File and Directory Permissions Modification

Adversaries may modify file or directory permissions to evade defenses.

Executes dropped EXE

Unexpected DNS network traffic destination

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

Checks SCSI settings

Checks list of SCSI devices which may be used to detect VMware or VirtualBox.

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

Modifies systemd

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

Write file to user bin folder

Writes file to system bin folder

Reads process memory

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