Systemd Service (T1501)

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Technique & Subtechniques

  • Systemd Service

Associated Tactics

  • Persistence

Persistence (TA0003)

The adversary is trying to maintain their foothold. Persistence consists of techniques that adversaries use to keep access to systems across restarts, changed credentials, and other interruptions that could cut off their access. Techniques used for persistence include any access, action, or configuration changes that let them maintain their foothold on systems, such as replacing or hijacking legitimate code or adding startup code.

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Procedure Examples

Description Source(s)
Linux man-pages. (2014, January). systemd(1) - Linux manual page. Retrieved April 23, 2019. Linux man-pages: systemd January 2014
Freedesktop.org. (2018, September 29). systemd System and Service Manager. Retrieved April 23, 2019. Freedesktop.org Linux systemd 29SEP2018
Anomali Labs. (2019, March 15). Rocke Evolves Its Arsenal With a New Malware Family Written in Golang. Retrieved April 24, 2019. Anomali Rocke March 2019
Catalin Cimpanu. (2018, July 10). ~x file downloaded in public Arch package compromise. Retrieved April 23, 2019. gist Arch package compromise 10JUL2018
Catalin Cimpanu. (2018, July 10). Malware Found in Arch Linux AUR Package Repository. Retrieved April 23, 2019. Arch Linux Package Systemd Compromise BleepingComputer 10JUL2018
Eli Schwartz. (2018, June 8). acroread package compromised. Retrieved April 23, 2019. acroread package compromised Arch Linux Mail 8JUL2018
Rapid7. (2016, June 22). Service Persistence. Retrieved April 23, 2019. Rapid7 Service Persistence 22JUNE2016