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

This threat shows heavy registry manipulation (39.59% 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

• T1055.003 – inject thread
• T1620 – inject thread
• T1129 – parse PE header
• T1057 – enumerate processes
• T1518 – enumerate processes
• T1083 – get common file path
• T1105 – download and write a file
• T1003 – Accessed credential storage registry keys
• T1564 – A process created a hidden window
• T1202 – Uses Windows utilities for basic functionality
• T1055 – Writes to the memory another process
• T1055 – Contains .tls (Thread Local Storage) section
• T1564.003 – A process created a hidden window
• T1082 – Checks available memory
• T1057 – Expresses interest in specific running processes
• T1057 – Enumerates running processes
• T1071 – Suspicious communication with abused trusted site
• T1071 – Performs HTTP requests potentially not found in PCAP.
• T1071 – Yara detections observed in process dumps, payloads or dropped files
• T1071 – Resolves a suspicious Top Level Domain (TLD)
• 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
• T1129 – The process tried to load dynamically one or more functions.
• T1129 – The process attempted to dynamically load a malicious function
• T1045 – Manalize Local SandBox Packer Harvesting
• T1071 – Detected one or more anomalous HTTP requests
• T1071 – Detected HTTP requests to some non white-listed domains
• T1071 – Some process has originated direct HTTPS traffic with one or more hosts.
• T1082 – The process tried to collect informations about the system reading some known registry keys
• T1012 – The process tried to collect informations about the system reading some known registry keys
• T1112 – The process has tried to alter the system certificates
• T1185 – Detected an attempt to write registry keys related to the proxy settings
• T1112 – Detected an attempt to write registry keys related to the proxy settings
• T1047 – Queries sensitive processor information (via WMI, Win32_Processor, often done to detect virtual machines)
• T1047 – Queries process information (via WMI, Win32_Process)
• T1047 – Queries BIOS Information (via WMI, Win32_Bios)
• T1055 – May try to detect the Windows Explorer process (often used for injection)
• T1055 – Allocates memory in foreign processes
• T1055 – Writes to foreign memory regions
• T1055 – Creates a thread in another existing process (thread injection)
• T1036 – Creates files inside the user directory
• T1497 – Queries sensitive processor information (via WMI, Win32_Processor, often done to detect virtual machines)
• T1497 – Allocates memory with a write watch (potentially for evading sandboxes)
• T1562.001 – Creates guard pages, often used to prevent reverse engineering and debugging
• T1564.001 – Hides that the sample has been downloaded from the Internet (zone.identifier)
• T1518.001 – Queries sensitive processor information (via WMI, Win32_Processor, often done to detect virtual machines)
• T1057 – May try to detect the Windows Explorer process (often used for injection)
• T1057 – Queries a list of all running processes
• T1016 – Checks the online ip address of the machine
• T1083 – Reads ini files
• T1082 – Queries the volume information (name, serial number etc) of a device
• T1082 – Queries process information (via WMI, Win32_Process)
• T1082 – Queries the cryptographic machine GUID
• T1082 – Queries BIOS Information (via WMI, Win32_Bios)
• T1573 – Uses HTTPS
• T1571 – Detected TCP or UDP traffic on non-standard ports
• 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.