15aed5c2e633765fabcd4d59955bfb04011391c351d0e746a89c8dd9624e20d8

Analysis

max time kernel
150s
max time network
144s
platform
debian-12_mipsel
resource
debian12-mipsel-20260513-en
resource tags

arch:mipselimage:debian12-mipsel-20260513-enkernel:6.1.0-17-4kc-maltalocale:en-usos:debian-12-mipselsystem
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28/10/2026, 15:20

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Target
akuma.mpsl.elf
Size 597KB
Sample261028-sq122sstdw
SHA256 15aed5c2e633765fabcd4d59955bfb04011391c351d0e746a89c8dd9624e20d8
MD5 7be320ded3508bd1266a7077b1ca4fce
SHA1 3dc9bf4532a9b471e18f2dd2264b0e495d6a5778
SHA512 0b394d2726c2cc52d006a51dda87494e70f403c9e92ed1ac484172dc11d7dbccb752c34754afbc51a8fdbf0a489e80f6fed05560a5ccb270b45b9041487cbb7f
SSDEEP 12288:QS5tiHeql9Prj105K3J/Ao0/QVFCcT8HamfIDaw4QTptEu0Y/0K46csGPgndi:QEtOi5o0/QVFCcT8HNe/tKP00gJd
TLSH
T1CBD46D07AF450EDBC8ABCC3B066D5B5B24CD949363A526353538DE197E0DA0E4EA3C78
MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

Score

6^/10

credential_access discovery persistence privilege_escalation

Malware Config

Signatures

Enumerates active TCP sockets 1 TTPs 1 IoCs

Gets active TCP sockets from /proc virtual filesystem.

discovery

System Network Connections Discovery

T1049

description	ioc	Process
File opened for reading	/proc/net/tcp	akuma.mpsl.elf

Enumerates running processes
Discovers information about currently running processes on the system

Modifies init.d 2 TTPs 1 IoCs

Adds/modifies system service, likely for persistence.

persistence

Boot or Logon Autostart Execution

T1547

RC Scripts

T1037.004

description	ioc	Process
File opened for modification	/etc/init.d/systemd-network-helper	akuma.mpsl.elf

Modifies systemd 2 TTPs 1 IoCs

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

persistence privilege_escalation

XDG Autostart Entries

T1547.013

Systemd Service

T1543.002

description	ioc	Process
File opened for modification	/etc/systemd/system/systemd-network-helper.service	akuma.mpsl.elf

Reads process memory 1 TTPs 8 IoCs

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

credential_access

Proc Filesystem

T1003.007

description	ioc	Process
File opened for reading	/proc/661/maps	akuma.mpsl.elf
File opened for reading	/proc/678/maps	akuma.mpsl.elf
File opened for reading	/proc/795/maps	akuma.mpsl.elf
File opened for reading	/proc/814/maps	akuma.mpsl.elf
File opened for reading	/proc/902/maps	akuma.mpsl.elf
File opened for reading	/proc/781/maps	akuma.mpsl.elf
File opened for reading	/proc/796/maps	akuma.mpsl.elf
File opened for reading	/proc/857/maps	akuma.mpsl.elf

Changes its process name 6 IoCs

description	ioc	pid	Process
Changes the process name, possibly in an attempt to hide itself	(sysv-install)	861	systemctl
Changes the process name, possibly in an attempt to hide itself	systemd-journald	909	akuma.mpsl.elf
Changes the process name, possibly in an attempt to hide itself	kworker/0:1	910	akuma.mpsl.elf
Changes the process name, possibly in an attempt to hide itself	kworker/1:2	911	akuma.mpsl.elf
Changes the process name, possibly in an attempt to hide itself	kworker/1:2	911	akuma.mpsl.elf
Changes the process name, possibly in an attempt to hide itself	kworker/0:1	910	akuma.mpsl.elf

Reads system network configuration 1 TTPs 2 IoCs

Uses contents of /proc filesystem to enumerate network settings.

discovery

Internet Connection Discovery

T1016.001

description	ioc	Process
File opened for reading	/proc/net/tcp	akuma.mpsl.elf
File opened for reading	/proc/net/tcp6	akuma.mpsl.elf

Reads runtime system information 64 IoCs

Reads data from /proc virtual filesystem.

