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: 72. Detected as malicious: 41. Missed: 31. Coverage: 56.9%.

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 (51.26% 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

• T1129 – link function at runtime on Windows
• T1012 – query or enumerate registry key
• T1529 – shutdown system
• T1115 – open clipboard
• T1547.009 – create shortcut via IShellLink
• T1070.004 – self delete
• T1027 – encode data using XOR
• T1083 – enumerate files on Windows
• T1083 – get common file path
• T1083 – get file size
• T1059 – accept command line arguments
• T1056.001 – log keystrokes via polling
• T1112 – delete registry value
• T1125 – capture webcam image
• T1012 – query or enumerate registry value
• T1083 – check if file exists
• T1010 – find graphical window
• T1083 – enumerate files recursively
• T1083 – get file version info
• T1082 – get disk size
• T1222 – set file attributes
• T1129 – link many functions at runtime
• T1082 – query environment variable
• T1083 – get file system object information
• T1112 – delete registry key
• T1202 – Uses Windows utilities for basic functionality
• T1202 – Uses suspicious command line tools or Windows utilities
• T1497 – Detects the presence of Windows Defender AV emulator via files
• T1027 – The binary likely contains encrypted or compressed data
• T1027.002 – The binary likely contains encrypted or compressed data
• T1082 – Checks available memory
• T1083 – Detects the presence of Windows Defender AV emulator via files
• T1057 – Detects the presence of Windows Defender AV emulator via files
• T1057 – Uses Windows utilities to enumerate running processes
• T1057 – Enumerates running processes
• T1057 – Expresses interest in specific running processes
• T1518 – Detects the presence of Windows Defender AV emulator via files
• T1071 – The PE file contains an overlay
• T1071 – Attempts to connect to a dead IP:Port
• T1071 – Yara detections observed in process dumps, payloads or dropped files
• T1071 – Reads data out of its own binary image
• T1071 – Resolves a suspicious Top Level Domain (TLD)
• T1573 – Establishes an encrypted HTTPS connection
• T1485 – Anomalous file deletion behavior detected (10+)
• T1129 – The process attempted to dynamically load a malicious function
• T1129 – The process tried to load dynamically one or more functions.
• T1140 – Detected an attempt to pull out some data from the binary image
• T1045 – Manalize Local SandBox Packer Harvesting
• T1082 – Queries for the computername
• T1027.009 – Drops interesting files and uses them
• T1063 – It Tries to detect injection methods
• T1047 – Queries process information (via WMI, Win32_Process)
• T1055 – May try to detect the Windows Explorer process (often used for injection)
• T1036 – Creates files inside the system directory
• T1036 – Drops PE files with a suspicious file extension
• T1497 – May sleep (evasive loops) to hinder dynamic analysis
• T1027.002 – PE file has section (not .text) which is very likely to contain packed code (zlib compression ratio < 0.011)
• T1057 – May try to detect the Windows Explorer process (often used for injection)
• T1057 – Queries a list of all running processes
• T1057 – Uses tasklist.exe to query information about running processes
• T1083 – Reads ini files
• T1083 – Enumerates the file system
• T1082 – Queries process information (via WMI, Win32_Process)

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.