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Database Entry



Gafgyt


Vendor detections: 10


Intelligence 10 IOCs YARA 19 File information Comments

SHA256 hash: e2578409bc4c8185a7a7b45d5f07c2b44233d4e4b30ef63aeeeb1bc98ecf5bf8
SHA3-384 hash: f7a1540f5d9ddc33073af8f88f1111c6ec923137fd40cf6664fdc0d9fc84c87e6f0d585a70a121a64f77401cba024f8c
SHA1 hash: 7c84da5f69796d92f73101387241d03bf1e89b8f
MD5 hash: abccf21a652f8d012fe811cf961e0119
humanhash: social-sink-december-double
File name:fucknet
Download: download sample
Signature Gafgyt
File size:218'273 bytes
First seen:2026-02-13 19:37:25 UTC
Last seen:Never
File type: elf
MIME type:application/x-executable
ssdeep 6144:G1fj320VjDepgUNKGdPQtK7i3mr5hP9FwAbaNDgHhyHy/0m0Qvha9x4s:G1fj320VjDep/NKYPZ7X5hP1baNDgHhs
TLSH T198243A21F703C6F3C8830BF2119B9A674D32B5A75A6FA545F32D6CB09E628C97109E5C
telfhash t14f713254947d09d9ae634d29a46c17e35943f02622e5bf28ff0acdc0085f42df254e0f
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 gafgyt

Intelligence


File Origin
# of uploads :
1
# of downloads :
52
Origin country :
DE DE
Vendor Threat Intelligence
No detections
Verdict:
Malicious
Uses P2P?:
false
Uses anti-vm?:
false
Architecture:
x86
Packer:
not packed
Botnet:
unknown
Number of open files:
2
Number of processes launched:
5
Processes remaning?
false
Remote TCP ports scanned:
not identified
Behaviour
no suspicious findings
Botnet C2s
TCP botnet C2(s):
not identified
UDP botnet C2(s):
not identified
Verdict:
Malicious
File Type:
elf.32.le
First seen:
2026-02-13T14:17:00Z UTC
Last seen:
2026-02-13T14:27:00Z UTC
Hits:
~10
Status:
terminated
Behavior Graph:
%3 guuid=9ebf99d5-1800-0000-42e1-9cb3a2050000 pid=1442 /usr/bin/sudo guuid=b7bd08d8-1800-0000-42e1-9cb3a7050000 pid=1447 /tmp/sample.bin net guuid=9ebf99d5-1800-0000-42e1-9cb3a2050000 pid=1442->guuid=b7bd08d8-1800-0000-42e1-9cb3a7050000 pid=1447 execve 8b0a01dc-0728-52c1-8024-c4ba7801b8d6 8.8.8.8:53 guuid=b7bd08d8-1800-0000-42e1-9cb3a7050000 pid=1447->8b0a01dc-0728-52c1-8024-c4ba7801b8d6 con guuid=76a9f3d8-1800-0000-42e1-9cb3aa050000 pid=1450 /tmp/sample.bin guuid=b7bd08d8-1800-0000-42e1-9cb3a7050000 pid=1447->guuid=76a9f3d8-1800-0000-42e1-9cb3aa050000 pid=1450 clone guuid=9e9efbd8-1800-0000-42e1-9cb3ac050000 pid=1452 /tmp/sample.bin net zombie guuid=76a9f3d8-1800-0000-42e1-9cb3aa050000 pid=1450->guuid=9e9efbd8-1800-0000-42e1-9cb3ac050000 pid=1452 clone f54d1384-4836-52db-9189-8c02127514aa 111.123.41.235:4444 guuid=9e9efbd8-1800-0000-42e1-9cb3ac050000 pid=1452->f54d1384-4836-52db-9189-8c02127514aa con guuid=fa6711d9-1800-0000-42e1-9cb3ad050000 pid=1453 /tmp/sample.bin guuid=9e9efbd8-1800-0000-42e1-9cb3ac050000 pid=1452->guuid=fa6711d9-1800-0000-42e1-9cb3ad050000 pid=1453 clone guuid=95cc20d9-1800-0000-42e1-9cb3ae050000 pid=1454 /tmp/sample.bin guuid=fa6711d9-1800-0000-42e1-9cb3ad050000 pid=1453->guuid=95cc20d9-1800-0000-42e1-9cb3ae050000 pid=1454 clone
Result
Threat name:
Gafgyt, Mirai
Detection:
malicious
Classification:
spre.troj
Score:
100 / 100
Signature
Antivirus / Scanner detection for submitted sample
Contains symbols with names commonly found in malware
Found malware configuration
Malicious sample detected (through community Yara rule)
Multi AV Scanner detection for submitted file
Opens /proc/net/* files useful for finding connected devices and routers
Reads system files that contain records of logged in users
Sample reads /proc/mounts (often used for finding a writable filesystem)
Sample tries to kill multiple processes (SIGKILL)
Yara detected Gafgyt
Yara detected Mirai
Behaviour
Behavior Graph:
behaviorgraph top1 dnsIp2 2 Behavior Graph ID: 1869343 Sample: fucknet.elf Startdate: 13/02/2026 Architecture: LINUX Score: 100 81 109.202.202.202, 80 INIT7CH Switzerland 2->81 83 111.123.41.235, 42102, 4444 CHINANET-GY-ASCHINANETGuizhouYilongIDCCN China 2->83 85 4 other IPs or domains 2->85 87 Found malware configuration 2->87 89 Malicious sample detected (through community Yara rule) 2->89 91 Antivirus / Scanner detection for submitted sample 2->91 93 4 other signatures 2->93 11 systemd gdm3 2->11         started        13 systemd gpu-manager 2->13         started        15 fucknet.elf 2->15         started        18 21 other processes 2->18 signatures3 process4 file5 21 gdm3 gdm-session-worker 11->21         started        35 3 other processes 11->35 23 gpu-manager sh 13->23         started        25 gpu-manager sh 13->25         started        27 gpu-manager sh 13->27         started        37 5 other processes 13->37 99 Opens /proc/net/* files useful for finding connected devices and routers 15->99 29 fucknet.elf 15->29         started        79 /var/log/wtmp, data 18->79 dropped 101 Sample reads /proc/mounts (often used for finding a writable filesystem) 18->101 103 Reads system files that contain records of logged in users 18->103 31 accounts-daemon language-validate 18->31         started        33 generate-config pkill 18->33         started        signatures6 process7 process8 39 gdm-session-worker gdm-wayland-session 21->39         started        41 sh grep 23->41         started        43 sh grep 25->43         started        45 sh grep 27->45         started        47 fucknet.elf 29->47         started        49 language-validate language-options 31->49         started        51 sh grep 37->51         started        53 sh grep 37->53         started        55 3 other processes 37->55 process9 57 gdm-wayland-session dbus-daemon 39->57         started        60 gdm-wayland-session dbus-run-session 39->60         started        62 fucknet.elf 47->62         started        64 language-options sh 49->64         started        signatures10 97 Sample reads /proc/mounts (often used for finding a writable filesystem) 57->97 66 dbus-daemon 57->66         started        68 dbus-run-session dbus-daemon 60->68         started        70 fucknet.elf 62->70         started        73 sh locale 64->73         started        75 sh grep 64->75         started        process11 signatures12 77 dbus-daemon false 66->77         started        95 Sample tries to kill multiple processes (SIGKILL) 70->95 process13
Threat name:
Linux.Trojan.Gafgyt
Status:
Malicious
First seen:
2026-02-13 13:51:04 UTC
File Type:
ELF32 Little (Exe)
AV detection:
18 of 24 (75.00%)
Threat level:
  5/5
Result
Malware family:
Score:
  10/10
Tags:
family:gafgyt discovery linux
Behaviour
Reads runtime system information
Reads system network configuration
Enumerates active TCP sockets
Enumerates running processes
Reads system routing table
Malware Config
C2 Extraction:
111.123.41.235:4444
Please note that we are no longer able to provide a coverage score for Virus Total.

