General

  • Target
    ecco.mpsl.elf
  • Size 90KB
  • Sample251203-e93hbsvjhp
  • SHA256 cd82c602f8aab894ddc1c2a3c55976bbd4dcd8f69979abadaf62b48858a342da
  • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP

Malware Config

Targets

    • Target
      ecco.mpsl.elf
    • Size 90KB
    • SHA256 cd82c602f8aab894ddc1c2a3c55976bbd4dcd8f69979abadaf62b48858a342da
    • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP
    • Mirai

      Mirai is a prevalent Linux malware infecting exposed network devices.

    • Mirai family

    • Contacts a large (40746) amount of remote hosts

      This may indicate a network scan to discover remotely running services.

    • Creates a large amount of network flows

      This may indicate a network scan to discover remotely running services.

    • 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.

    • 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

    • Modifies init.d

      Adds/modifies system service, likely for persistence.

    • Modifies rc script

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

    • Writes file to system bin folder

    • UPX packed file

      Detects executables packed with UPX/modified UPX open source packer.

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16

Tasks