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Database Entry



Gafgyt


Vendor detections: 8


Intelligence 8 IOCs YARA 9 File information Comments

SHA256 hash: b735ce21477cfb873b29af093a75eadc769c076cc16b2d8a83c7a0beee53e3b7
SHA3-384 hash: 24e55b84651b15568d3f15546ee8b4176f1ecddb2aaf2cdd7305c6c83c5b01f89555fbc471de0b176f352842ebb3c4f8
SHA1 hash: e2f6ab7afd35e4d6b55ce70d5943e258ac8b526f
MD5 hash: 46b90f34b2d9f6db7a457f1dfe29b450
humanhash: colorado-sodium-mirror-princess
File name:ppc
Download: download sample
Signature Gafgyt
File size:113'186 bytes
First seen:2026-01-13 16:32:21 UTC
Last seen:Never
File type: elf
MIME type:application/x-executable
ssdeep 3072:eDzhqL0vbKlnvZ0pqu9qTqsFh7tm2pgYMidIP1W:eDzhqL0vbKdvWpqyqFFdtm2pgYMidIPo
TLSH T13AB318436B1C0B83C49B99B02DA737F18769BE7112A351C9A90BFEC04773AB81527F95
telfhash t11e21dc46a1fa856d6ef368245dbc46b5189227233361af70af1985d01c7b002a936acb
Magika elf
Reporter abuse_ch
Tags:elf gafgyt

Intelligence


File Origin
# of uploads :
1
# of downloads :
69
Origin country :
DE DE
Vendor Threat Intelligence
No detections
Verdict:
Unknown
Threat level:
  0/10
Confidence:
100%
Tags:
gcc
Result
Gathering data
Verdict:
Malicious
File Type:
elf.32.be
Detections:
HEUR:Backdoor.Linux.Mirai.h HEUR:Backdoor.Linux.Gafgyt.cr HEUR:Backdoor.Linux.Gafgyt.bj HEUR:Backdoor.Linux.Gafgyt.ba
Status:
terminated
Behavior Graph:
%3 guuid=5f07524e-1b00-0000-c468-b193560b0000 pid=2902 /usr/bin/sudo guuid=a20b8350-1b00-0000-c468-b1935d0b0000 pid=2909 /tmp/sample.bin guuid=5f07524e-1b00-0000-c468-b193560b0000 pid=2902->guuid=a20b8350-1b00-0000-c468-b1935d0b0000 pid=2909 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: 1850000 Sample: ppc.elf Startdate: 13/01/2026 Architecture: LINUX Score: 96 26 64.227.48.87, 23, 34058 DIGITALOCEAN-ASNUS United States 2->26 28 169.254.169.254, 80 USDOSUS Reserved 2->28 30 4 other IPs or domains 2->30 32 Suricata IDS alerts for network traffic 2->32 34 Found malware configuration 2->34 36 Antivirus / Scanner detection for submitted sample 2->36 38 3 other signatures 2->38 10 ppc.elf 2->10         started        12 dash rm 2->12         started        14 dash rm 2->14         started        16 python3.8 dpkg 2->16         started        signatures3 process4 process5 18 ppc.elf 10->18         started        process6 20 ppc.elf 18->20         started        process7 22 ppc.elf 20->22         started        process8 24 ppc.elf 22->24         started       
Threat name:
Linux.Trojan.Gafgyt
Status:
Malicious
First seen:
2026-01-13 16:20:25 UTC
File Type:
ELF32 Big (Exe)
AV detection:
26 of 36 (72.22%)
Threat level:
  5/5
Result
Malware family:
Score:
  10/10
Tags:
family:gafgyt linux
Malware Config
C2 Extraction:
64.227.48.87:23
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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


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

Web download

Gafgyt

elf b735ce21477cfb873b29af093a75eadc769c076cc16b2d8a83c7a0beee53e3b7

(this sample)

  
Delivery method
Distributed via web download

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