Outbound SSH connection to public host

SSH is used for remote access. This may indicate SSH host discovery, encrypted C2 traffic, or data exfiltration.

Creates a large amount of network flows

This may indicate a network scan to discover remotely running services.

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.

Modifies init.d

Adds/modifies system service, likely for persistence.

Modifies rc script

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

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 system routing table

Gets active network interfaces from /proc virtual filesystem.

Modifies Bash startup script