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Database Entry



Gafgyt


Vendor detections: 8


Intelligence 8 IOCs YARA 8 File information Comments

SHA256 hash: fc5959af8f7379c231a4a5371540be73c238e000d80740edc92b7f89b9b66397
SHA3-384 hash: 467a43de65e96c84eba3a9ae13d87b9e45b01aff1d7b8cf45b3926cd3d42d861e96ebc141565b4090213d4bd26d2a9b9
SHA1 hash: 62cb339cb2c102d67e1a76c32d6fec85490c1463
MD5 hash: e585600f8076f653660a25259930a6ce
humanhash: berlin-november-item-violet
File name:2016Nwjppc
Download: download sample
Signature Gafgyt
File size:207'057 bytes
First seen:2026-01-26 09:47:23 UTC
Last seen:Never
File type: elf
MIME type:application/x-executable
ssdeep 6144:GWE7Rxc+mcfteAK2FQ8I2OmDbw36lfPI4gPpdUOG:G+n4FF1I2OmDbw36lfPI4gPpdUOG
TLSH T137144B02731D4F43C1172EF03AFB17F083ABED511AA6A644F61EFE845272AB16549F89
telfhash t1bb916219993d48e9ef630c1d586dabe21497b52a32b67f19ff25cec0094e429f248d0f
Magika elf
Reporter abuse_ch
Tags:elf gafgyt

Intelligence


File Origin
# of uploads :
1
# of downloads :
95
Origin country :
DE DE
Vendor Threat Intelligence
No detections
Verdict:
Likely Malicious
Threat level:
  7.5/10
Confidence:
100%
Tags:
anti-vm anti-vm gafgyt gcc mirai
Verdict:
Malicious
File Type:
elf.32.be
First seen:
2026-01-26T16:52:00Z UTC
Last seen:
2026-01-27T00:12:00Z UTC
Hits:
~10
Status:
terminated
Behavior Graph:
%3 guuid=2be0143c-1600-0000-a937-a854590d0000 pid=3417 /usr/bin/sudo guuid=4db2a53d-1600-0000-a937-a854600d0000 pid=3424 /tmp/sample.bin guuid=2be0143c-1600-0000-a937-a854590d0000 pid=3417->guuid=4db2a53d-1600-0000-a937-a854600d0000 pid=3424 execve
Result
Threat name:
Detection:
malicious
Classification:
troj
Score:
68 / 100
Signature
Connects to many ports of the same IP (likely port scanning)
Found malware configuration
Multi AV Scanner detection for submitted file
Yara detected Gafgyt
Behaviour
Behavior Graph:
Threat name:
Linux.Backdoor.Gafgyt
Status:
Malicious
First seen:
2026-01-26 09:48:45 UTC
File Type:
ELF32 Big (Exe)
AV detection:
12 of 24 (50.00%)
Threat level:
  5/5
Result
Malware family:
Score:
  10/10
Tags:
family:gafgyt linux
Malware Config
C2 Extraction:
78.142.228.144:65483
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: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:enterpriseunix2
Author:Tim Brown @timb_machine
Description:Enterprise UNIX
Rule name:linux_generic_ipv6_catcher
Author:@_lubiedo
Description:ELF samples using IPv6 addresses
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
Rule name:vmdetect
Author:nex
Description:Possibly employs anti-virtualization techniques

File information


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

Web download

Gafgyt

elf fc5959af8f7379c231a4a5371540be73c238e000d80740edc92b7f89b9b66397

(this sample)

  
Delivery method
Distributed via web download

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