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 17+ hours, this malware remained undetected — a half-day window that permitted the adversary to complete initial execution, establish basic persistence, and perform initial system enumeration.

Global Detection Posture — Who Caught It, Who Missed It

VirusTotal engines: 73. Detected as malicious: 60. Missed: 13. Coverage: 82.2%.

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 (56.67% 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 – encrypt data using RC4 PRGA
• T1129 – parse PE header
• T1027.005 – contain obfuscated stackstrings
• T1027 – encode data using XOR
• T1497.001 – reference anti-VM strings targeting VirtualBox
• T1027 – encode data using Base64
• T1562 – Tries to unhook or modify Windows functions monitored by CAPE
• T1497 – Checks the version of Bios, possibly for anti-virtualization
• T1497 – Detects VirtualBox through the presence of a registry key
• 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 – 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
• T1082 – Checks available memory
• T1082 – Checks the version of Bios, possibly for anti-virtualization
• T1010 – Checks for the presence of known windows from debuggers and forensic tools
• T1083 – Checks for the presence of known devices from debuggers and forensic tools
• T1057 – Checks for the presence of known devices from debuggers and forensic tools
• T1057 – Expresses interest in specific running processes
• T1057 – Detects VirtualBox through the presence of a registry key
• T1057 – Enumerates running processes
• T1057 – Checks the version of Bios, possibly for anti-virtualization
• T1057 – Detects the presence of Wine emulator via registry key
• T1057 – Checks for the presence of known windows from debuggers and forensic tools
• T1012 – Detects VirtualBox through the presence of a registry key
• T1012 – Checks the version of Bios, possibly for anti-virtualization
• T1012 – Detects the presence of Wine emulator via registry key
• T1518 – Detects the presence of Wine emulator via registry key
• T1071 – Yara detections observed in process dumps, payloads or dropped files
• T1071 – Resolves a suspicious Top Level Domain (TLD)
• T1071 – Attempts to connect to a dead IP:Port
• T1573 – Establishes an encrypted HTTPS connection
• T1005 – Searches for sensitive browser data
• T1010 – Tries to detect debugger
• T1012 – Tries to detect virtual machine
• T1016 – Queries a host’s domain name
• T1027.002 – Obfuscates control flow
• T1047 – Queries OS version via WMI
• T1047 – Collects hardware properties
• T1047 – Tries to detect the presence of antivirus software
• T1057 – Enumerates running processes
• T1071.001 – Downloads file
• T1082 – Enumerates running processes
• T1082 – Queries OS version via WMI
• T1082 – Collects hardware properties
• T1083 – Searches for sensitive browser data
• T1083 – Possibly does reconnaissance
• T1105 – Downloads file
• T1106 – Tries to evade debugger
• T1113 – Takes screenshot
• T1119 – Searches for sensitive browser data
• T1124 – Tries to detect virtual machine
• T1497.001 – Tries to detect virtual machine
• T1497.003 – Delays execution
• T1497.003 – Tries to detect virtual machine
• T1518.001 – Tries to detect the presence of antivirus software
• T1552.001 – Searches for sensitive browser data
• T1562.001 – Modifies native system functions
• T1622 – Tries to detect debugger
• T1622 – Tries to evade debugger
• T1057 – The process may have looked for a particular process running on the system
• T1045 – Manalize Local SandBox Packer Harvesting
• T1057 – The process attempted to detect a running debugger using common APIs
• T1063 – The process tried to detect the presence of common debug and forensic utilities
• T1119 – The process tried to detect the presence of common debug and forensic utilities
• T1063 – The process attempted to detect debuggers and common forensic/analysis tools looking for known devices
• T1119 – The process attempted to detect debuggers and common forensic/analysis tools looking for known devices
• T1082 – The process has tried to retrieve the BIOS version (maybe for checking the virtualization presence)
• T1012 – The process has tried to retrieve the BIOS version (maybe for checking the virtualization presence)
• T1047 – Queries BIOS Information (via WMI, Win32_Bios)
• T1055 – May try to detect the Windows Explorer process (often used for injection)
• T1497 – Contains capabilities to detect virtual machines
• T1497 – May sleep (evasive loops) to hinder dynamic analysis
• T1497 – Checks if the current process is being debugged
• T1497 – Checks for debuggers (window names)
• T1497 – Checks for debuggers (devices)
• T1497 – Hides threads from debuggers
• T1027 – Binary may include packed or crypted data
• T1027.002 – PE file has section (not .text) which is very likely to contain packed code (zlib compression ratio < 0.011)
• T1027.002 – Binary may include packed or crypted data
• T1518.001 – Contains capabilities to detect virtual machines
• T1518.001 – Tries to evade debugger and weak emulator (self modifying code)
• T1518.001 – Tries to detect sandboxes / dynamic malware analysis system (registry check)
• T1518.001 – Checks if the current process is being debugged
• T1518.001 – Checks for debuggers (window names)
• T1518.001 – Checks for debuggers (devices)
• T1518.001 – Hides threads from debuggers
• T1518.001 – Tries to detect virtualization through RDTSC time measurements
• T1057 – Queries a list of all running processes
• T1057 – May try to detect the Windows Explorer process (often used for injection)
• T1082 – Tries to evade debugger and weak emulator (self modifying code)
• T1082 – Queries the volume information (name, serial number etc) of a device
• T1082 – Queries BIOS Information (via WMI, Win32_Bios)
• T1082 – Queries the cryptographic machine GUID
• T1082 – Tries to detect virtualization through RDTSC time measurements
• T1005 – Found many strings related to Crypto-Wallets (likely being stolen)
• T1005 – Tries to steal Crypto Currency Wallets
• T1573 – Uses HTTPS
• T1071 – C2 URLs / IPs found in malware configuration
• 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.