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Database Entry



FlylegitBot


Vendor detections: 10


Intelligence 10 IOCs YARA 6 File information Comments

SHA256 hash: f8cc8ada59eaccfbcfa6ed78f251b842ebfb98048af9c3b6090f59cabd0c3e31
SHA3-384 hash: 8a58468b99359c4f1b8128f73f22256dcc8fffcbfb097a13fda8c302177a2dbaca4e69cbd124fa7f6f6ad5789a97858c
SHA1 hash: d2395a31c490bb8b67c2c66d3a7f1b0ad75b7c22
MD5 hash: c442c61645eff2edfb043678d174e811
humanhash: timing-orange-mike-comet
File name:iran.armv4l
Download: download sample
Signature FlylegitBot
File size:143'488 bytes
First seen:2026-10-13 12:17:11 UTC
Last seen:2026-10-14 01:14:47 UTC
File type: elf
MIME type:application/x-executable
ssdeep 1536:qPbotS8vRIf3JgYdOkydFHdWx+A+EsI4Vc8sTee7RIN84xOrkSMtKqg7NclxBwyG:YboU8OfeZbHIx+E4Vs57RIuTU+Ln
TLSH T1DFE31845B8515A12CAC262B7FF5E42CD7B2707ACD2EE32039D255F60378B86B0E3B542
telfhash t172210f655fa01bcc77e082aa46ae9213a3dd31f51b0239a7df4d26cb86023d27d2c817
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 FlyLegitBot mirai

Intelligence


File Origin
# of uploads :
2
# of downloads :
87
Origin country :
DE DE
Vendor Threat Intelligence
No detections
Result
Verdict:
Malware
Maliciousness:
Gathering data
Verdict:
Malicious
Uses P2P?:
false
Uses anti-vm?:
false
Architecture:
arm
Packer:
not packed
Botnet:
unknown
Number of open files:
90
Number of processes launched:
7
Processes remaning?
true
Remote TCP ports scanned:
not identified
Behaviour
Persistence
Process Renaming
Botnet C2s
TCP botnet C2(s):
not identified
UDP botnet C2(s):
not identified
Verdict:
Malicious
File Type:
elf.32.le
First seen:
2026-10-13T10:34:00Z UTC
Last seen:
2026-10-13T10:51:00Z UTC
Hits:
~10
Status:
terminated
Behavior Graph:
%3 guuid=d370ec6f-1800-0000-2289-27c1dc0b0000 pid=3036 /usr/bin/sudo guuid=7dec6372-1800-0000-2289-27c1e30b0000 pid=3043 /tmp/sample.bin guuid=d370ec6f-1800-0000-2289-27c1dc0b0000 pid=3036->guuid=7dec6372-1800-0000-2289-27c1e30b0000 pid=3043 execve
Result
Threat name:
FlylegitBot
Detection:
malicious
Classification:
troj.evad
Score:
100 / 100
Signature
Antivirus / Scanner detection for submitted sample
Antivirus detection for dropped file
Connects to many ports of the same IP (likely port scanning)
Drops files in suspicious directories
Executes the "crontab" command typically for achieving persistence
Multi AV Scanner detection for submitted file
Sample deletes itself
Sample reads /proc/mounts (often used for finding a writable filesystem)
Sample tries to persist itself using cron
Sample tries to set files in /etc globally writable
Yara detected Linux FlylegitBot
Behaviour
Behavior Graph:
behaviorgraph top1 dnsIp2 2 Behavior Graph ID: 1986449 Sample: iran.armv4l.elf Startdate: 13/10/2026 Architecture: LINUX Score: 100 50 176.65.139.166, 54321 STORMINDUSTRIESHostingServicesUS Netherlands 2->50 52 169.254.169.254, 80 USDOS-USDepartmentofStateUS ZZ 2->52 58 Antivirus detection for dropped file 2->58 60 Antivirus / Scanner detection for submitted sample 2->60 62 Multi AV Scanner detection for submitted file 2->62 64 2 other signatures 2->64 11 iran.armv4l.elf 2->11         started        13 systemd snapd-env-generator 2->13         started        15 python3.8 dpkg 2->15         started        signatures3 process4 process5 17 iran.armv4l.elf 11->17         started        process6 19 iran.armv4l.elf 17->19         started        file7 44 /usr/local/bin/ChGsdxroCifQbl8, ELF 19->44 dropped 46 /etc/init.d/kMoZEwlvEPJ, POSIX 19->46 dropped 66 Sample tries to set files in /etc globally writable 19->66 68 Drops files in suspicious directories 19->68 70 Sample deletes itself 19->70 72 Sample reads /proc/mounts (often used for finding a writable filesystem) 19->72 23 iran.armv4l.elf sh 19->23         started        25 iran.armv4l.elf sh 19->25         started        27 iran.armv4l.elf sh 19->27         started        29 iran.armv4l.elf 19->29         started        signatures8 process9 process10 31 sh crontab 23->31         started        35 sh 23->35         started        37 sh crontab 25->37         started        39 sh systemctl 27->39         started        file11 48 /var/spool/cron/crontabs/tmp.mHpdJe, ASCII 31->48 dropped 54 Sample tries to persist itself using cron 31->54 56 Executes the "crontab" command typically for achieving persistence 31->56 41 sh crontab 35->41         started        signatures12 process13 signatures14 74 Executes the "crontab" command typically for achieving persistence 41->74
Threat name:
Linux.Worm.Mirai
Status:
Malicious
First seen:
2026-10-13 12:18:24 UTC
File Type:
ELF32 Little (Exe)
AV detection:
17 of 38 (44.74%)
Threat level:
  5/5
Result
Malware family:
flylegitbot
Score:
  10/10
Tags:
family:flylegitbot botnet
Please note that we are no longer able to provide a coverage score for Virus Total.

YARA Signatures


MalwareBazaar uses YARA rules from several public and non-public repositories, such as YARAhub and Malpedia. Those are being matched against malware samples uploaded to MalwareBazaar as well as against any suspicious process dumps they may create. Please note that only results from TLP:CLEAR rules are being displayed.

Rule name:ELF_IoT_Persistence_Hunt
Author:4r4
Description:Hunts for ELF files with persistence and download capabilities
Rule name:ELF_Toriilike_persist
Author:4r4
Description:Detects Torii IoT Botnet (stealthier Mirai alternative)
Reference:Identified via researched data
Rule name:has_telegram_urls
Author:Aaron DeVera<aaron@backchannel.re>
Description:Detects Telegram URLs
Rule name:Linux_Generic_Threat_d94e1020
Author:Elastic Security
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


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

Web download

FlylegitBot

elf f8cc8ada59eaccfbcfa6ed78f251b842ebfb98048af9c3b6090f59cabd0c3e31

(this sample)

  
Delivery method
Distributed via web download

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