General

  • Target
    morte.i686
  • Size 77KB
  • Sample261007-w57d6ac16t
  • SHA256 0b667fe4fc990f75d0ff341a3a8c0a6a8939006cbf74d1250e536dcaa020e262
  • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

Malware Config

Targets

    • Target
      morte.i686
    • Size 77KB
    • SHA256 0b667fe4fc990f75d0ff341a3a8c0a6a8939006cbf74d1250e536dcaa020e262
    • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH
    • Family: Mirai

      Mirai is a prevalent Linux malware infecting exposed network devices.

    • Deletes Audit logs

      Deletes logs related to the Linux Audit framework.

    • Deletes journal logs

      Deletes systemd journal logs. Likely to evade detection.

    • Deletes system logs

      Deletes log file which contains global system messages. Adversaries may delete system logs to minimize their footprint.

    • 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 rc script

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

    • Writes file to system bin folder

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16

Tasks