YARA Signatures


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Rule name:botnet_dayzddos
Author:NDA0E
Description:dayzddos botnet
Rule name:botnet_dedsec
Author:NDA0E
Description:dedsec botnet
Rule name:botnet_Kaiten
Author:NDA0E
Description:Kaiten botnet
Rule name:botnet_mortem_qbot_gafgyt
Author:cip
Description:Some strings that stand out from a publicly-available botnet source code (Mortem-qBot-Botnet-Src)
Rule name:botnet_RyM
Author:NDA0E
Description:RyM botnet
Rule name:botnet_unknown
Author:NDA0E
Description:unknown botnet
Rule name:botnet_Vixaati
Author:NDA0E
Description:Vixaati botnet
Rule name:botnet_Yakuza
Author:NDA0E
Description:Yakuza botnet
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:ELF_Toriilike_persist
Author:4r4
Description:Detects Torii IoT Botnet (stealthier Mirai alternative)
Reference:Identified via researched data
Rule name:enterpriseapps2
Author:Tim Brown @timb_machine
Description:Enterprise apps
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:Linux_Trojan_Gafgyt_1b2e2a3a
Author:Elastic Security
Rule name:Linux_Trojan_Gafgyt_28a2fe0c
Author:Elastic Security
Rule name:Linux_Trojan_Gafgyt_ea92cca8
Author:Elastic Security
Rule name:NET
Author:malware-lu
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


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Web download

Gafgyt

elf e2578409bc4c8185a7a7b45d5f07c2b44233d4e4b30ef63aeeeb1bc98ecf5bf8

(this sample)

  
Delivery method
Distributed via web download

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