discovery

description	ioc	Process
File opened for reading	/proc/379/comm	akuma.mpsl.elf
File opened for reading	/proc/795/comm	akuma.mpsl.elf
File opened for reading	/proc/136/cmdline	akuma.mpsl.elf
File opened for reading	/proc/387/cmdline	akuma.mpsl.elf
File opened for reading	/proc/391/cmdline	akuma.mpsl.elf
File opened for reading	/proc/677/cmdline	akuma.mpsl.elf
File opened for reading	/proc/678/cmdline	akuma.mpsl.elf
File opened for reading	/proc/857/cmdline	akuma.mpsl.elf
File opened for reading	/proc/678/comm	akuma.mpsl.elf
File opened for reading	/proc/110/cmdline	akuma.mpsl.elf
File opened for reading	/proc/417/cmdline	akuma.mpsl.elf
File opened for reading	/proc/661/cmdline	akuma.mpsl.elf
File opened for reading	/proc/755/cmdline	akuma.mpsl.elf
File opened for reading	/proc/814/cmdline	akuma.mpsl.elf
File opened for reading	/proc/369/comm	akuma.mpsl.elf
File opened for reading	/proc/755/comm	akuma.mpsl.elf
File opened for reading	/proc/857/comm	akuma.mpsl.elf
File opened for reading	/proc/meminfo	akuma.mpsl.elf
File opened for reading	/proc/781/comm	akuma.mpsl.elf
File opened for reading	/proc/113/cmdline	akuma.mpsl.elf
File opened for reading	/proc/379/cmdline	akuma.mpsl.elf
File opened for reading	/proc/393/cmdline	akuma.mpsl.elf
File opened for reading	/proc/137/comm	akuma.mpsl.elf
File opened for reading	/proc/372/comm	akuma.mpsl.elf
File opened for reading	/proc/417/comm	akuma.mpsl.elf
File opened for reading	/proc/697/comm	akuma.mpsl.elf
File opened for reading	/proc/796/comm	akuma.mpsl.elf
File opened for reading	/proc/781/cmdline	akuma.mpsl.elf
File opened for reading	/proc/796/cmdline	akuma.mpsl.elf
File opened for reading	/proc/filesystems	systemctl
File opened for reading	/proc/113/comm	akuma.mpsl.elf
File opened for reading	/proc/201/comm	akuma.mpsl.elf
File opened for reading	/proc/703/comm	akuma.mpsl.elf
File opened for reading	/proc/811/comm	akuma.mpsl.elf
File opened for reading	/proc/814/comm	akuma.mpsl.elf
File opened for reading	/proc/137/cmdline	akuma.mpsl.elf
File opened for reading	/proc/180/cmdline	akuma.mpsl.elf
File opened for reading	/proc/661/comm	akuma.mpsl.elf
File opened for reading	/proc/259/cmdline	akuma.mpsl.elf
File opened for reading	/proc/372/cmdline	akuma.mpsl.elf
File opened for reading	/proc/384/cmdline	akuma.mpsl.elf
File opened for reading	/proc/902/cmdline	akuma.mpsl.elf
File opened for reading	/proc/filesystems	systemctl
File opened for reading	/proc/111/comm	akuma.mpsl.elf
File opened for reading	/proc/384/comm	akuma.mpsl.elf
File opened for reading	/proc/387/comm	akuma.mpsl.elf
File opened for reading	/proc/393/comm	akuma.mpsl.elf
File opened for reading	/proc/871/cmdline	akuma.mpsl.elf
File opened for reading	/proc/136/comm	akuma.mpsl.elf
File opened for reading	/proc/180/comm	akuma.mpsl.elf
File opened for reading	/proc/369/cmdline	akuma.mpsl.elf
File opened for reading	/proc/776/cmdline	akuma.mpsl.elf
File opened for reading	/proc/112/cmdline	akuma.mpsl.elf
File opened for reading	/proc/811/cmdline	akuma.mpsl.elf
File opened for reading	/proc/filesystems	systemctl
File opened for reading	/proc/259/comm	akuma.mpsl.elf
File opened for reading	/proc/703/cmdline	akuma.mpsl.elf
File opened for reading	/proc/391/comm	akuma.mpsl.elf
File opened for reading	/proc/776/comm	akuma.mpsl.elf
File opened for reading	/proc/871/comm	akuma.mpsl.elf
File opened for reading	/proc/697/cmdline	akuma.mpsl.elf
File opened for reading	/proc/sys/fs/nr_open	systemctl
File opened for reading	/proc/112/comm	akuma.mpsl.elf
File opened for reading	/proc/677/comm	akuma.mpsl.elf

