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 9+ hours, this malware remained undetected — a several-hour window that allowed the adversary to complete initial compromise and begin early-stage persistence establishment.

Global Detection Posture — Who Caught It, Who Missed It

VirusTotal engines: 73. Detected as malicious: 43. Missed: 30. Coverage: 58.9%.

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

Dominant system-level operations (49.34% 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

• T1497.001 – reference anti-VM strings targeting Xen
• T1497.001 – reference anti-VM strings targeting Qemu
• T1082 – An adversary may attempt to get detailed information about the operating system and hardware, including version, patches, hotfixes, service packs, and architecture.
• T1010 – Adversaries may attempt to get a listing of open application windows.
• T1083 – Adversaries may enumerate files and directories or may search in specific locations of a host or network share for certain information within a file system.
• T1497 – Adversaries may employ various means to detect and avoid virtualization and analysis environments.
• T1057 – Adversaries may attempt to get information about running processes on a system.
• T1012 – Adversaries may interact with the Windows Registry to gather information about the system, configuration, and installed software.
• T1518 – Adversaries may attempt to get a listing of software and software versions that are installed on a system or in a cloud environment.
• T1071 – Adversaries may communicate using application layer protocols to avoid detection/network filtering by blending in with existing traffic.
• T1562 – Adversaries may maliciously modify components of a victim environment in order to hinder or disable defensive mechanisms.
• T1562.001 – Adversaries may modify and/or disable security tools to avoid possible detection of their malware/tools and activities.
• T1027 – Adversaries may attempt to make an executable or file difficult to discover or analyze by encrypting, encoding, or otherwise obfuscating its contents on the system or in transit.
• T1027.002 – Adversaries may perform software packing or virtual machine software protection to conceal their code.
• T1574.002 – Tries to load missing DLLs
• T1497 – Checks for debuggers (window names)
• T1497 – Checks if the current process is being debugged
• T1497 – Hides threads from debuggers
• T1497 – Contains capabilities to detect virtual machines
• T1497 – Checks for debuggers (devices)
• T1027.002 – 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 – Binary may include packed or crypted data
• T1518.001 – Checks for debuggers (window names)
• T1518.001 – Checks if the current process is being debugged
• T1518.001 – Tries to detect sandboxes / dynamic malware analysis system (registry check)
• T1518.001 – Hides threads from debuggers
• T1518.001 – Tries to detect virtualization through RDTSC time measurements
• T1518.001 – Contains capabilities to detect virtual machines
• T1518.001 – Checks for debuggers (devices)
• T1057 – Queries a list of all running processes
• T1082 – Reads software policies
• T1082 – Queries a list of all running drivers
• T1082 – Tries to detect virtualization through RDTSC time measurements

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.