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Gafgyt


Vendor detections: 11


Intelligence 11 IOCs YARA 13 File information Comments
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SHA256 hash: cf68e1fd5fa92a9f8ada70cc9f848b2933ea971a482e7c2ecd3cd5ad5dd3bb31
SHA3-384 hash: 97d5d4eec5f1ea8433b03fb79ad009183808105c788e09ecb6e52f307d78cb42dd5acaab0bf718e526a357e686099c74
SHA1 hash: 1ae19938117cab01f3607b436c18d22dc8e3d9d0
MD5 hash: 331e2237045fb97c3edd6512f1e5ed3e
humanhash: wisconsin-golf-hydrogen-mississippi
File name:arm61
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Signature Gafgyt
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File size:139'585 bytes
First seen:2026-01-09 23:14:55 UTC
Last seen:Never
File type: elf
MIME type:application/x-executable
ssdeep 3072:Sdf+fvEqa9FazYA7IboRhme391CErktmCQA9FX9aH:ifWEqa9FaNhme3DrktmCQA9Z9aH
TLSH T1D2D31905F460875BC2D217BAB68A425D37231F7893CB33256A34BEB42FE1B981E79531
telfhash t1cc21fe46a5fa86685ff76920adbc47b508521b137652bf706f09c5c01c7b002a93addb
Magika elf
Reporter abuse_ch
Tags:elf gafgyt

Intelligence

File Origin
# of uploads :
1
# of downloads :
91
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.Dropper.Mirai-7138857-0
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Unix.Trojan.Mirai-7582945-0
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Unix.Trojan.Mirai-9917488-0
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Result
Verdict:
Malware
Maliciousness:

