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: 54. Missed: 19. Coverage: 74.0%.

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 (73.28% 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

• T1003 – Steals private information from local Internet browsers
• T1539 – Touches a file containing cookies, possibly for information gathering
• T1555 – Steals private information from local Internet browsers
• T1552 – Steals private information from local Internet browsers
• T1555.003 – Steals private information from local Internet browsers
• T1552.001 – Steals private information from local Internet browsers
• T1202 – Uses Windows utilities for basic functionality
• T1562 – Attempts to modify Windows Defender using PowerShell
• T1064 – A scripting utility was executed
• T1562.001 – Attempts to modify Windows Defender using PowerShell
• T1027 – The binary contains an unknown PE section name indicative of packing
• T1027 – The binary likely contains encrypted or compressed data
• T1027.002 – The binary contains an unknown PE section name indicative of packing
• T1027.002 – The binary likely contains encrypted or compressed data
• T1082 – Checks available memory
• T1071 – At least one IP Address, Domain, or File Name was found in a crypto call
• T1071 – Resolves a suspicious Top Level Domain (TLD)
• T1071 – HTTP traffic contains suspicious features which may be indicative of malware related traffic
• T1071 – Yara detections observed in process dumps, payloads or dropped files
• T1071 – Attempts to connect to a dead IP:Port
• T1071 – Reads data out of its own binary image
• T1071 – A process attempted to delay the analysis task.
• T1106 – Guard pages use detected – possible anti-debugging.
• T1059 – A scripting utility was executed
• T1059 – Attempts to modify Windows Defender using PowerShell
• T1005 – Attempts to access Bitcoin/ALTCoin wallets
• T1005 – Steals private information from local Internet browsers
• T1005 – Searches for sensitive browser data
• T1012 – Possibly does reconnaissance
• T1027.002 – Creates a page with write and execute permissions
• T1027.002 – Resolves API functions dynamically
• T1053.005 – Schedules task
• T1057 – Enumerates running processes
• T1071.004 – Performs DNS request
• T1082 – Query OS Information
• T1082 – Enumerates running processes
• T1083 – Searches for sensitive browser data
• T1095 – Connects to remote host
• T1119 – Searches for sensitive browser data
• T1124 – Tries to detect analyzer sandbox
• T1497.003 – Delays execution
• T1497.003 – Tries to detect analyzer sandbox
• T1552.001 – Searches for sensitive browser data
• T1559.001 – Schedules task
• T1562.001 – Modifies Windows Defender configuration
• T1564.003 – Creates process with hidden window
• T1564.003 – Query OS Information
• T1592.002 – query blbeacon for getting browser version
• T1064 – Executes batch files
• T1047 – Queries sensitive processor information (via WMI, Win32_Processor, often done to detect virtual machines)
• T1047 – Writes or reads registry keys via WMI
• T1047 – Queries BIOS Information (via WMI, Win32_Bios)
• T1047 – Queries sensitive Operating System Information (via WMI, Win32_ComputerSystem, often done to detect virtual machines)
• T1047 – Queries process information (via WMI, Win32_Process)
• T1047 – Queries sensitive network adapter information (via WMI, Win32_NetworkAdapter, often done to detect virtual machines)
• T1053 – Creates COM task schedule object (often to register a task for autostart)
• T1036 – Creates files inside the system directory
• T1036 – Creates files in the system32 config directory
• T1036 – Creates files inside the user directory
• T1562.001 – Adds a directory exclusion to Windows Defender
• T1497 – Queries sensitive processor information (via WMI, Win32_Processor, often done to detect virtual machines)
• T1497 – Queries sensitive Operating System Information (via WMI, Win32_ComputerSystem, often done to detect virtual machines)
• T1497 – Queries disk information (often used to detect virtual machines)
• T1497 – May sleep (evasive loops) to hinder dynamic analysis
• T1497 – Queries sensitive network adapter information (via WMI, Win32_NetworkAdapter, often done to detect virtual machines)
• T1497 – Contains capabilities to detect virtual machines
• T1003 – Tries to harvest and steal browser information (history, passwords, etc)
• T1518.001 – Queries sensitive processor information (via WMI, Win32_Processor, often done to detect virtual machines)
• T1518.001 – Queries sensitive Operating System Information (via WMI, Win32_ComputerSystem, often done to detect virtual machines)
• T1518.001 – Queries disk information (often used to detect virtual machines)
• T1518.001 – Queries sensitive network adapter information (via WMI, Win32_NetworkAdapter, often done to detect virtual machines)
• T1518.001 – Contains capabilities to detect virtual machines
• T1057 – Queries a list of all running processes
• T1082 – Queries BIOS Information (via WMI, Win32_Bios)
• T1082 – Queries sensitive Operating System Information (via WMI, Win32_ComputerSystem, often done to detect virtual machines)
• T1082 – Queries process information (via WMI, Win32_Process)
• T1082 – Queries disk information (often used to detect virtual machines)
• T1082 – Queries the volume information (name, serial number etc) of a device
• T1082 – Uses systeminfo.exe to query system information
• T1005 – Tries to harvest and steal browser information (history, passwords, etc)
• T1573 – Uses HTTPS
• T1105 – Downloads files from webservers via HTTP
• T1095 – Downloads files from webservers via HTTP
• T1095 – Posts data to webserver
• T1071 – Downloads files from webservers via HTTP
• T1071 – Posts data to webserver
• T1071 – Uses HTTPS

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.