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 (38.29% 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

• T1059 – accept command line arguments
• T1083 – get file size
• T1082 – check OS version
• T1125 – capture webcam image
• T1112 – delete registry key
• T1083 – get common file path
• T1129 – link function at runtime on Windows
• T1112 – delete registry value
• T1012 – query or enumerate registry value
• T1134 – modify access privileges
• T1083 – get file system object information
• T1529 – shutdown system
• T1547.009 – create shortcut via IShellLink
• T1083 – enumerate files recursively
• T1012 – query or enumerate registry key
• T1027 – encode data using XOR
• T1083 – check if file exists
• T1115 – open clipboard
• T1222 – set file attributes
• T1082 – get disk size
• T1010 – find graphical window
• T1082 – query environment variable
• T1083 – enumerate files on Windows
• T1064 – A scripting utility was executed
• T1539 – Touches a file containing cookies, possibly for information gathering
• T1082 – Checks available memory
• T1071 – At least one IP Address, Domain, or File Name was found in a crypto call
• T1071 – Reads data out of its own binary image
• T1071 – Terminates another process
• T1071 – The PE file contains an overlay
• T1106 – Guard pages use detected – possible anti-debugging.
• T1059 – A scripting utility was executed
• T1059 – A script or command line contains a long continuous string indicative of obfuscation
• T1005 – Searches for sensitive browser data
• T1005 – Reads sensitive browser data
• T1005 – Searches for sensitive mail data
• T1005 – Reads sensitive mail data
• T1012 – Query OS Information
• T1012 – Searches for sensitive mail data
• T1012 – Reads sensitive mail data
• T1012 – Possibly does reconnaissance
• T1016 – Reads network adapter information
• T1016 – Checks external IP address
• T1016 – Combination of other detections shows configuration discovery
• T1027.002 – Creates a page with write and execute permissions
• T1027.002 – Resolves API functions dynamically
• T1047 – Collects hardware properties
• T1047 – Queries OS version via WMI
• T1057 – Enumerates running processes
• T1071.001 – Downloads file
• T1071.004 – Performs DNS request
• T1082 – Query OS Information
• T1082 – Collects hardware properties
• T1082 – Queries OS version via WMI
• T1082 – Combination of other detections shows configuration discovery
• T1083 – Searches for sensitive browser data
• T1083 – Possibly does reconnaissance
• T1095 – Connects to remote host
• T1095 – Sets up server that accepts incoming connections
• T1105 – Downloads file
• T1119 – Searches for sensitive browser data
• T1119 – Reads sensitive browser data
• T1119 – Searches for sensitive mail data
• T1119 – Reads sensitive mail data
• T1134 – Enables process privileges
• T1497.001 – Tries to detect application sandbox
• T1497.001 – Makes unaligned API calls to possibly evade hooking based sandboxes
• T1552.001 – Searches for sensitive browser data
• T1552.002 – Searches for sensitive mail data
• T1552.002 – Reads sensitive mail data
• T1555.003 – Reads sensitive browser data
• T1562.001 – Modifies native system functions
• T1564.003 – Creates process with hidden window
• T1571 – Tries to connect using an uncommon port
• T1622 – Tries to detect debugger
• T1129 – The process attempted to dynamically load a malicious function
• T1198 – The binary has an Authenticode signature
• T1198 – The file have a Trusted Certificate
• T1140 – Detected an attempt to pull out some data from the binary image
• T1086 – Detected the execution of a powershell command with one or more suspicious parameter
• T1027 – Detected the execution of a powershell command with one or more suspicious parameter
• T1129 – Detected the execution of a powershell command with one or more suspicious parameter
• 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.
• T1045 – Manalize Local SandBox Packer Harvesting
• T1057 – The process attempted to detect a running debugger using common APIs
• T1082 – Queries for the computername
• T1086 – Detected some PowerShell commands executions
• T1027.009 – Drops interesting files and uses them
• T1036 – Creates files inside the user directory
• T1497 – May sleep (evasive loops) to hinder dynamic analysis
• T1057 – Queries a list of all running processes
• T1083 – Reads ini files
• T1082 – Queries the volume information (name, serial number etc) of a device

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.