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: 71. Detected as malicious: 54. Missed: 17. Coverage: 76.1%.

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 (63.22% 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

• T1082 – query environment variable
• T1497.001 – reference anti-VM strings targeting Xen
• T1033 – Collects and encrypts information about the computer likely to send to C2 server
• T1082 – Checks available memory
• T1129 – Drops a binary and executes it
• T1106 – Guard pages use detected – possible anti-debugging.
• T1059 – Executed a very long command line or script command which may be indicative of chained commands or obfuscation
• T1059 – Attempts to execute suspicious powershell command arguments
• T1059 – A scripting utility was executed
• T1059 – A script or command line contains a long continuous string indicative of obfuscation
• T1064 – Attempts to execute suspicious powershell command arguments
• T1064 – A scripting utility was executed
• T1059.001 – Attempts to execute suspicious powershell command arguments
• T1539 – Touches a file containing cookies, possibly for information gathering
• T1564 – A process created a hidden window
• T1027 – The binary likely contains encrypted or compressed data
• T1564.003 – A process created a hidden window
• T1027.002 – The binary likely contains encrypted or compressed data
• T1071 – Yara detections observed in process dumps, payloads or dropped files
• T1071 – At least one IP Address, Domain, or File Name was found in a crypto call
• T1560 – Collects and encrypts information about the computer likely to send to C2 server
• T1047 – Checks if Antivirus program is installed (via WMI)
• T1047 – Queries sensitive video device information (via WMI, Win32_VideoController, often done to detect virtual machines)
• T1059 – Very long cmdline option found, this is very uncommon (may be encrypted or packed)
• T1059.001 – Encrypted powershell cmdline option found
• T1055 – May try to detect the Windows Explorer process (often used for injection)
• T1036 – Creates files inside the user directory
• T1112 – Stores large binary data to the registry
• T1562.001 – Creates guard pages, often used to prevent reverse engineering and debugging
• T1497 – Queries sensitive video device information (via WMI, Win32_VideoController, often done to detect virtual machines)
• T1497 – Allocates memory with a write watch (potentially for evading sandboxes)
• T1497 – May sleep (evasive loops) to hinder dynamic analysis
• T1140 – .NET source code contains calls to encryption/decryption functions
• T1140 – Encrypted powershell cmdline option found
• T1027.002 – .NET source code contains method to dynamically call methods (often used by packers)
• T1027.002 – .NET source code contains potential unpacker
• T1518.001 – Checks if Antivirus program is installed (via WMI)
• T1518.001 – Queries sensitive video device information (via WMI, Win32_VideoController, often done to detect virtual machines)
• T1057 – May try to detect the Windows Explorer process (often used for injection)
• T1057 – Queries a list of all running processes
• T1083 – Reads ini files
• T1082 – Checks the free space of harddrives
• T1082 – Queries the cryptographic machine GUID
• T1082 – Queries the volume information (name, serial number etc) of a device
• T1560 – .NET source code contains calls to encryption/decryption functions
• T1571 – Detected TCP or UDP traffic on non-standard ports
• 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.