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Gafgyt


Vendor detections: 10


Intelligence 10 IOCs YARA 16 File information Comments
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SHA256 hash: aed29844e0286c83180f232b04721e3b7ff7e9dab8525b211cf60f9ffc200964
SHA3-384 hash: 118dda001c7315c3af20aa5a44a63de15acf8ca90a45d617805d479b670fabedc5fa5246461d04d10f22d295fab06392
SHA1 hash: dbc3f3fe4154f649d7d4aef04262b61511eae00b
MD5 hash: 027ca80c046cffae786003433ae5ae49
humanhash: may-four-comet-snake
File name:i686
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Signature Gafgyt
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File size:99'084 bytes
First seen:2026-01-13 16:32:13 UTC
Last seen:Never
File type: elf
MIME type:application/x-executable
ssdeep 3072:EWCjQrLpnr85EdT9Oa8vqbVr7l/CEgmqAgcVyZIcBI:Ef5EdTbpr7lWmqAgcVyZIcBI
TLSH T120A35B8AD743C2B3CC530AB2124BA66A4621FD3B492EAF49F7197DB09F374C93125B51
telfhash t1ad210246a1f68a685ff368205dbc46b5199217273351af70af1984c01c7b002a939ecb
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 :
46
Origin country :
DE DE
Vendor Threat Intelligence
No detections
Detection(s):
Sanesecurity.Malware.29052.TSource.UNOFFICIAL
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SecuriteInfo.com.Linux.Siggen.2205.UNOFFICIAL
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Unix.Trojan.Gafgyt-6981154-0
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Unix.Trojan.Tsunami-6981155-0
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Unix.Trojan.Gafgyt-6981156-0
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Unix.Dropper.Mirai-7138857-0
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Verdict:
Unknown
Threat level:
  0/10
Confidence:
100%
Tags:
gcc
Link:
https://www.filescan.io/uploads/696673b1b5214ecba5eeb7c6/reports/4b398ee6-e3a1-475e-b01a-8fec59d8c89a/overview
Verdict:
Malicious
File Type:
elf.32.le
First seen:
2026-01-13T14:43:00Z UTC
Last seen:
2026-01-13T23:44:00Z UTC
Hits:
~10
Link:
https://opentip.kaspersky.com/aed29844e0286c83180f232b04721e3b7ff7e9dab8525b211cf60f9ffc200964/results?tab=lookup
Status:
terminated
Link:
https://sandbox.kunai.rocks/analysis/a8f6ee3d-4e16-484f-a539-9249d921bea2
Behavior Graph:
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%3 guuid=75485f11-1a00-0000-3370-08574d0a0000 pid=2637 /usr/bin/sudo guuid=45732713-1a00-0000-3370-0857550a0000 pid=2645 /tmp/sample.bin guuid=75485f11-1a00-0000-3370-08574d0a0000 pid=2637->guuid=45732713-1a00-0000-3370-0857550a0000 pid=2645 execve guuid=62613e13-1a00-0000-3370-0857560a0000 pid=2646 /tmp/sample.bin guuid=45732713-1a00-0000-3370-0857550a0000 pid=2645->guuid=62613e13-1a00-0000-3370-0857560a0000 pid=2646 clone guuid=15be4913-1a00-0000-3370-0857570a0000 pid=2647 /tmp/sample.bin guuid=62613e13-1a00-0000-3370-0857560a0000 pid=2646->guuid=15be4913-1a00-0000-3370-0857570a0000 pid=2647 clone guuid=fa0d5313-1a00-0000-3370-0857580a0000 pid=2648 /tmp/sample.bin net send-data zombie guuid=15be4913-1a00-0000-3370-0857570a0000 pid=2647->guuid=fa0d5313-1a00-0000-3370-0857580a0000 pid=2648 clone b44c1cb7-4249-5277-94c4-faa018c8ed40 64.227.48.87:23 guuid=fa0d5313-1a00-0000-3370-0857580a0000 pid=2648->b44c1cb7-4249-5277-94c4-faa018c8ed40 send: 95B guuid=f03d411c-1a00-0000-3370-0857770a0000 pid=2679 /tmp/sample.bin guuid=fa0d5313-1a00-0000-3370-0857580a0000 pid=2648->guuid=f03d411c-1a00-0000-3370-0857770a0000 pid=2679 clone
Malware family:
Gafgyt
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Verdict:
Malicious
Link:
https://analyze.intezer.com/analyses/3731ecfa-8407-4d60-ae2a-f2cedbc9db0a
Result
Threat name:
Gafgyt, Mirai
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Detection:
malicious
Classification:
troj
Score:
96 / 100
Link:
https://www.joesandbox.com/analysis/1850006
Signature
Found malware configuration
Malicious sample detected (through community Yara rule)
Multi AV Scanner detection for submitted file
Suricata IDS alerts for network traffic
Yara detected Gafgyt
Yara detected Mirai
Behaviour
Behavior Graph:
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behaviorgraph top1 dnsIp2 2 Behavior Graph ID: 1850006 Sample: i686.elf Startdate: 13/01/2026 Architecture: LINUX Score: 96 26 64.227.48.87, 23, 48040 DIGITALOCEAN-ASNUS United States 2->26 28 34.243.160.129, 443 AMAZON-02US United States 2->28 30 2 other IPs or domains 2->30 32 Suricata IDS alerts for network traffic 2->32 34 Found malware configuration 2->34 36 Malicious sample detected (through community Yara rule) 2->36 38 3 other signatures 2->38 10 i686.elf 2->10         started        12 dash rm 2->12         started        14 dash grep 2->14         started        16 2 other processes 2->16 signatures3 process4 process5 18 i686.elf 10->18         started        process6 20 i686.elf 18->20         started        process7 22 i686.elf 20->22         started        process8 24 i686.elf 22->24         started       
Score:
100%
Verdict:
Malware
File Type:
ELF
Link:
https://malprob.io/report/aed29844e0286c83180f232b04721e3b7ff7e9dab8525b211cf60f9ffc200964
Detection:
n/a
Link:
https://mwdb.cert.pl/sample/aed29844e0286c83180f232b04721e3b7ff7e9dab8525b211cf60f9ffc200964/
Threat name:
Linux.Trojan.Gafgyt
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Status:
Malicious
First seen:
2026-01-13 16:20:28 UTC
File Type:
ELF32 Little (Exe)
AV detection:
17 of 24 (70.83%)
Threat level:
  5/5
Detection(s):
Suspicious file
Link:
https://check.spamhaus.org/check/?searchterm=v3jjqrhafbwiggapemvqi4q6hn77p2o2xbjfwii46yhz77babfsa._file
Result
Malware family:
gafgyt
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Score:
  10/10
Tags:
family:gafgyt defense_evasion linux
Link:
https://tria.ge/reports/260113-t18qbacx3a/
Behaviour
Changes its process name
Modifies Watchdog functionality
Malware Config
C2 Extraction:
64.227.48.87:23
Verdict:
Malicious
Tags:
trojan gafgyt Unix.Trojan.Gafgyt-6981154-0
YARA:
Linux_Trojan_Gafgyt_83715433 Linux_Trojan_Gafgyt_6122acdf Linux_Trojan_Gafgyt_f51c5ac3 Linux_Trojan_Gafgyt_27de1106 Linux_Trojan_Gafgyt_1b2e2a3a Linux_Trojan_Gafgyt_9127f7be elf_bashlite_auto
Link:
https://app.threat.zone/submission/e4ffa890-390e-4f32-b36f-d72626422f1a
Please note that we are no longer able to provide a coverage score for Virus Total.
Threat name:
Malicious File
Score:
0.70
Link:
https://yomi.yoroi.company/submissions/aed29844e0286c83180f232b04721e3b7ff7e9dab8525b211cf60f9ffc200964

