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 1+ hours, this malware remained undetected — a limited but sufficient window for the adversary to complete initial execution and establish basic system access.

Global Detection Posture — Who Caught It, Who Missed It

VirusTotal engines: 72. Detected as malicious: 54. Missed: 18. Coverage: 75.0%.

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.

MITRE ATT&CK Mapping

• T1083 – check if file exists
• T1497.001 – reference anti-VM strings targeting VirtualBox
• T1033 – get session user name
• T1087 – get session user name
• T1083 – get common file path
• T1497.001 – reference anti-VM strings targeting VMWare
• T1112 – delete registry value
• T1083 – check if directory exists
• T1082 – query environment variable
• T1033 – get session integrity level
• T1057 – enumerate processes
• T1518 – enumerate processes
• T1222 – set file attributes
• T1012 – query or enumerate registry key
• T1012 – query or enumerate registry value
• T1560.002 – compress data using GZip in .NET
• T1027 – The binary likely contains encrypted or compressed data
• T1027.002 – The binary likely contains encrypted or compressed data
• T1082 – Checks available memory
• T1071 – Looks up the external IP address
• T1071 – Reads from the memory of another process
• T1071 – HTTP traffic contains suspicious features which may be indicative of malware related traffic
• T1106 – Guard pages use detected – possible anti-debugging.
• T1047 – Queries sensitive Operating System Information (via WMI, Win32_ComputerSystem, often done to detect virtual machines)
• T1542.003 – May use bcdedit to modify the Windows boot settings
• T1036 – Creates files with lurking names (e.g. Crack.exe)
• T1497 – Allocates memory with a write watch (potentially for evading sandboxes)
• T1497 – Checks if the current process is being debugged
• T1497 – Queries sensitive Operating System Information (via WMI, Win32_ComputerSystem, often done to detect virtual machines)
• T1562.001 – Creates guard pages, often used to prevent reverse engineering and debugging
• T1518.001 – Checks if the current process is being debugged
• T1518.001 – Queries sensitive Operating System Information (via WMI, Win32_ComputerSystem, often done to detect virtual machines)
• T1518.001 – Check if machine is in data center or colocation facility
• T1016 – Checks the online ip address of the machine
• T1082 – Queries the volume information (name, serial number etc) of a device
• T1082 – Queries the cryptographic machine GUID
• T1082 – Queries sensitive Operating System Information (via WMI, Win32_ComputerSystem, often done to detect virtual machines)
• T1105 – Downloads files from webservers via HTTP
• T1095 – Downloads files from webservers via HTTP
• T1071 – Downloads files from webservers via HTTP

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.