Behaviour
Gains root access
Connection attempt
Substitutes an application name
Verdict:
Unknown
Threat level:
  0/10
Confidence:
100%
Tags:
gcc rust
Link:
https://www.filescan.io/uploads/69618c8f07ef5fa68e835ae5/reports/ff1903ee-e838-4778-9e17-dc0b9e828c12/overview
Verdict:
Malicious
File Type:
elf.32.le
First seen:
2026-01-09T20:22:00Z UTC
Last seen:
2026-01-09T20:49:00Z UTC
Hits:
~10
Detections:
HEUR:Backdoor.Linux.Mirai.h HEUR:Backdoor.Linux.Gafgyt.cr HEUR:Backdoor.Linux.Gafgyt.bj HEUR:Backdoor.Linux.Gafgyt.ba
Link:
https://opentip.kaspersky.com/cf68e1fd5fa92a9f8ada70cc9f848b2933ea971a482e7c2ecd3cd5ad5dd3bb31/results?tab=lookup
Status:
terminated
Link:
https://sandbox.kunai.rocks/analysis/9a9330b4-ee4c-4a66-a7ce-8363a57bca6f
Behavior Graph:
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%3 guuid=60600a83-1a00-0000-ce3a-dd16620a0000 pid=2658 /usr/bin/sudo guuid=94393e85-1a00-0000-ce3a-dd166b0a0000 pid=2667 /tmp/sample.bin guuid=60600a83-1a00-0000-ce3a-dd16620a0000 pid=2658->guuid=94393e85-1a00-0000-ce3a-dd166b0a0000 pid=2667 execve
Malware family:
Gafgyt
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Verdict:
Malicious
Link:
https://analyze.intezer.com/analyses/28417a06-923f-4b65-a95c-df5fd9645ae9
Result
Threat name:
Gafgyt, Mirai
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Detection:
malicious
Classification:
troj
Score:
96 / 100
Link:
https://www.joesandbox.com/analysis/1847727
Signature
Antivirus / Scanner detection for submitted sample
Found malware configuration
Malicious sample detected (through community Yara rule)
Multi AV Scanner detection for submitted file
Yara detected Gafgyt
Yara detected Mirai
Behaviour
Behavior Graph:
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behaviorgraph top1 dnsIp2 2 Behavior Graph ID: 1847727 Sample: arm61.elf Startdate: 10/01/2026 Architecture: LINUX Score: 96 41 169.254.169.254, 80 USDOSUS Reserved 2->41 43 151.243.109.102, 666 RASANAIR Iran (ISLAMIC Republic Of) 2->43 45 4 other IPs or domains 2->45 47 Found malware configuration 2->47 49 Malicious sample detected (through community Yara rule) 2->49 51 Antivirus / Scanner detection for submitted sample 2->51 53 3 other signatures 2->53 15 arm61.elf 2->15         started        17 dash rm 2->17         started        19 dash rm 2->19         started        21 python3.8 dpkg 2->21         started        signatures3 process4 process5 23 arm61.elf 15->23         started        process6 25 arm61.elf 23->25         started        process7 27 arm61.elf 25->27         started        process8 29 arm61.elf 27->29         started        process9 31 arm61.elf 29->31         started        process10 33 arm61.elf 31->33         started        process11 35 arm61.elf 33->35         started        process12 37 arm61.elf 35->37         started        process13 39 arm61.elf 37->39         started       
Score:
100%
Verdict:
Malware
File Type:
ELF
Link:
https://malprob.io/report/cf68e1fd5fa92a9f8ada70cc9f848b2933ea971a482e7c2ecd3cd5ad5dd3bb31
Detection:
n/a
Link:
https://mwdb.cert.pl/sample/cf68e1fd5fa92a9f8ada70cc9f848b2933ea971a482e7c2ecd3cd5ad5dd3bb31/
Verdict:
Malicious
Threat:
Family.GAFGYT
Link:
https://tip.neiki.dev/file/cf68e1fd5fa92a9f8ada70cc9f848b2933ea971a482e7c2ecd3cd5ad5dd3bb31
Threat name:
Linux.Trojan.Gafgyt
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Status:
Malicious
First seen:
2026-01-09 23:17:44 UTC
File Type:
ELF32 Little (Exe)
AV detection:
18 of 24 (75.00%)
Threat level:
  5/5
Detection(s):
Suspicious file
Link:
https://check.spamhaus.org/check/?searchterm=z5uod7k7vevj7cw2odgj7belfez6vfy2jaxhylwnhtk22xotxmyq._file
Result
Malware family:
gafgyt
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Score:
  10/10
Tags:
family:gafgyt
Link:
https://tria.ge/reports/260109-288z2sew4g/
Behaviour
Changes its process name
Malware Config
C2 Extraction:
151.243.109.102:666
Verdict:
Malicious
Tags:
trojan gafgyt Unix.Trojan.Gafgyt-6981154-0
YARA:
Linux_Trojan_Gafgyt_6a510422 Linux_Trojan_Gafgyt_d2953f92
Link:
https://app.threat.zone/submission/4b6d602c-59f0-40b7-b0a3-c0d71d5700c4
Please note that we are no longer able to provide a coverage score for Virus Total.
Threat name:
Legit
Score:
0.00
Link:
https://yomi.yoroi.company/submissions/cf68e1fd5fa92a9f8ada70cc9f848b2933ea971a482e7c2ecd3cd5ad5dd3bb31

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_Generic_Threat_d2dca9e7
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Author:Elastic Security
Rule name:Linux_Trojan_Gafgyt_6a510422
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Author:Elastic Security
Reference:14cc92b99daa0c91aa09d9a7996ee5549a5cacd7be733960b2cf3681a7c2b628
Rule name:Linux_Trojan_Gafgyt_d2953f92
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Author:Elastic Security
Reference:14cc92b99daa0c91aa09d9a7996ee5549a5cacd7be733960b2cf3681a7c2b628
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

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

Web download

Gafgyt

sh 016977809e4f92e85771c7ab83850f50b6059909db348063f6d926af4d4f5583

Gafgyt

elf cf68e1fd5fa92a9f8ada70cc9f848b2933ea971a482e7c2ecd3cd5ad5dd3bb31

(this sample)

  
URLhaus
https://urlhaus.abuse.ch/url/3754914/
  
Delivery method
Distributed via web download
  
Dropped by
SHA256 016977809e4f92e85771c7ab83850f50b6059909db348063f6d926af4d4f5583
  
Dropped by
MD5 158e0fdfab6c38fa7c59ad5e5c3b6c65
  
URLhaus
https://urlhaus.abuse.ch/url/3754900/

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