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Kaiji


Vendor detections: 8


Intelligence 8 IOCs YARA 20 File information Comments

SHA256 hash: c2021e22711f5f1442dfe6bad84427a902eb388065e28029d018add9f5681694
SHA3-384 hash: b4c87fa92c04c9a126d54e8643067af3bcb6e0c58f70abe03dbacd80a5eccd5415adb320bfb8cdfc1c797e3eb454bfc3
SHA1 hash: 922eb3f4d5ce417ef44cfdbdc37d63794d050809
MD5 hash: 59a9caf9445f56759929691d7f637073
humanhash: tango-stairway-magazine-oklahoma
File name:linux_ppc64el
Download: download sample
Signature Kaiji
File size:5'111'808 bytes
First seen:2026-02-01 20:23:18 UTC
Last seen:2026-02-02 15:07:59 UTC
File type: elf
MIME type:application/x-executable
ssdeep 49152:i2LzgioAq4P670Og/d6I+eFRgjpmbLQYLy288ntKyB1:nLzgioh4P670Og/d6I+wgjpaLys
TLSH T181363942B7086FA9CA60493385B38ED117727D996F315343AB14FABEA8B63054F15FC8
gimphash 211db7a0239e5fc99a6586de3a048800db896d42ff8d6ab26954b5ef47fc9ac0
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 kaiji

Intelligence


File Origin
# of uploads :
3
# of downloads :
59
Origin country :
DE DE
Vendor Threat Intelligence
Gathering data
Result
Gathering data
Verdict:
Malicious
File Type:
elf.64.le
Detections:
HEUR:Trojan.Linux.Chaos.mj
Status:
terminated
Behavior Graph:
%3 guuid=b4c2a7a6-1a00-0000-b9a7-856b2e0a0000 pid=2606 /usr/bin/sudo guuid=ed5c34a9-1a00-0000-b9a7-856b340a0000 pid=2612 /tmp/sample.bin guuid=b4c2a7a6-1a00-0000-b9a7-856b2e0a0000 pid=2606->guuid=ed5c34a9-1a00-0000-b9a7-856b340a0000 pid=2612 execve
Result
Threat name:
Detection:
malicious
Classification:
spre.troj.evad
Score:
80 / 100
Signature
Drops files in suspicious directories
Multi AV Scanner detection for submitted file
Sample tries to persist itself using /etc/profile
Sample tries to persist itself using cron
Sample tries to set files in /etc globally writable
Uses known network protocols on non-standard ports
Writes identical ELF files to multiple locations
Yara detected Chaos
Behaviour
Behavior Graph:
behaviorgraph top1 dnsIp2 2 Behavior Graph ID: 1861302 Sample: linux_ppc64el.elf Startdate: 01/02/2026 Architecture: LINUX Score: 80 122 118.107.41.45, 44426, 44430, 48676 BCPL-SGBGPNETGlobalASNSG Singapore 2->122 124 www.google.com 2->124 126 Multi AV Scanner detection for submitted file 2->126 128 Yara detected Chaos 2->128 130 Uses known network protocols on non-standard ports 2->130 12 linux_ppc64el.elf 2->12         started        16 systemd System.img.config 2->16         started        18 sshd sshd 2->18         started        20 14 other processes 2->20 signatures3 process4 file5 118 /etc/id.services.conf, ELF 12->118 dropped 120 /etc/32678, POSIX 12->120 dropped 142 Sample tries to set files in /etc globally writable 12->142 144 Writes identical ELF files to multiple locations 12->144 22 linux_ppc64el.elf linux_ppc64el.elf 12->22         started        26 linux_ppc64el.elf service systemctl 12->26         started        28 linux_ppc64el.elf bash 12->28         started        30 System.img.config sh 16->30         started        32 System.img.config service systemctl 16->32         started        34 System.img.config pkill 16->34         started        36 System.img.config System.img.config 16->36         started        38 sshd 18->38         started        40 6 other processes 20->40 signatures6 process7 file8 108 /usr/lib/system-monitor, ELF 22->108 dropped 110 /usr/lib/libdlrpcld.so, ELF 22->110 dropped 112 /usr/bin/ss, ELF 22->112 dropped 114 12 other files (11 malicious) 22->114 dropped 132 Sample tries to set files in /etc globally writable 22->132 134 Writes identical ELF files to multiple locations 22->134 136 Sample tries to persist itself using /etc/profile 22->136 138 Drops files in suspicious directories 22->138 42 linux_ppc64el.elf bash 22->42         started        46 linux_ppc64el.elf service systemctl 22->46         started        48 linux_ppc64el.elf bash 22->48         started        56 5 other processes 22->56 50 service 26->50         started        58 3 other processes 26->58 52 bash 32678 28->52         started        54 sh 32678 30->54         started        60 4 other processes 32->60 signatures9 process10 file11 116 /etc/crontab, ASCII 42->116 dropped 140 Sample tries to persist itself using cron 42->140 62 service 46->62         started        70 3 other processes 46->70 72 4 other processes 48->72 74 2 other processes 50->74 64 32678 sleep 52->64         started        66 32678 id.services.conf 54->66         started        68 32678 sleep 54->68         started        76 4 other processes 56->76 78 2 other processes 60->78 signatures12 process13 process14 80 service systemctl 62->80         started        82 service sed 62->82         started        84 id.services.conf service systemctl 66->84         started        86 id.services.conf sh 66->86         started        88 id.services.conf pkill 66->88         started        90 id.services.conf id.services.conf 66->90         started        process15 92 service 84->92         started        94 service basename 84->94         started        96 service basename 84->96         started        98 service systemctl 84->98         started        100 sh 32678 86->100         started        process16 102 service systemctl 92->102         started        104 service sed 92->104         started        106 32678 sleep 100->106         started       
Threat name:
Linux.Trojan.Kaiji
Status:
Malicious
First seen:
2026-02-01 20:24:37 UTC
File Type:
ELF64 Little (Exe)
AV detection:
19 of 36 (52.78%)
Threat level:
  5/5
Result
Malware family:
Score:
  10/10
Tags:
family:kaiji 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: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:Linux_Generic_Threat_a40aaa96
Author:Elastic Security
Rule name:NET
Author:malware-lu
Rule name:ProgramLanguage_Golang
Author:albertzsigovits
Description:Application written in Golang programming language
Rule name:RANSOMWARE
Author:ToroGuitar
Rule name:setsockopt
Author:Tim Brown @timb_machine
Description:Hunts for setsockopt() red flags
Rule name:SHA512_Constants
Author:phoul (@phoul)
Description:Look for SHA384/SHA512 constants
Rule name:Suspicious_Golang_Binary
Author:Tim Machac
Description:Triage: Golang-compiled binary with suspicious OS/persistence/network strings (not family-specific)
Rule name:unixredflags3
Author:Tim Brown @timb_machine
Description:Hunts for UNIX red flags

File information


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Kaiji

elf c2021e22711f5f1442dfe6bad84427a902eb388065e28029d018add9f5681694

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