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: 53. Missed: 20. Coverage: 72.6%.

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 (45.75% 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

• T1564 – A process created a hidden window
• T1202 – Uses the cURL utility, most likely to download a file
• T1036 – A file was accessed within the Public folder.
• T1055 – Writes to the memory another process
• T1055 – Writes an executable to the memory of another process
• T1548 – A file was accessed within the Public folder.
• T1070 – Deletes executed files from disk
• T1064 – Attempts to execute suspicious powershell command arguments
• T1064 – A scripting utility was executed
• T1027 – The binary likely contains encrypted or compressed data
• T1027 – The binary contains an unknown PE section name indicative of packing
• T1564.003 – A process created a hidden window
• T1027.002 – The binary likely contains encrypted or compressed data
• T1027.002 – The binary contains an unknown PE section name indicative of packing
• T1082 – Checks available memory
• T1057 – Enumerates running processes
• T1071 – Terminates another process
• 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
• T1573 – Establishes an encrypted HTTPS connection
• T1573 – Establishes an encrypted HTTPS connection to a social media API
• T1105 – Attempts to execute/download malicious files via web browsers
• T1106 – Guard pages use detected – possible anti-debugging.
• T1059 – A scripting utility was executed
• T1059 – Attempts to execute suspicious powershell command arguments
• T1059 – Executed a very long command line or script command which may be indicative of chained commands or obfuscation
• T1059.001 – Attempts to execute suspicious powershell command arguments
• T1005 – Attempts to access Bitcoin/ALTCoin wallets
• T1185 – CAPE detected injection into a browser process, likely for Man-In-Browser (MITB) infostealing
• T1005 – Searches for sensitive browser data
• 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
• T1057 – Enumerates running processes
• T1059.001 – Bypasses PowerShell execution policy
• T1071.004 – Performs DNS request
• T1083 – Searches for sensitive browser data
• T1083 – Possibly does reconnaissance
• T1095 – Connects to remote host
• T1113 – Takes screenshot
• T1119 – Searches for sensitive browser data
• T1497.001 – Tries to detect application sandbox
• T1552.001 – Searches for sensitive browser data
• T1564.003 – Creates process with hidden window
• T1567 – Sends data via a Telegram bot
• T1129 – The process attempted to dynamically load a malicious function
• T1059 – Detected command line output monitoring
• T1564.003 – Detected the creation of a hidden window (common execution hiding technique)
• 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.
• T1045 – Manalize Local SandBox Packer Harvesting
• T1057 – The process attempted to detect a running debugger using common APIs
• T1083 – The process attempted to access known Bitcoin/ALTCoin wallets
• T1086 – Detected some PowerShell commands executions
• T1063 – It Tries to detect injection methods
• T1059 – Very long cmdline option found, this is very uncommon (may be encrypted or packed)
• T1059.001 – Suspicious powershell command line found
• T1059.001 – Bypasses PowerShell execution policy
• T1055 – Injects a PE file into a foreign processes
• T1055 – Writes to foreign memory regions
• T1055 – Creates a thread in another existing process (thread injection)
• T1055 – Allocates memory in foreign processes
• T1036 – Creates files inside the user directory
• T1497 – Queries disk information (often used to detect virtual machines)
• T1497 – May sleep (evasive loops) to hinder dynamic analysis
• T1027.002 – PE file has section (not .text) which is very likely to contain packed code (zlib compression ratio < 0.011)
• T1518.001 – Queries disk information (often used to detect virtual machines)
• T1057 – Queries a list of all running processes
• T1082 – Queries disk information (often used to detect virtual machines)
• T1082 – Queries the volume information (name, serial number etc) of a device
• T1005 – Found many strings related to Crypto-Wallets (likely being stolen)
• T1102 – Connects to a pastebin service (like for C&C)
• T1573 – Uses HTTPS
• T1071 – Uses HTTPS

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.