MYRA RAT Persistence via LD_PRELOAD, Cron, and /etc/profile.d Shell Hook

Ibrahim Saud@tektrix

•updated Jun 27, 2026•0•0•1

Detects persistence mechanisms associated with the MYRA Linux RAT, including LD_PRELOAD hijacking for shared library redirection, malicious cron job creation with specific scheduling (13-minute intervals), and unauthorized modifications to profile.d scripts to execute malicious code.