General

  • Target
    a-r.m-6.Sakura.elf
  • Size 290KB
  • Sample250628-txem3axwew
  • SHA256 04836eb5ae02af23228dce6fcf4bc89e260a06564dcfd05aa2eb0706e71d9394
  • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP

Malware Config

Extracted

Family
  • gafgyt

C2
  • 239.255.255.250:1900

Targets

    • Target
      a-r.m-6.Sakura.elf
    • Size 290KB
    • SHA256 04836eb5ae02af23228dce6fcf4bc89e260a06564dcfd05aa2eb0706e71d9394
    • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP
    • Detected Gafgyt variant

    • Gafgyt family

    • Gafgyt/Bashlite

      IoT botnet with numerous variants first seen in 2014.

    • File and Directory Permissions Modification

      Adversaries may modify file or directory permissions to evade defenses.

    • Modifies Watchdog functionality

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

    • OS Credential Dumping

      Adversaries may attempt to dump credentials to use it in password cracking.

    • Unexpected DNS network traffic destination

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

    • Writes DNS configuration

      Writes data to DNS resolver config file.

    • Creates/modifies environment variables

      Creating/modifying environment variables is a common persistence mechanism.

    • Enumerates running processes

      Discovers information about currently running processes on the system

    • Modifies systemd

      Adds/ modifies systemd service files. Likely to achieve persistence.

    • Reads system routing table

      Gets active network interfaces from /proc virtual filesystem.

    • Write file to user bin folder

    • Writes file to system bin folder

    • Modifies Bash startup script

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16

Tasks