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 12+ 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: 48. Missed: 25. Coverage: 65.8%.

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 (68.87% 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

• T1083 – get common file path
• T1129 – link function at runtime on Windows
• T1082 – get disk size
• T1083 – check if file exists
• T1129 – link many functions at runtime
• T1027 – reference Base64 string
• T1497.001 – reference anti-VM strings targeting Xen
• T1059 – Sample might require command line arguments, analyze it with the command line cookbook
• T1059 – Sample may offer command line options, please run it with the command line option cookbook (it’s possible that the command line switches require additional characters like)
• T1543.003 – Creates driver files
• T1547.001 – Stores files to the Windows startup directory
• T1036 – Creates files inside the system directory
• T1036 – Creates files inside the user directory
• T1036 – Drops PE files to the windows directory (C:\\Windows)
• T1033 – Reads the Windows registered organization settings
• T1033 – Reads the Windows registered owner settings
• T1083 – Reads ini files
• T1083 – Enumerates the file system
• T1082 – Checks the free space of harddrives
• T1082 – Reads software policies
• 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.