE DE
Vendor Threat Intelligence
No detections
Verdict:
Unknown
Threat level:
  0/10
Confidence:
100%
Tags:
gcc
Verdict:
Malicious
File Type:
elf.32.be
First seen:
2026-01-13T14:44:00Z UTC
Last seen:
2026-01-13T23:44:00Z UTC
Hits:
~10
Status:
terminated
Behavior Graph:
%3 guuid=288dddf0-1700-0000-f2cd-02953b070000 pid=1851 /usr/bin/sudo guuid=afd890f3-1700-0000-f2cd-029542070000 pid=1858 /tmp/sample.bin guuid=288dddf0-1700-0000-f2cd-02953b070000 pid=1851->guuid=afd890f3-1700-0000-f2cd-029542070000 pid=1858 execve
Result
Threat name:
Gafgyt, Mirai
Detection:
malicious
Classification:
troj
Score:
96 / 100
Signature
Antivirus / Scanner detection for submitted sample
Found malware configuration
Multi AV Scanner detection for submitted file
Suricata IDS alerts for network traffic
Yara detected Gafgyt
Yara detected Mirai
Behaviour
Behavior Graph:
behaviorgraph top1 dnsIp2 2 Behavior Graph ID: 1850005 Sample: mips.elf Startdate: 13/01/2026 Architecture: LINUX Score: 96 22 64.227.48.87, 23, 52430 DIGITALOCEAN-ASNUS United States 2->22 24 daisy.ubuntu.com 2->24 26 Suricata IDS alerts for network traffic 2->26 28 Found malware configuration 2->28 30 Antivirus / Scanner detection for submitted sample 2->30 32 3 other signatures 2->32 10 mips.elf 2->10         started        12 python3.8 dpkg 2->12         started        signatures3 process4 process5 14 mips.elf 10->14         started        process6 16 mips.elf 14->16         started        process7 18 mips.elf 16->18         started        process8 20 mips.elf 18->20         started       
Threat name:
Linux.Trojan.Gafgyt
Status:
Malicious
First seen:
2026-01-13 16:20:10 UTC
File Type:
ELF32 Big (Exe)
AV detection:
28 of 38 (73.68%)
Threat level:
  5/5
Result
Malware family:
Score:
  10/10
Tags:
family:gafgyt defense_evasion discovery
Behaviour
System Network Configuration Discovery
Changes its process name
Modifies Watchdog functionality
Malware Config
C2 Extraction:
64.227.48.87:23
Verdict:
Malicious
Tags:
Unix.Trojan.Tsunami-6981155-0
YARA:
n/a
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YARA Signatures


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Rule name:DetectEncryptedVariants
Author:Zinyth
Description:Detects 'encrypted' in ASCII, Unicode, base64, or hex-encoded
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:Mal_LNX_Gafgyt_Botnet_ELF
Author:Phatcharadol Thangplub
Description:Use to detect Gafgyt botnet, and there variants.
Rule name:NET
Author:malware-lu
Rule name:RANSOMWARE
Author:ToroGuitar
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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Web download

Gafgyt

elf 9ad54a0427d0894e51d9909f829c9f136a469181eecaee3b0baa8026cba14085

(this sample)

  
Delivery method
Distributed via web download

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