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+ days, this malware remained undetected — a brief but concerning window that permitted the adversary to establish initial foothold, perform basic system enumeration, and potentially access immediate system resources.

Global Detection Posture — Who Caught It, Who Missed It

VirusTotal engines: 73. Detected as malicious: 59. Missed: 14. Coverage: 80.8%.

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 (73.09% 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

• T1027.002 – packed with generic packer
• T1027.002 – packed with UPX
• 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)
• T1003 – Accessed credential storage registry keys
• T1112 – Installs itself for autorun at Windows startup
• 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
• T1547 – Installs itself for autorun at Windows startup
• T1547.001 – Installs itself for autorun at Windows startup
• T1071 – Reads data out of its own binary image
• 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
• T1071 – Reads from the memory of another process
• T1071 – Terminates another process
• T1106 – Guard pages use detected – possible anti-debugging.
• 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
• T1055 – Writes into the memory of another process
• T1055 – Modifies control flow of another process
• T1095 – Connects to remote host
• T1106 – Makes direct system call to possibly evade hooking based monitoring
• T1134 – Enables process privileges
• T1547.001 – Installs system startup script or application
• T1564.003 – Creates process with hidden window
• T1571 – Tries to connect using an uncommon port
• T1622 – Tries to detect debugger
• T1129 – SetUnhandledExceptionFilter detected: superseding the top-level exception handler of each thread of a process is a common anti-debug technique.
• T1027 – SetUnhandledExceptionFilter detected: superseding the top-level exception handler of each thread of a process is a common anti-debug technique.
• T1129 – The process attempted to dynamically load a malicious function
• T1140 – Detected an attempt to pull out some data from the binary image
• T1057 – The process has tried to detect the debugger probing the use of page guards.
• T1129 – The process tried to load dynamically one or more functions.
• T1129 – Detected a call to the Crypt API containing an IP address, a domain, or a filename
• T1027 – Detected a call to the Crypt API containing an IP address, a domain, or a filename
• T1564.003 – Detected the creation of a hidden window (common execution hiding technique)
• T1045 – Manalize Local SandBox Packer Harvesting
• T1057 – The process attempted to detect a running debugger using common APIs
• T1082 – Queries for the computername
• T1129 – Manalize Local SandBox Find Crypto
• T1027 – Manalize Local SandBox Find Crypto
• T1064 – Executes visual basic scripts
• T1064 – Drops VBS files to the startup folder (C:\\Documents and Settings\\All Users\\Start Menu\\Programs\\Startup)
• T1064 – Found WSH timer for Javascript or VBS script (likely evasive script)
• T1547.001 – Stores files to the Windows startup directory
• T1547.001 – Creates a start menu entry (Start Menu\\Programs\\Startup)
• T1055 – May try to detect the Windows Explorer process (often used for injection)
• T1055 – Maps a DLL or memory area into another process
• T1055 – Writes to foreign memory regions
• 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
• T1027 – Sample is packed with UPX
• T1027.002 – Sample is packed with UPX
• T1518.001 – Switches to a customs stack to bypass stack traces
• T1057 – May try to detect the Windows Explorer process (often used for injection)
• T1083 – Reads ini files
• T1082 – Queries the cryptographic machine GUID
• T1082 – Switches to a customs stack to bypass stack traces
• 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.