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: 51. Missed: 22. Coverage: 69.9%.

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 (36.23% 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

• T1129 – parse PE header
• T1546.001 – persist via default file association registry key
• T1070.004 – self delete
• T1083 – get common file path
• T1083 – enumerate files on Windows
• T1129 – link function at runtime on Windows
• T1082 – query environment variable
• T1564 – A process created a hidden window
• T1064 – Data downloaded by powershell script
• T1064 – PowerShell attempted to make a network connection
• T1064 – A scripting utility was executed
• T1064 – Attempts to execute suspicious powershell command arguments
• T1027 – The binary contains an unknown PE section name indicative of packing
• T1564.003 – A process created a hidden window
• T1027.002 – The binary contains an unknown PE section name indicative of packing
• T1082 – Collects information to fingerprint the system
• T1082 – Checks available memory
• T1057 – Enumerates running processes
• T1012 – Collects information to fingerprint the system
• T1071 – Queries or connects to DNS-Over-HTTPS/DNS-Over-TLS domain or IP address
• T1071 – Attempts to connect to a dead IP:Port
• T1071 – The PE file contains a suspicious PDB path
• T1071 – At least one IP Address, Domain, or File Name was found in a crypto call
• T1071 – Reads from the memory of another process
• T1071 – PowerShell attempted to make a network connection
• T1071 – Yara detections observed in process dumps, payloads or dropped files
• T1573 – Establishes an encrypted HTTPS connection to an open-source code-hosting platform
• T1573 – Establishes an encrypted HTTPS connection
• T1573 – Downloads executable over encrypted HTTPS connection
• T1573 – Establishes an encrypted HTTPS connection to a social media API
• T1106 – Guard pages use detected – possible anti-debugging.
• T1106 – Created a process from a suspicious location
• T1059 – A scripting utility was executed
• T1059 – A document or script wrote an executable file to disk
• T1059 – Attempts to execute suspicious powershell command arguments
• T1059 – Data downloaded by powershell script
• T1059 – PowerShell attempted to make a network connection
• 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
• T1059.001 – Data downloaded by powershell script
• T1059.001 – PowerShell attempted to make a network connection
• T1059.001 – Attempts to execute suspicious powershell command arguments
• T1129 – The process attempted to dynamically load a malicious function
• T1057 – The process has tried to detect the debugger probing the use of page guards.
• T1564.003 – Detected the creation of a hidden window (common execution hiding technique)
• T1057 – The process attempted to detect a running debugger using common APIs
• T1086 – Detected some PowerShell commands executions
• T1059 – Decoded suspicious Command
• T1140 – Decoded suspicious Command
• T1202 – Decoded suspicious Command
• T1063 – It Tries to detect injection methods
• 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
• 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
• T1140 – Encrypted powershell cmdline option found
• T1027 – Sample is packed with UPX
• T1027.002 – Sample is packed with UPX
• T1056 – Sample has functionality to log and monitor keystrokes, analyze it with the keystroke simulation cookbook
• T1056 – Installs a raw input device (often for capturing keystrokes)
• T1518.001 – Queries disk information (often used to detect virtual machines)
• T1057 – Queries a list of all running processes
• T1083 – Reads ini files
• T1082 – Queries disk information (often used to detect virtual machines)
• T1082 – Queries the volume information (name, serial number etc) of a device
• T1082 – Queries the cryptographic machine GUID
• T1005 – Found many strings related to Crypto-Wallets (likely being stolen)
• 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.