File and Directory Permissions Modification

Adversaries may modify file or directory permissions to evade defenses.

Cryptocurrency Miner

Makes network request to known mining pool URL.

Contacts third-party web service commonly abused for C2

Legitimate web (hosting) services can be abused by malware authors to host malware or C2s.

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 running processes

Discovers information about currently running processes on the system

Modifies systemd

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

Modifies Bash startup script