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: 49. Missed: 24. Coverage: 67.1%.

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

This threat shows heavy registry manipulation (35.23% of total behavior), indicating persistent backdoor installation, configuration tampering, or system policy modification attempts. The malware likely establishes persistence mechanisms and modifies security settings to maintain long-term access.

MITRE ATT&CK Mapping

• T1546.001 – persist via default file association registry key
• T1083 – enumerate files on Windows
• T1082 – query environment variable
• T1129 – link function at runtime on Windows
• T1129 – parse PE header
• T1083 – get common file path
• T1070.004 – self delete
• T1129 – Drops a binary and executes it
• T1106 – Guard pages use detected – possible anti-debugging.
• T1106 – Created a process from a suspicious location
• T1059 – PowerShell attempted to make a network connection
• T1059 – Attempts to execute suspicious powershell command arguments
• T1059 – Data downloaded by powershell script
• T1059 – A document or script wrote an executable file to disk
• T1059 – A script or command line contains a long continuous string indicative of obfuscation
• T1059 – Executed a very long command line or script command which may be indicative of chained commands or obfuscation
• T1059 – A scripting utility was executed
• T1064 – Data downloaded by powershell script
• T1064 – PowerShell attempted to make a network connection
• T1064 – Attempts to execute suspicious powershell command arguments
• T1064 – A scripting utility was executed
• T1059.001 – Data downloaded by powershell script
• T1059.001 – PowerShell attempted to make a network connection
• T1059.001 – Attempts to execute suspicious powershell command arguments
• T1548.002 – Attempts to disable UAC
• T1564 – Attempts to interact with an Alternate Data Stream (ADS)
• T1562 – Tries to unhook or modify Windows functions monitored by CAPE
• T1112 – Installs itself for autorun at Windows startup
• T1112 – Attempts to disable UAC
• T1548 – Attempts to disable UAC
• T1070 – Deletes executed files from disk
• T1562.001 – Tries to unhook or modify Windows functions monitored by CAPE
• T1027 – The binary contains an unknown PE section name indicative of packing
• T1027.002 – The binary contains an unknown PE section name indicative of packing
• T1564.004 – Attempts to interact with an Alternate Data Stream (ADS)
• T1539 – Touches a file containing cookies, possibly for information gathering
• T1547 – Installs itself for autorun at Windows startup
• T1547.001 – Installs itself for autorun at Windows startup
• T1082 – Collects information to fingerprint the system
• T1082 – Checks available memory
• T1057 – Enumerates running processes
• T1057 – Expresses interest in specific running processes
• T1012 – Collects information to fingerprint the system
• T1071 – PowerShell attempted to make a network connection
• T1071 – The PE file contains a suspicious PDB path
• T1071 – Yara detections observed in process dumps, payloads or dropped files
• T1573 – Downloads executable over encrypted HTTPS connection
• T1573 – Establishes an encrypted HTTPS connection to an open-source code-hosting platform
• T1573 – Establishes an encrypted HTTPS connection
• T1573 – Establishes an encrypted HTTPS connection to a social media API
• T1005 – Attempts to access Bitcoin/ALTCoin wallets
• T1485 – Anomalous file deletion behavior detected (10+)
• T1012 – Query OS Information
• T1027.002 – Resolves API functions dynamically
• T1059.001 – Bypasses PowerShell execution policy
• T1071.004 – Performs DNS request
• T1082 – Query OS Information
• T1095 – Connects to remote host
• T1095 – Sets up server that accepts incoming connections
• T1112 – Installs system startup script or application
• T1547.001 – Installs system startup script or application
• T1564.003 – Creates process with hidden window
• T1129 – The process attempted to dynamically load a malicious function
• T1129 – The process tried to load dynamically one or more functions.
• T1057 – The process has tried to detect the debugger probing the use of page guards.
• T1057 – The process attempted to detect a running debugger using common APIs
• T1086 – Detected some PowerShell commands executions
• T1059 – Decoded suspicious Command
• T1202 – Decoded suspicious Command
• T1140 – Decoded suspicious Command
• T1063 – It Tries to detect injection methods
• T1047 – Queries sensitive Operating System Information (via WMI, Win32_ComputerSystem, often done to detect virtual machines)
• T1047 – Queries process information (via WMI, Win32_Process)
• T1047 – Queries sensitive processor information (via WMI, Win32_Processor, often done to detect virtual machines)
• T1059 – Very long cmdline option found, this is very uncommon (may be encrypted or packed)
• T1059.001 – Bypasses PowerShell execution policy
• T1059.001 – Encrypted powershell cmdline option found
• T1059.001 – Powershell drops PE file
• T1543.003 – Creates or modifies windows services
• T1547.001 – Creates an autostart registry key
• T1547.008 – Spawns drivers
• T1055 – May try to detect the Windows Explorer process (often used for injection)
• T1036 – Creates a directory in C:\Program Files
• T1036 – Creates files inside the user directory
• T1036 – Creates files inside the program directory
• T1497 – Queries sensitive Operating System Information (via WMI, Win32_ComputerSystem, often done to detect virtual machines)
• T1497 – May sleep (evasive loops) to hinder dynamic analysis
• T1497 – Queries sensitive processor information (via WMI, Win32_Processor, often done to detect virtual machines)
• T1140 – Encrypted powershell cmdline option found
• T1027 – Sample is packed with UPX
• T1027.002 – Sample is packed with UPX
• T1003 – Tries to harvest and steal browser information (history, passwords, etc)
• T1056 – Installs a raw input device (often for capturing keystrokes)
• T1056 – Sample has functionality to log and monitor keystrokes, analyze it with the keystroke simulation cookbook
• T1518.001 – Queries sensitive Operating System Information (via WMI, Win32_ComputerSystem, often done to detect virtual machines)
• T1518.001 – Queries sensitive processor information (via WMI, Win32_Processor, often done to detect virtual machines)
• T1057 – Queries a list of all running processes
• T1057 – May try to detect the Windows Explorer process (often used for injection)
• T1083 – Reads ini files
• T1083 – Enumerates the file system
• T1082 – Queries sensitive Operating System Information (via WMI, Win32_ComputerSystem, often done to detect virtual machines)
• T1082 – Queries the cryptographic machine GUID
• T1082 – Queries a list of all running drivers
• T1082 – Queries the volume information (name, serial number etc) of a device
• T1082 – Queries process information (via WMI, Win32_Process)
• T1005 – Found many strings related to Crypto-Wallets (likely being stolen)
• T1005 – Tries to steal Crypto Currency Wallets
• T1005 – Tries to harvest and steal browser information (history, passwords, etc)
• 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.