Deletes system logs

Deletes log file which contains global system messages. Adversaries may delete system logs to minimize their footprint.

Modifies Watchdog functionality

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

Renames itself

Unexpected DNS network traffic destination

Network traffic to other servers than the configured DNS servers was detected on the DNS port.

Deletes log files

Deletes log files on the 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 process memory

Read the memory of a process through the /proc virtual filesystem. This can be used to steal credentials.