Analyzing Linux Persistence

Linux persistence mechanisms are spread across dozens of locations that no single tool checks comprehensively. The attacker needs only one you miss. The work is a systematic sweep of every initialization path the kernel and userspace honor, in a sequence that catches the common before the exotic.

When to Use

• Investigating a compromised Linux host to find how the attacker kept access
• Forensic analysis of a Linux disk image or live system
• Looking for backdoors, unauthorized services, or rogue scheduled tasks
• Determining the full scope of attacker modifications during IR
• Validating that eradication removed every persistence mechanism

When NOT to Use