Changes its process name

Modifies Watchdog functionality

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

Enumerates active TCP sockets

Gets active TCP sockets from /proc virtual filesystem.

Enumerates running processes

Discovers information about currently running processes on the system

Reads system routing table

Gets active network interfaces from /proc virtual filesystem.

Writes file to system bin folder