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 9+ hours, this malware remained undetected — a several-hour window that allowed the adversary to complete initial compromise and begin early-stage persistence establishment.

Global Detection Posture — Who Caught It, Who Missed It

VirusTotal engines: 73. Detected as malicious: 38. Missed: 35. Coverage: 52.1%.

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

Dominant system-level operations (42.37% 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

• T1082 – An adversary may attempt to get detailed information about the operating system and hardware, including version, patches, hotfixes, service packs, and architecture.
• T1010 – Adversaries may attempt to get a listing of open application windows.
• T1497 – Adversaries may employ various means to detect and avoid virtualization and analysis environments.
• T1057 – Adversaries may attempt to get information about running processes on a system.
• T1012 – Adversaries may interact with the Windows Registry to gather information about the system, configuration, and installed software.
• T1071 – Adversaries may communicate using application layer protocols to avoid detection/network filtering by blending in with existing traffic.
• T1562 – Adversaries may maliciously modify components of a victim environment in order to hinder or disable defensive mechanisms.
• T1562.001 – Adversaries may modify and/or disable security tools to avoid possible detection of their malware/tools and activities.
• T1027 – Adversaries may attempt to make an executable or file difficult to discover or analyze by encrypting, encoding, or otherwise obfuscating its contents on the system or in transit.
• T1027.002 – Adversaries may perform software packing or virtual machine software protection to conceal their code.
• T1574.002 – Tries to load missing DLLs
• T1497 – Checks for debuggers (window names)
• T1497 – Checks if the current process is being debugged
• T1497 – May sleep (evasive loops) to hinder dynamic analysis
• T1497 – Contains capabilities to detect virtual machines
• T1518.001 – Checks for debuggers (window names)
• T1518.001 – Checks if the current process is being debugged
• T1518.001 – Tries to detect process monitoring tools (Task Manager, Process Explorer etc.)
• T1518.001 – Contains capabilities to detect virtual machines
• T1010 – Sample monitors Window changes (e.g. starting applications), analyze the sample with the simulation cookbook
• T1082 – Reads software policies
• T1082 – Queries a list of all running drivers

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.