Attacks with Pumakit commence with the deployment of the cron dropper, which executes the '/memfd:tgt' and '/memfd:wpn' payloads, with the former eventually launching the 'puma.ko' LKM rootkit module that loads only after ensuring secure boot status and performing kernel symbol scanning.
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