Verdict

Known ransomware

hive ransomware · Linux / ELF shared · 2 known IOCs · 2 YARA hits · 4 behaviour indicators · 5 ATT&CK techniques · seen 1×

  • YARA: Hive hive
  • Links to the onion site of: hive
File details
File name
Type ELF 64-bit LSB shared object, x86-64, version 1 (SYSV)
Size 246.5 KB · 252,392 bytes
Entropy
6.379 / 8
Submitted 1×
First seen 2026-10-18 13:34 UTC
Analysed 2026-11-14 16:23 UTC
Hashes
MD5 22ae3e19ec54a9d314719158c00986e3
SHA-1 84353fe08dd87eb2f1086dfd08c014311e7e4889
SHA-256 822d89e7917d41a90f5f65bee75cad31fe13995e43f47ea9ea536862884efc25
SHA-512 a72a3e8fb908c2ed946b9266cc742b1584709205f1911e381823ef7caac10d55ccec2f35c3e7ca4a3eda7e04e1b57ec2039054c087fdc39241554cd82b62570e
TLSH T118347E5BB2D1A87DC8B6D830875BC6639636F8A41292F93F36845E702D23E305F2D761

Known indicators 2

GroupFound inTypeIndicatorDetailsTLPAdded
hive File strings Onion hivecust6vhekztbqgdnkks64ucehqacge3dij3gyrrpdp57zoq3ooqd.onion Chat of hive (This domain has been seized)
Source: ransomware.live group data
Chatoffline
TLP:CLEAR
hive File strings Onion hiveleakdbtnp76ulyhi52eag6c6tyc3xw7ez7iqy6wc34gd2nekazyd.onion DLS of hive (This domain has been seized)
Source: ransomware.live group data
DLSoffline
TLP:CLEAR

YARA 2 · 500 rule files from Ransomware.live

GroupRuleDescriptionAuthor
hive Hive_ESXI_v3 Hive v3 ransomware ESXI payload rivitna
hive Hive_ESXI_v3 Hive v3 ransomware ESXI payload rivitna

Behaviour indicators 4 · from embedded strings

CategoryIndicatorATT&CKEvidence
Impact Kills ESXi virtual machines T1529
/vmfs/volumes/
vim-cmd vmsvc/getallvms | grep -o -E '^[0-9]+' | xargs -r -n 1 vim-cmd vmsvc/power.off
Ransom note Ransom note text T1486
Your network has been breached and all data were encrypted.
- Do not modify or rename encrypted files. You will lose them.
Ransom note References Tor / .onion T1090.003
http://hivecust6vhekztbqgdnkks64ucehqacge3dij3gyrrpdp57zoq3ooqd.onion/
http://hiveleakdbtnp76ulyhi52eag6c6tyc3xw7ez7iqy6wc34gd2nekazyd.onion/
To get an access to .onion websites download and install Tor Browser at:
Cryptography Bundles a crypto library T1486
src/pk/ecc/ltc_ecc_map.c
src/pk/ecc/ltc_ecc_mul2add.c
src/pk/ecc/ltc_ecc_mulmod_timing.c

MITRE ATT&CK 5 · techniques suggested by the static analysis, not observed behaviour

Visual analysis · hover the charts for offsets

Entropy across the file

Shannon entropy (0–8) of 1,024-byte windows. Code and data sit around 4–6; a plateau above 7.2 means compressed or encrypted content (packed code, embedded archives, encrypted payloads). 9% of the file is above it.

ELF header Program headers .interp .note.gnu.build-id .note.ABI-tag .gnu.hash .dynsym .dynstr Gap .gnu.version Gap .gnu.version_r .rela.dyn .rela.plt Gap .init Gap .plt .plt.got Gap .text Gap .fini Gap .rodata .eh_frame_hdr Gap .eh_frame Gap .init_array .fini_array .data.rel.ro .dynamic .got .data .comment .shstrtab Gap Section headers

File layout on disk

Each part of the file at its real size. Data after the last section (an overlay) is where droppers and installers often hide a payload.

