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: 49. Missed: 24. Coverage: 67.1%.

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

Intensive file system activity (46.85% of behavior) indicates data harvesting, file encryption, or dropper behavior. The threat is actively searching for and manipulating files across the system.

MITRE ATT&CK Mapping

• T1134 – modify access privileges
• T1082 – query environment variable
• T1129 – access PEB ldr_data
• T1082 – get system information on Windows
• T1129 – link function at runtime on Windows
• T1012 – query or enumerate registry value
• T1082 – get memory capacity
• T1129 – parse PE header
• T1614 – get geographical location
• T1129 – link many functions at runtime
• T1027 – reference Base64 string
• T1082 – get number of processors
• T1033 – Collects and encrypts information about the computer likely to send to C2 server
• T1082 – Checks available memory
• T1057 – Enumerates the modules from a process (may be used to locate base addresses in process injection)
• T1547 – Installs itself for autorun at Windows startup
• T1547.001 – Installs itself for autorun at Windows startup
• T1055 – Writes to the memory another process
• T1055 – Writes an executable to the memory of another process
• T1112 – Installs itself for autorun at Windows startup
• 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
• T1071 – Reads from the memory of another process
• T1071 – At least one IP Address, Domain, or File Name was found in a crypto call
• T1071 – The PE file contains an overlay
• T1071 – Yara detections observed in process dumps, payloads or dropped files
• T1071 – Attempts to connect to a dead IP:Port
• T1106 – Guard pages use detected – possible anti-debugging.
• T1005 – Attempts to access Bitcoin/ALTCoin wallets
• T1560 – Collects and encrypts information about the computer likely to send to C2 server
• T1027.002 – Creates a page with write and execute permissions
• T1027.002 – Resolves API functions dynamically
• T1036 – Changes folder appearance
• T1055 – Writes into the memory of another process
• T1055.012 – Process Hollowing
• T1112 – Installs system startup script or application
• T1129 – Loads a dropped DLL
• T1547.001 – Installs system startup script or application
• T1564.003 – Creates process with hidden window
• T1129 – The process tried to load dynamically one or more functions.
• T1063 – It Tries to detect injection methods
• T1036 – Drops PE files with benign system names
• T1036 – Drops PE files with a suspicious file extension
• T1036 – Creates files inside the user directory
• T1036 – Drops files with a non matching file extension (content does not match to file extension)
• T1218.011 – Runs a DLL by calling functions
• T1070.006 – Binary contains a suspicious time stamp

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.