YARA Signatures

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Rule name:CP_Script_Inject_Detector
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Author:DiegoAnalytics
Description:Detects attempts to inject code into another process across PE, ELF, Mach-O binaries
Rule name:DetectEncryptedVariants
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Author:Zinyth
Description:Detects 'encrypted' in ASCII, Unicode, base64, or hex-encoded
Rule name:ELF_Toriilike_persist
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Author:4r4
Description:Detects Torii IoT Botnet (stealthier Mirai alternative)
Reference:Identified via researched data
Rule name:Linux_Gafgyt_Generic
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Author:albertzsigovits
Description:Generic Approach to Mirai/Gafgyt samples
Rule name:linux_generic_ipv6_catcher
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Author:@_lubiedo
Description:ELF samples using IPv6 addresses
Rule name:Linux_Trojan_Gafgyt_1b2e2a3a
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Author:Elastic Security
Rule name:Linux_Trojan_Gafgyt_27de1106
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Author:Elastic Security
Rule name:Linux_Trojan_Gafgyt_6122acdf
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Author:Elastic Security
Rule name:Linux_Trojan_Gafgyt_83715433
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Author:Elastic Security
Rule name:Linux_Trojan_Gafgyt_9127f7be
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Author:Elastic Security
Rule name:Linux_Trojan_Gafgyt_f51c5ac3
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Author:Elastic Security
Rule name:Mal_LNX_Gafgyt_Botnet_ELF
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Author:Phatcharadol Thangplub
Description:Use to detect Gafgyt botnet, and there variants.
Rule name:NET
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Author:malware-lu
Rule name:RANSOMWARE
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Author:ToroGuitar
Rule name:setsockopt
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Author:Tim Brown @timb_machine
Description:Hunts for setsockopt() red flags
Rule name:unixredflags3
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Author:Tim Brown @timb_machine
Description:Hunts for UNIX red flags

File information

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Gafgyt

elf aed29844e0286c83180f232b04721e3b7ff7e9dab8525b211cf60f9ffc200964

(this sample)

  
URLhaus
https://urlhaus.abuse.ch/url/3757353/
  
Delivery method
Distributed via web download

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