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Database Entry



Gafgyt


Vendor detections: 9


Intelligence 9 IOCs YARA 13 File information Comments

SHA256 hash: a2f32f4ce7a996c90f7facdda4591be7a2f56d5eaf527b5a5a81bc1ad78b60d7
SHA3-384 hash: e43985d1a48c779709bfad5a871c2c139ac3c6d5e608c54a399b9562f14e37564329ae558f2e4116dfb27c6af6313998
SHA1 hash: 6e477102387dc672c1234a515759f16f0362a7ac
MD5 hash: 3d7b7d9f7b2c8ba37cc07ac8c4f74ab7
humanhash: cat-ack-red-music
File name:bot.x86_64
Download: download sample
Signature Gafgyt
File size:182'678 bytes
First seen:2026-01-24 05:39:48 UTC
Last seen:2026-01-24 17:16:46 UTC
File type: elf
MIME type:application/x-executable
ssdeep 3072:JPd+7p3mURiqv628xaJ+eEdtRJrGe3muan+wshqo0ENbfhhi:J8WR1blNmuan+wshqo0ENbfhhi
TLSH T18204280375918AFBC4C6CFB51BEB95218523F8391B366209B398FDA91F0DED86E1D610
telfhash t144616359953c05d9de335c2564a96fe34897e12a22e1fb19ff1acdc4084e42cf168e0f
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 :
3
# of downloads :
45
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:
0
Number of processes launched:
1
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
Verdict:
Malicious
File Type:
elf.64.le
First seen:
2026-01-21T22:34:00Z UTC
Last seen:
2026-01-23T10:27:00Z UTC
Hits:
~10
Status:
terminated
Behavior Graph:
%3 guuid=73dbe102-1900-0000-7f21-2d218a070000 pid=1930 /usr/bin/sudo guuid=88a59605-1900-0000-7f21-2d2192070000 pid=1938 /tmp/sample.bin net guuid=73dbe102-1900-0000-7f21-2d218a070000 pid=1930->guuid=88a59605-1900-0000-7f21-2d2192070000 pid=1938 execve 0c3b26b8-d4fb-5a2a-ac84-d04899f87da5 176.65.132.231:1337 guuid=88a59605-1900-0000-7f21-2d2192070000 pid=1938->0c3b26b8-d4fb-5a2a-ac84-d04899f87da5 con
Result
Threat name:
n/a
Detection:
malicious
Classification:
n/a
Score:
60 / 100
Signature
Contains symbols with names commonly found in malware
Malicious sample detected (through community Yara rule)
Multi AV Scanner detection for submitted file
Behaviour
Behavior Graph:
Threat name:
Linux.Backdoor.Gafgyt
Status:
Malicious
First seen:
2026-01-22 01:41:56 UTC
File Type:
ELF64 Little (Exe)
AV detection:
15 of 36 (41.67%)
Threat level:
  5/5
Result
Malware family:
n/a
Score:
  1/10
Tags:
linux
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YARA Signatures


MalwareBazaar uses YARA rules from several public and non-public repositories, such as YARAhub and Malpedia. Those are being matched against malware samples uploaded to MalwareBazaar as well as against any suspicious process dumps they may create. Please note that only results from TLP:CLEAR rules are being displayed.

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:Linux_Trojan_Gafgyt_0cd591cd
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_807911a2
Author:Elastic Security
Rule name:Linux_Trojan_Gafgyt_9e9530a7
Author:Elastic Security
Rule name:Linux_Trojan_Gafgyt_a33a8363
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: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


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

Web download

Gafgyt

elf a2f32f4ce7a996c90f7facdda4591be7a2f56d5eaf527b5a5a81bc1ad78b60d7

(this sample)

  
Delivery method
Distributed via web download

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