Renames itself

Checks hardware identifiers (DMI)

Checks DMI information which indicate if the system is a virtual machine.

Creates/modifies Cron job

Cron allows running tasks on a schedule, and is commonly used for malware persistence.

Enumerates running processes

Discovers information about currently running processes on the system

Reads MAC address of network interface

Fetches the MAC address of active network interfaces. May be used to detect known values for hypervisors.

Reads hardware information

Accesses system info like serial numbers, manufacturer names etc.