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Database Entry



FlyLegitBot


Vendor detections: 6


Intelligence 6 IOCs YARA 5 File information Comments

SHA256 hash: b300ea3111068fcf9fa08dc9d42b2f5778570653e996e5c990eb6a363fce2ea3
SHA3-384 hash: f5652e1180bbdae894fe37beb4923e72d007590d2dfcf4bedaed12c3064ff17427c247c54102cd5b7677ebd218c750d3
SHA1 hash: 9fdc0628f6104ed8b526831714c5d16c8a51ce92
MD5 hash: efa230ac69d0ae931d4ecc4fd7d1a124
humanhash: enemy-yankee-cold-hawaii
File name:waternetwork.powerpc
Download: download sample
Signature FlyLegitBot
File size:126'112 bytes
First seen:2026-10-21 16:17:19 UTC
Last seen:Never
File type: elf
MIME type:application/x-executable
ssdeep 1536:vjnwL4xwrKdlhopSy3C1MJe2o3qUrvAIjQ3pIOH+V+qomzmki:vjn/xCKj63fJYqFIPmki
TLSH T1FBC307067B0D4F43D1633EF02B7B1BE0979BFD5228B1A580742EBEC992719F21145EA9
Magika elf
Reporter abuse_ch
Tags:elf FlyLegitBot

Intelligence


File Origin
# of uploads :
1
# of downloads :
73
Origin country :
DE DE
Vendor Threat Intelligence
No detections
Result
Verdict:
Malware
Maliciousness:

Behaviour
Creating a file
Runs as daemon
Sets a written file as executable
Manages services
Launching a process
Kills processes
Creates or modifies files in /cron to set up autorun
Substitutes an application name
Writes files to system directory
Creates or modifies files in /init.d to set up autorun
Deleting of the original file
Gathering data
Verdict:
Unknown
File Type:
elf.32.be
First seen:
2026-10-21T14:20:00Z UTC
Last seen:
2026-10-23T04:48:00Z UTC
Hits:
~10
Status:
terminated
Behavior Graph:
%3 guuid=922ca3d2-1b00-0000-68a4-2170400c0000 pid=3136 /usr/bin/sudo guuid=b853d8d7-1b00-0000-68a4-21704a0c0000 pid=3146 /tmp/sample.bin guuid=922ca3d2-1b00-0000-68a4-2170400c0000 pid=3136->guuid=b853d8d7-1b00-0000-68a4-21704a0c0000 pid=3146 execve
Result
Threat name:
n/a
Detection:
malicious
Classification:
troj.evad
Score:
68 / 100
Signature
Drops files in suspicious directories
Multi AV Scanner detection for submitted file
Sample deletes itself
Sample tries to persist itself using cron
Sample tries to persist itself using System V runlevels
Sample tries to set files in /etc globally writable
Behaviour
Behavior Graph:
behaviorgraph top1 dnsIp2 2 Behavior Graph ID: 1990179 Sample: waternetwork.powerpc.elf Startdate: 21/10/2026 Architecture: LINUX Score: 68 38 5.175.222.236, 777 RYZEHOSTINGAT Netherlands 2->38 40 151.101.2.49, 443, 48286 FASTLY-FastlyIncUS Canada 2->40 42 Multi AV Scanner detection for submitted file 2->42 10 waternetwork.powerpc.elf 2->10         started        12 systemd snapd-env-generator 2->12         started        14 systemd snapd-env-generator 2->14         started        16 python3.8 dpkg 2->16         started        signatures3 process4 process5 18 waternetwork.powerpc.elf 10->18         started        process6 20 waternetwork.powerpc.elf 18->20         started        file7 32 /usr/bin/flylegit, ELF 20->32 dropped 34 /etc/rc.local, ASCII 20->34 dropped 36 /etc/cron.d/waternetwork, ASCII 20->36 dropped 44 Sample tries to set files in /etc globally writable 20->44 46 Drops files in suspicious directories 20->46 48 Sample deletes itself 20->48 50 2 other signatures 20->50 24 waternetwork.powerpc.elf sh 20->24         started        26 waternetwork.powerpc.elf sh 20->26         started        signatures8 process9 process10 28 sh systemctl 24->28         started        30 sh systemctl 26->30         started       
Result
Malware family:
flylegitbot
Score:
  10/10
Tags:
family:flylegitbot botnet 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:ELF_Toriilike_persist
Author:4r4
Description:Detects Torii IoT Botnet (stealthier Mirai alternative)
Reference:Identified via researched data
Rule name:linux_generic_ipv6_catcher
Author:@_lubiedo
Description:ELF samples using IPv6 addresses
Rule name:MIRAI_TELNETCURL_payload
Author:AfterPacket
Description:Mirai-lineage ELF payload carrying the leaked-source decoy domain
Reference:https://github.com/Afterpacket/drosera-threat-intel
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

FlyLegitBot

elf b300ea3111068fcf9fa08dc9d42b2f5778570653e996e5c990eb6a363fce2ea3

(this sample)

  
Delivery method
Distributed via web download

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