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Database Entry



CatStorm


Vendor detections: 8


Intelligence 8 IOCs YARA 35 File information Comments

SHA256 hash: ebeb1382f1a308465964ea4d5b784761282a43cc6580f4d77f7481dc9eeef3fe
SHA3-384 hash: 662f0e1237796bc2125f5f2c5b96806876a9942906dace67c1c4cd0edae59d1d0a9fa17fdab44255222a6b51aa9f2a2d
SHA1 hash: a69f822b51221966d47b583fb94c187640d3f869
MD5 hash: d3a3bed3dc55bdc6bd4d9c7e18618864
humanhash: mississippi-november-football-comet
File name:armv5l
Download: download sample
Signature CatStorm
File size:5'963'960 bytes
First seen:2026-10-22 20:15:31 UTC
Last seen:2026-10-28 03:56:51 UTC
File type: elf
MIME type:application/x-executable
ssdeep 49152:rGWUG3dC3OEFHlbBW7ll9b7rZCeK8YK5Em:Clb+EXDeFEm
TLSH T1DF561897B9925942C4E43A77BCBD80C433630EBA9BC652566D05FE383EBE1D90E35318
telfhash t1d6e065aace8c27dc57daa6590384064899a931fd0620b6a85edbf7570841884b1cd53e
gimphash e3b0c44298fc1c149afbf4c8996fb92427ae41e4649b934ca495991b7852b855
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:CatStorm elf

Intelligence


File Origin
# of uploads :
2
# of downloads :
84
Origin country :
DE DE
Vendor Threat Intelligence
No detections
Result
Verdict:
Malware
Maliciousness:

Behaviour
Connection attempt
Changes the time when the file was created, accessed, or modified
Creating a file
Deletes a file
Creating a process from a recently created file
Creating a file in the %temp% directory
Launching a process
Changes access rights for a written file
Manages services
Deleting a recently created file
Writes files to system subdirectory
Creates or modifies files in /cron to set up autorun
Creates or modifies files in /init.d to set up autorun
Creates or modifies symbolic links in /init.d to set up autorun
Verdict:
Unknown
Threat level:
  0/10
Confidence:
100%
Tags:
crypto expand golang lolbin reconnaissance
Verdict:
Malicious
Uses P2P?:
false
Uses anti-vm?:
true
Architecture:
arm
Packer:
not packed
Botnet:
unknown
Number of open files:
5
Number of processes launched:
329
Processes remaning?
true
Remote TCP ports scanned:
not identified
Behaviour
Anti-VM
Persistence
Process Renaming
Information Gathering
Botnet C2s
TCP botnet C2(s):
not identified
UDP botnet C2(s):
not identified
Verdict:
Malicious
File Type:
elf.32.le
First seen:
2026-10-22T19:48:00Z UTC
Last seen:
2026-10-22T20:16:00Z UTC
Hits:
~10
Status:
terminated
Behavior Graph:
%3 guuid=59905e2d-1700-0000-6fe6-6997b10e0000 pid=3761 /usr/bin/sudo guuid=e50f9a31-1700-0000-6fe6-6997c10e0000 pid=3777 /tmp/sample.bin guuid=59905e2d-1700-0000-6fe6-6997b10e0000 pid=3761->guuid=e50f9a31-1700-0000-6fe6-6997c10e0000 pid=3777 execve
Result
Threat name:
CatStorm
Detection:
malicious
Classification:
troj.mine
Score:
60 / 100
Signature
Found strings related to Crypto-Mining
Multi AV Scanner detection for submitted file
Yara detected CatStorm
Behaviour
Behavior Graph:
behaviorgraph top1 signatures2 2 Behavior Graph ID: 1990764 Sample: armv5l.elf Startdate: 22/10/2026 Architecture: LINUX Score: 60 34 Multi AV Scanner detection for submitted file 2->34 36 Yara detected CatStorm 2->36 38 Found strings related to Crypto-Mining 2->38 14 armv5l.elf 2->14         started        process3 process4 16 armv5l.elf armv5l.elf 14->16         started        process5 18 armv5l.elf armv5l.elf 16->18         started        process6 20 armv5l.elf armv5l.elf 18->20         started        process7 22 armv5l.elf armv5l.elf 20->22         started        process8 24 armv5l.elf armv5l.elf 22->24         started        process9 26 armv5l.elf armv5l.elf 24->26         started        process10 28 armv5l.elf armv5l.elf 26->28         started        process11 30 armv5l.elf armv5l.elf 28->30         started        process12 32 armv5l.elf armv5l.elf 30->32         started       
Threat name:
Linux.Backdoor.DarkDDoSer
Status:
Suspicious
First seen:
2026-10-22 20:16:36 UTC
File Type:
ELF32 Little (Exe)
AV detection:
16 of 38 (42.11%)
Threat level:
  5/5
Result
Malware family:
n/a
Score:
  6/10
Tags:
discovery execution persistence privilege_escalation
Behaviour
Enumerates kernel/hardware configuration
Reads runtime system information
Writes file to tmp directory
Creates/modifies Cron job
Modifies init.d
Modifies systemd
Please note that we are no longer able to provide a coverage score for Virus Total.

YARA Signatures


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Rule name:ach_202610_elf_catstorm
Author:abuse.ch
Description:Detects CatStorm
Rule name:APT_Bitter_ZxxZ_Downloader
Author:SECUINFRA Falcon Team (@SI_FalconTeam)
Description:Detects Bitter (T-APT-17) ZxxZ Downloader
Reference:https://www.secuinfra.com/en/techtalk/whatever-floats-your-boat-bitter-apt-continues-to-target-bangladesh
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:exploit_any_poppopret
Author:Jeff White [karttoon@gmail.com] @noottrak
Description:Identify POP -> POP -> RET opcodes for quick ROP Gadget creation in target binaries.
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:JP_Lure_Content_Hunt
Author:sumeshi
Description:Hunts for files containing Japanese kana text or common Japanese lure terminology
Rule name:LIN_Malware_Unknown_ForgeAuto_0daebbb8
Author:Marjoriefort
Description:Detects Unknown (elf, etat binaire)
Rule name:MD5_Constants
Author:phoul (@phoul)
Description:Look for MD5 constants
Rule name:MIRAI_TELNETCURL_payload
Author:AfterPacket
Description:Mirai-lineage ELF payload carrying the leaked-source decoy domain
Reference:https://github.com/Afterpacket/drosera-threat-intel
Rule name:NSVPS_Hydra_SSH_Bruteforce
Author:sanad (NSVPS-SOC)
Description:Hydra SSH brute-force campaign credentials pattern from NSVPS honeypot
Rule name:ProgramLanguage_Golang
Author:albertzsigovits
Description:Application written in Golang programming language
Rule name:RANSOMWARE
Author:ToroGuitar
Rule name:RIPEMD160_Constants
Author:phoul (@phoul)
Description:Look for RIPEMD-160 constants
Rule name:setsockopt
Author:Tim Brown @timb_machine
Description:Hunts for setsockopt() red flags
Rule name:SHA1_Constants
Author:phoul (@phoul)
Description:Look for SHA1 constants
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: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
Rule name:vmdetect
Author:nex
Description:Possibly employs anti-virtualization techniques
Rule name:Web_Generic_Binary_URL_Download
Author:Serhii Kocherhan
Description:Detects files containing HTTP or HTTPS links pointing directly to .bin payload extensions.

File information


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Web download

CatStorm

elf ebeb1382f1a308465964ea4d5b784761282a43cc6580f4d77f7481dc9eeef3fe

(this sample)

  
Delivery method
Distributed via web download

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