Intrusion PreventionGafgyt.Botnet
Description
This indicates that a system might be infected by Gafgyt botnet All botnet signatures from FortiOS 5.6 onwards are under IPS, and have their default action set to "Block".
Affected Products
Any unprotected Internet device is vulnerable to the attack.
Impact
System Compromise: Remote attackers can gain control of infected devices.
Recommended Actions
If required, the signature's action can be set to "Block".
Please use Anti-Virus software to scan and clean the infected devices.
Coverage
| IPS (Regular DB) | |
| IPS (Extended DB) |
| ID | 43593 |
| Created | Feb 07, 2017 |
| Updated | Nov 10, 2025 |
| Risk |
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| Default Action | drop |
| Active | |
| Affected OS | Linux |
| Affected App | Other |
| Profile Type | Malware |