Executive Overview — What We’re Dealing With

This specimen has persisted long enough to matter. Human experts classified it as Malware, and the telemetry confirms a capable, evasive Trojan with real impact potential.

Extended Dwell Time Impact

For 17+ hours, this malware remained undetected — a half-day window that permitted the adversary to complete initial execution, establish basic persistence, and perform initial system enumeration.

Global Detection Posture — Who Caught It, Who Missed It

VirusTotal engines: 73. Detected as malicious: 55. Missed: 18. Coverage: 75.3%.

Why it matters: if any endpoint relies solely on a missed engine, this malware can operate with zero alerts. Prevention‑first controls close that gap regardless of signature lag.

Behavioral Storyline — How the Malware Operates

Dominant system-level operations (73.77% of behavior) suggest this malware performs deep system reconnaissance, privilege escalation, or core OS manipulation. It’s actively probing system defenses and attempting to gain administrative control.

MITRE ATT&CK Mapping

• T1071 – Yara detections observed in process dumps, payloads or dropped files
• T1071 – The PE file contains an overlay
• T1027 – The binary likely contains encrypted or compressed data
• T1027 – The binary contains an unknown PE section name indicative of packing
• T1027.002 – The binary likely contains encrypted or compressed data
• T1027.002 – The binary contains an unknown PE section name indicative of packing
• T1005 – Searches for sensitive FTP data
• T1005 – Searches for sensitive browser data
• T1005 – Searches for sensitive mail data
• T1005 – Reads sensitive mail data
• T1005 – Searches for sensitive application data
• T1006 – Accesses physical drive
• T1010 – Tries to detect virtual machine
• T1012 – Tries to detect virtual machine
• T1012 – Reads system data
• T1012 – Reads installed applications
• T1012 – Possibly does reconnaissance
• T1012 – Searches for sensitive mail data
• T1012 – Reads sensitive mail data
• T1012 – Searches for sensitive application data
• T1016 – Reads network adapter information
• T1016 – Combination of other detections shows configuration discovery
• T1027.002 – Creates a page with write and execute permissions
• T1027.002 – Resolves API functions dynamically
• T1027.002 – Overwrites code
• T1036.001 – Signed executable failed signature validation
• T1047 – Collects hardware properties
• T1047 – Collects BIOS properties
• T1047 – Executes WMI query
• T1053.005 – Schedules task
• T1053.005 – Schedules task via schtasks
• T1055 – Entry point injection
• T1055 – Writes into the memory of another process
• T1056 – Combination of other detections shows multiple input capture behaviors
• T1057 – Enumerates running processes
• T1059.003 – Deletes file after execution
• T1070.004 – Deletes file after execution
• T1071.001 – Downloads executable
• T1071.001 – Downloads file
• T1071.004 – Performs DNS request
• T1082 – Enumerates running processes
• T1082 – Collects hardware properties
• T1082 – Collects BIOS properties
• T1082 – Reads system data
• T1082 – Query CPU Properties
• T1082 – Reads installed applications
• T1082 – Combination of other detections shows configuration discovery
• T1083 – Searches for sensitive FTP data
• T1083 – Tries to detect virtual machine
• T1083 – Searches for sensitive browser data
• T1083 – Possibly does reconnaissance
• T1095 – Connects to remote host
• T1095 – Sets up server that accepts incoming connections
• T1105 – Downloads executable
• T1105 – Downloads file
• T1106 – Makes direct system call to possibly evade hooking based monitoring
• T1113 – Takes screenshot
• T1119 – Searches for sensitive FTP data
• T1119 – Searches for sensitive browser data
• T1119 – Searches for sensitive mail data
• T1119 – Reads sensitive mail data
• T1119 – Searches for sensitive application data
• T1119 – Combination of other detections shows multiple input capture behaviors
• T1134 – Enables critical process privileges
• T1134 – Enables process privileges
• T1497.001 – Tries to detect virtual machine
• T1497.001 – Tries to detect application sandbox
• T1552.001 – Searches for sensitive FTP data
• T1552.001 – Searches for sensitive browser data
• T1552.002 – Searches for sensitive mail data
• T1552.002 – Reads sensitive mail data
• T1552.002 – Searches for sensitive application data
• T1562.001 – Modifies native system functions
• T1564.003 – Creates process with hidden window
• T1571 – Tries to connect using an uncommon port
• T1198 – The binary has an Authenticode signature
• T1198 – The file have a Trusted Certificate
• T1045 – Manalize Local SandBox Packer Harvesting
• T1071 – Detected HTTP requests to some non white-listed domains
• T1027 – The binary presents some anomalies in its PE header and/or PE sections.
• T1010 – The binary presents some anomalies in its PE header and/or PE sections.
• T1083 – The binary presents some anomalies in its PE header and/or PE sections.
• T1082 – The binary presents some anomalies in its PE header and/or PE sections.
• T1129 – The binary presents some anomalies in its PE header and/or PE sections.
• T1222 – The binary presents some anomalies in its PE header and/or PE sections.
• T1059 – The binary presents some anomalies in its PE header and/or PE sections.
• T1027.009 – Drops interesting files and uses them
• T1116 – The binary has an invalid Authenticode signature.
• T1063 – It Tries to detect injection methods
• T1047 – Queries BIOS Information (via WMI, Win32_Bios)
• T1047 – Queries sensitive Operating System Information (via WMI, Win32_ComputerSystem, often done to detect virtual machines)
• T1548 – Found direct / indirect Syscall (likely to bypass EDR)
• T1497 – Queries sensitive Operating System Information (via WMI, Win32_ComputerSystem, often done to detect virtual machines)
• T1056 – Installs a raw input device (often for capturing keystrokes)
• T1056 – Sample has functionality to log and monitor keystrokes, analyze it with the keystroke simulation cookbook
• T1056 – Creates a DirectInput object (often for capturing keystrokes)
• T1518.001 – Switches to a customs stack to bypass stack traces
• T1518.001 – Queries sensitive Operating System Information (via WMI, Win32_ComputerSystem, often done to detect virtual machines)
• T1518.001 – Checks if the current machine is a virtual machine (disk enumeration)
• T1057 – Queries a list of all running processes
• T1082 – Switches to a customs stack to bypass stack traces
• T1082 – Queries BIOS Information (via WMI, Win32_Bios)
• T1082 – Queries sensitive Operating System Information (via WMI, Win32_ComputerSystem, often done to detect virtual machines)
• T1071 – C2 URLs / IPs found in malware configuration

Following the Trail — Network & DNS Activity

Outbound activity leans on reputable infrastructure (e.g., CDNs, cloud endpoints) to blend in. TLS sessions and
HTTP calls show routine beaconing and IP‑lookup behavior that can masquerade as normal browsing.

Hunting tip: alert on unknown binaries initiating TLS to IP‑lookup services or unusual CDN endpoints — especially early in execution.