Deletes itself

Executes dropped EXE

Modifies Watchdog functionality

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

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 systemd

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

Reads MAC address of network interface

Fetches the MAC address of active network interfaces. May be used to detect known values for hypervisors.

Reads hardware information

Accesses system info like serial numbers, manufacturer names etc.

Removes the immutable protection flag from a file

Uses chattr to remove the immutable flag from a file, allowing previously write-protected files to be modified or deleted.

Write file to user bin folder

UPX packed file

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