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Database Entry



Threat unknown


Vendor detections: 6


Intelligence 6 IOCs YARA 21 File information Comments

SHA256 hash: ae9750a601ba521878f08128adb210fcc5e48d9720b2e587cc7c6587fdb9d4c9
SHA3-384 hash: 535ddbc97ec54592c50aefc65c356337913de33c4f55b0b5ad7f396b876c1a67068da181043a4a235ec62e81bc44e4f3
SHA1 hash: 7c79dec6befeecd54410fe55939379bf43289761
MD5 hash: dd73b1f079e5f5bc7551ee52e3ec7c31
humanhash: emma-spring-snake-asparagus
File name:zswap_shrinkd
Download: download sample
File size:6'094'996 bytes
First seen:2026-05-16 19:29:33 UTC
Last seen:Never
File type: elf
MIME type:application/x-executable
ssdeep 49152:xo2YL0PC2HHAs79s3KXBNUDVKyNFpnxRcKmCbqCBPeR35Ev:G2YL0PC2nAsxs3KXy6IqIPAEv
TLSH T18E564B42FA092F95C924493389A34EA127626D486B315753E754F3BFACF33060F5AF98
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:elf

Intelligence


File Origin
# of uploads :
1
# of downloads :
19
Origin country :
DE DE
Vendor Threat Intelligence
No detections
Verdict:
Malicious
File Type:
elf.64.le
First seen:
2026-05-16T16:40:00Z UTC
Last seen:
2026-05-16T18:41:00Z UTC
Hits:
~10
Status:
terminated
Behavior Graph:
%3 guuid=16ed4609-1b00-0000-04ee-3d08800b0000 pid=2944 /usr/bin/sudo guuid=3541fc0b-1b00-0000-04ee-3d08850b0000 pid=2949 /tmp/sample.bin guuid=16ed4609-1b00-0000-04ee-3d08800b0000 pid=2944->guuid=3541fc0b-1b00-0000-04ee-3d08850b0000 pid=2949 execve
Result
Threat name:
n/a
Detection:
malicious
Classification:
troj
Score:
56 / 100
Signature
Executes the "crontab" command typically for achieving persistence
Multi AV Scanner detection for submitted file
Sample tries to persist itself using cron
Behaviour
Behavior Graph:
behaviorgraph top1 dnsIp2 2 Behavior Graph ID: 1914502 Sample: zswap_shrinkd.elf Startdate: 16/05/2026 Architecture: LINUX Score: 56 30 173.208.51.53, 443, 47046 LEASEWEB-USA-SEA-10US United States 2->30 32 162.159.140.220, 42860, 80 CLOUDFLARENETUS United States 2->32 34 2 other IPs or domains 2->34 38 Multi AV Scanner detection for submitted file 2->38 10 zswap_shrinkd.elf 2->10         started        signatures3 process4 process5 12 zswap_shrinkd.elf zswap_shrinkd.elf 10->12         started        process6 14 zswap_shrinkd.elf bash 12->14         started        16 zswap_shrinkd.elf crontab 12->16         started        signatures7 19 bash crontab 14->19         started        23 bash 14->23         started        36 Executes the "crontab" command typically for achieving persistence 16->36 process8 file9 28 /var/spool/cron/crontabs/tmp.sU8AZ3, ASCII 19->28 dropped 40 Sample tries to persist itself using cron 19->40 42 Executes the "crontab" command typically for achieving persistence 19->42 25 bash crontab 23->25         started        signatures10 process11 signatures12 44 Executes the "crontab" command typically for achieving persistence 25->44
Threat name:
Linux.Trojan.Multiverze
Status:
Malicious
First seen:
2026-05-16 19:30:55 UTC
File Type:
ELF64 Little (Exe)
AV detection:
14 of 38 (36.84%)
Threat level:
  5/5
Result
Malware family:
n/a
Score:
  1/10
Tags:
linux
Please note that we are no longer able to provide a coverage score for Virus Total.

YARA Signatures


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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:enterpriseunix2
Author:Tim Brown @timb_machine
Description:Enterprise UNIX
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: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: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

File information


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

Web download

elf ae9750a601ba521878f08128adb210fcc5e48d9720b2e587cc7c6587fdb9d4c9

(this sample)

  
Delivery method
Distributed via web download

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