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Gafgyt


Vendor detections: 9


Intelligence 9 IOCs YARA 11 File information Comments

SHA256 hash: bc5b11bb3c869b9a0d4daf066660a34521869f5a955b44d1f58e683039eedb79
SHA3-384 hash: 1f6d2e18a2794ed92bbd9f79ee6efff8aa8bb631e42e7a5948c6f390bf52eb0c57eba3725f7ac16253d0eb24d82321e7
SHA1 hash: b3c966d8800574c5ca722ef0836bed61bb0c6a81
MD5 hash: cd8a6eeb9a5bbc6360e1d162d175a323
humanhash: winner-arkansas-echo-green
File name:mips
Download: download sample
Signature Gafgyt
File size:152'121 bytes
First seen:2026-04-11 08:38:10 UTC
Last seen:Never
File type: elf
MIME type:application/x-executable
ssdeep 1536:mVNs7K797V+nv57gbj6l6T6B6v6N6/6AePe1ebeZe5bwClA2rKQA1dXAQTI/e0hF:vY01ZkXAQT4NE9//ImlWs4zWfOodW
TLSH T179E3966E3E21ABBEE16886310BF76F70C39529D636A19342E16CF7185EB124C1C5F760
telfhash t1c421fe47a1f6856d2ff368345dbc46b5188227133361bf70af0985c01c7b002a93aecb
Magika elf
Reporter abuse_ch
Tags:elf gafgyt

Intelligence


File Origin
# of uploads :
1
# of downloads :
100
Origin country :
DE DE
Vendor Threat Intelligence
No detections
Result
Verdict:
Malware
Maliciousness:

Behaviour
Connection attempt
Gains root access
Sends data to a server
Receives data from a server
Substitutes an application name
Gathering data
Verdict:
Malicious
Uses P2P?:
false
Uses anti-vm?:
false
Architecture:
mips
Packer:
not packed
Botnet:
unknown
Number of open files:
0
Number of processes launched:
5
Processes remaning?
true
Remote TCP ports scanned:
not identified
Behaviour
Process Renaming
Botnet C2s
TCP botnet C2(s):
type:Gafgyt 45.156.87.140:1111
UDP botnet C2(s):
not identified
Verdict:
Malicious
File Type:
elf.32.be
First seen:
2026-04-11T05:59:00Z UTC
Last seen:
2026-04-11T14:55:00Z UTC
Hits:
~10
Status:
terminated
Behavior Graph:
%3 guuid=560e56e3-1a00-0000-0a86-640f1d0b0000 pid=2845 /usr/bin/sudo guuid=e4b870e5-1a00-0000-0a86-640f200b0000 pid=2848 /tmp/sample.bin guuid=560e56e3-1a00-0000-0a86-640f1d0b0000 pid=2845->guuid=e4b870e5-1a00-0000-0a86-640f200b0000 pid=2848 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: 1896809 Sample: mips.elf Startdate: 11/04/2026 Architecture: LINUX Score: 96 28 45.156.87.140, 1111, 49130 SKYLINKNL Germany 2->28 30 169.254.169.254, 80 USDOSUS Reserved 2->30 32 daisy.ubuntu.com 2->32 34 Suricata IDS alerts for network traffic 2->34 36 Found malware configuration 2->36 38 Antivirus / Scanner detection for submitted sample 2->38 40 3 other signatures 2->40 10 systemd snap-failure 2->10         started        12 mips.elf 2->12         started        14 python3.8 dpkg 2->14         started        signatures3 process4 process5 16 snap-failure systemctl 10->16         started        18 snap-failure 10->18         started        20 mips.elf 12->20         started        process6 22 mips.elf 20->22         started        process7 24 mips.elf 22->24         started        process8 26 mips.elf 24->26         started       
Threat name:
Linux.Trojan.Gafgyt
Status:
Malicious
First seen:
2026-04-11 08:37:35 UTC
File Type:
ELF32 Big (Exe)
AV detection:
28 of 38 (73.68%)
Threat level:
  5/5
Result
Malware family:
Score:
  10/10
Tags:
family:gafgyt defense_evasion discovery
Behaviour
System Network Configuration Discovery
Changes its process name
Modifies Watchdog functionality
Malware Config
C2 Extraction:
45.156.87.140:1111
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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:telebot_framework
Author:vietdx.mb
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


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Gafgyt

elf bc5b11bb3c869b9a0d4daf066660a34521869f5a955b44d1f58e683039eedb79

(this sample)

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