Mirai

Mirai is a prevalent Linux malware infecting exposed network devices.

Contacts a large (184714) amount of remote hosts

This may indicate a network scan to discover remotely running services.

Creates a large amount of network flows

This may indicate a network scan to discover remotely running services.

Modifies the Watchdog daemon

Malware like Mirai modify the Watchdog to prevent it restarting an infected system.

Writes file to system bin folder