/tmp/akuma.mpsl.elf
/tmp/akuma.mpsl.elf
1⤵
- Modifies init.d
- Modifies systemd
PID:805
- /bin/sh
  sh -c "nvram get rc_startup >/dev/null 2>&1"
  2⤵
  PID:808
- /bin/sh
  sh -c "systemctl daemon-reload >/dev/null 2>&1"
  2⤵
  PID:810
- - /usr/bin/systemctl
    systemctl daemon-reload
    3⤵
    - Reads runtime system information
    PID:813
- /bin/sh
  sh -c "systemctl enable systemd-network-helper.service >/dev/null 2>&1"
  2⤵
  PID:858
- - /usr/bin/systemctl
    systemctl enable systemd-network-helper.service
    3⤵
    - Changes its process name
    - Reads runtime system information
    PID:859
  - - /lib/systemd/systemd-sysv-install
      /lib/systemd/systemd-sysv-install enable systemd-network-helper
      4⤵
      PID:861
    - - /usr/bin/getopt
        
        getopt -o r: --long root: -- enable systemd-network-helper
        5⤵
        
        PID:862
    - - /usr/sbin/update-rc.d
        
        /usr/sbin/update-rc.d systemd-network-helper defaults
        5⤵
        
        PID:863
      - /usr/local/sbin/systemctl
        
        systemctl daemon-reload
        6⤵
        
        PID:868
      - /usr/local/bin/systemctl
        
        systemctl daemon-reload
        6⤵
        
        PID:868
      - /usr/sbin/systemctl
        
        systemctl daemon-reload
        6⤵
        
        PID:868
      - /usr/bin/systemctl
        
        systemctl daemon-reload
        6⤵
        Reads runtime system information
        
        PID:868
    - - /usr/sbin/update-rc.d
        
        /usr/sbin/update-rc.d systemd-network-helper enable
        5⤵
        
        PID:907
- /tmp/akuma.mpsl.elf
  systemd-journald
  2⤵
  - Changes its process name
  - Reads runtime system information
  PID:909
- /tmp/akuma.mpsl.elf
  kworker/0:1
  2⤵
  - Enumerates active TCP sockets
  - Reads process memory
  - Changes its process name
  - Reads system network configuration
  - Reads runtime system information
  PID:910
- /tmp/akuma.mpsl.elf
  kworker/1:2
  2⤵
  - Changes its process name
  PID:911

Network

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16

Reconnaissance

Resource Development

Initial Access

Execution

Persistence

Boot or Logon Autostart Execution

T1547

XDG Autostart Entries

T1547.013

Boot or Logon Initialization Scripts

T1037

RC Scripts

T1037.004

Create or Modify System Process

T1543

Systemd Service

T1543.002

Privilege Escalation

Boot or Logon Autostart Execution

T1547

XDG Autostart Entries

T1547.013

Boot or Logon Initialization Scripts

T1037

RC Scripts

T1037.004

Create or Modify System Process

T1543

Systemd Service

T1543.002

Defense Evasion

Credential Access

OS Credential Dumping

T1003

Proc Filesystem

T1003.007

Discovery

System Network Configuration Discovery

T1016

Internet Connection Discovery

T1016.001

System Network Connections Discovery

T1049

Lateral Movement

Collection

Command and Control

Exfiltration

Impact

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systemd-network-helper

Path /etc/init.d/systemd-network-helper
Size 597KB
SHA256 15aed5c2e633765fabcd4d59955bfb04011391c351d0e746a89c8dd9624e20d8
MD5 7be320ded3508bd1266a7077b1ca4fce
SHA1 3dc9bf4532a9b471e18f2dd2264b0e495d6a5778
SHA512 0b394d2726c2cc52d006a51dda87494e70f403c9e92ed1ac484172dc11d7dbccb752c34754afbc51a8fdbf0a489e80f6fed05560a5ccb270b45b9041487cbb7f
SSDEEP 12288:QS5tiHeql9Prj105K3J/Ao0/QVFCcT8HamfIDaw4QTptEu0Y/0K46csGPgndi:QEtOi5o0/QVFCcT8HNe/tKP00gJd
TLSH
T1CBD46D07AF450EDBC8ABCC3B066D5B5B24CD949363A526353538DE197E0DA0E4EA3C78
MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

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systemd-network-helper.service

Path /etc/systemd/system/systemd-network-helper.service
Size 179B
SHA256 ed08f049d80f104e40cf557edff663fbd20bf854ffb605373a80575797083bdd
MD5 259d63812b96eb472c72cf57021e1e5a
SHA1 7e52f19cd771c82153e29df20c9ec304498fb62b
SHA512 bee13f70a1ac8aa0d553bff0484b82403d67c88eafcafda556babbc81ddcecb209c64a25e6b1c424edeff1234352e9cd87466d4ff899e6f65417d52b1f8535eb
TLSH
T1DEC02212A21150E100092C608FA76B009920004027CBA2B90BD0198684D128204348AC
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Network

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16

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