Deletes Audit logs

Deletes logs related to the Linux Audit framework.

Deletes journal logs

Deletes systemd journal logs. Likely to evade detection.

Modifies Watchdog functionality

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

Checks mountinfo of local process

Checks mountinfo of running processes which indicate if it is running in chroot jail.

Creates/modifies Cron job

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

Creates/modifies environment variables

Creating/modifying environment variables is a common persistence mechanism.

Enumerates active TCP sockets

Gets active TCP sockets from /proc virtual filesystem.

Enumerates running processes

Discovers information about currently running processes on the system

Modifies rc script

Adding/modifying system rc scripts is a common persistence mechanism.

Reads list of loaded kernel modules

Reads the list of currently loaded kernel modules, possibly to detect virtual environments.

Write file to user bin folder

Writes file to system bin folder

Modifies Bash startup script

Reads process memory

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