PartOffsetSizeShareEntropy
ELF header 0x0 64 B 0.0%
2.28
Program headers 0x40 616 B 0.2%
1.82
.interp 0x2a8 28 B 0.0%
3.94
.note.gnu.build-id 0x2c4 36 B 0.0%
4.19
.note.ABI-tag 0x2e8 32 B 0.0%
1.56
.gnu.hash 0x308 40 B 0.0%
2.57
.dynsym 0x330 1.5 KB 0.6%
0.98
.dynstr 0x900 709 B 0.3%
4.64
Gap 0xbc5 1 B 0.0%
0.0
.gnu.version 0xbc6 124 B 0.0%
1.67
Gap 0xc42 6 B 0.0%
0.0
.gnu.version_r 0xc48 112 B 0.0%
2.73
.rela.dyn 0xcb8 3.8 KB 1.6%
2.22
.rela.plt 0x1c18 1.3 KB 0.5%
1.68
Gap 0x2140 3.7 KB 1.5%
0.0
.init 0x3000 27 B 0.0%
4.31
Gap 0x301b 5 B 0.0%
0.0
.plt 0x3020 896 B 0.4%
4.17
.plt.got 0x33a0 8 B 0.0%
3.0
Gap 0x33a8 8 B 0.0%
0.0
.text 0x33b0 160.1 KB 65.0%
6.41
Gap 0x2b445 3 B 0.0%
0.0
.fini 0x2b448 13 B 0.0%
3.24
Gap 0x2b455 2.9 KB 1.2%
0.0
.rodata 0x2c000 41.1 KB 16.7%
6.99
.eh_frame_hdr 0x36488 2.8 KB 1.1%
5.34
Gap 0x36f94 4 B 0.0%
0.0
.eh_frame 0x36f98 18.1 KB 7.3%
5.09
Gap 0x3b800 2.9 KB 1.2%
0.0
.init_array 0x3c3b0 8 B 0.0%
1.06
.fini_array 0x3c3b8 8 B 0.0%
1.06
.data.rel.ro 0x3c3c0 2.1 KB 0.8%
2.71
.dynamic 0x3cc08 512 B 0.2%
1.53
.got 0x3ce08 504 B 0.2%
1.69
.data 0x3d000 408 B 0.2%
2.39
.comment 0x3d198 81 B 0.0%
4.32
.shstrtab 0x3d1e9 251 B 0.1%
4.25
Gap 0x3d2e4 4 B 0.0%
0.0
Section headers 0x3d2e8 1.8 KB 0.7%
1.55

Byte map

Byte map of the file

The whole file as a 128×128 picture: each pixel is 15.4 bytes, laid along a Hilbert curve so that bytes close in the file stay close in the picture and each part shows as a block. Starts top-left, ends top-right.

  • Compressed / encrypted 9.0%
  • Dense data 12.2%
  • Code / structured data 63.0%
  • Low entropy (headers, tables) 8.0%
  • Text / strings 2.9%
  • 0x00 padding 4.8%
  • 0xFF fill 0.1%

Linux / ELF executable

Type
shared object / PIE
Machine
x86-64 (64-bit, little-endian)
OS ABI
System V
Entry point
0x3450
Linking
Dynamic · /lib64/ld-linux-x86-64.so.2
Libraries
libpthread.so.0, libc.so.6
Imports
60 functions
Symbols
Stripped

Capabilities from symbols

CapabilityAPIs / typesATT&CK
File enumeration opendirreaddir T1083
Runs shell commands system T1059.004

Cryptographic constants 3

Tables and constants of the algorithms compiled into the file, recognised without running or decrypting anything. A locker that brings its own cipher (ChaCha20, AES, Curve25519) needs no CryptoAPI import; many legitimate programs carry the same libraries, so this is context, not a verdict.

AlgorithmKindEvidenceConfidenceHitsFirst at
AES block cipher Te0 table high 1 0x33ba0
AES block cipher Td0 table high 1 0x337a0
SHA-256 hash initial values medium 2 0x2f2ec
SHA-512 hash K constants high 1 0x2f060
Indicators extracted from strings · from 495 strings. Only those listed under Known indicators are in our database
IP addresses (2)
1.3.101.110
1.3.101.112
Onion addresses (2)
hivecust6vhekztbqgdnkks64ucehqacge3dij3gyrrpdp57zoq3ooqd.onion
hiveleakdbtnp76ulyhi52eag6c6tyc3xw7ez7iqy6wc34gd2nekazyd.onion
URLs (3)
http://hivecust6vhekztbqgdnkks64ucehqacge3dij3gyrrpdp57zoq3ooqd.onion/
http://hiveleakdbtnp76ulyhi52eag6c6tyc3xw7ez7iqy6wc34gd2nekazyd.onion/
https://www.torproject.org/

Generated YARA rule

Drafted from this file's static analysis: strings the analyzer found (PDB path, embedded indicators, names, behaviour evidence), the imphash for PE files, and the exact SHA-256 as a fallback. Review and tune it before deploying.

IOC matches are re-checked against the database every time this page loads. YARA and static analysis ran once, when the file was first analysed (analyzer v6).

Only hash and embedded IOCs that Ransomware.live has published at TLP:CLEAR or TLP:GREEN are checked. "No match" does not mean the file is safe.