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 2+ 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: 73. Detected as malicious: 58. Missed: 15. Coverage: 79.5%.

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 (48.35% 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

• T1057 – get process heap flags
• T1082 – query environment variable
• T1083 – enumerate files on Windows
• T1134 – modify access privileges
• T1497.001 – reference anti-VM strings targeting VirtualBox
• T1083 – get file size
• T1082 – get hostname
• T1053.005 – schedule task via schtasks
• T1135 – enumerate network shares
• T1070.001 – clear Windows event logs
• T1027 – encode data using XOR
• T1543.003 – stop service
• T1489 – stop service
• T1053.002 – schedule task via at
• T1129 – parse PE header
• T1490 – delete volume shadow copies
• T1070.004 – delete volume shadow copies
• T1057 – enumerate processes
• T1518 – enumerate processes
• T1083 – check if file exists
• T1070.004 – self delete
• T1129 – link function at runtime on Windows
• T1027 – encrypt data using Curve25519
• T1027 – reference Base64 string
• T1082 – get disk information
• T1134 – acquire debug privileges
• T1082 – get system information on Windows
• T1497.001 – reference anti-VM strings targeting VMWare
• T1222 – set file attributes
• T1083 – get common file path
• T1016 – get local IPv4 addresses
• T1027.005 – contain obfuscated stackstrings
• T1543.003 – delete service
• T1033 – get session user name
• T1087 – get session user name
• T1543.003 – start service
• T1129 – access PEB ldr_data
• T1007 – query service status
• T1006 – Accesses volumes directly
• T1016 – Reads network adapter information
• T1016 – Queries a host’s domain name
• T1057 – Enumerates running processes
• T1134 – Enables process privileges
• T1134 – Enables critical process privileges
• T1486 – Appends new extensions to many filenames
• T1489 – Tries to disable antivirus software
• T1489 – Disables a crucial system service
• T1490 – Modifies Windows automatic backups
• T1491.001 – Changes the desktop wallpaper
• T1562.001 – Tries to disable antivirus software
• T1564.003 – Creates process with hidden window
• T1129 – The process attempted to dynamically load a malicious function
• T1059 – Detected command line output monitoring
• T1057 – The process searched for a process without success: maybe some not-found process was needed (browser?)
• T1057 – The process may have looked for a particular process running on the system
• T1564.003 – Detected the creation of a hidden window (common execution hiding technique)
• T1129 – The process tried to load dynamically one or more functions.
• T1045 – Manalize Local SandBox Packer Harvesting
• T1107 – The process attempted to delete some Shadow Volume Copies (typical in ransomware)
• T1106 – The process attempted to delete some Shadow Volume Copies (typical in ransomware)
• T1107 – The process acted as a ransomware (suspicious behaviours common in ransomwares were detected)
• T1105 – The process acted as a ransomware (suspicious behaviours common in ransomwares were detected)
• T1082 – Queries for the computername
• T1055 – Likely PROPagate Technique is running
• T1031 – The process has tried to stop some active services
• T1027.009 – Drops interesting files and uses them
• T1063 – It Tries to detect injection methods

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.