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: 72. Detected as malicious: 53. Missed: 19. Coverage: 73.6%.

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 (39.49% 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 Qemu
• T1497.001 – reference anti-VM strings targeting VirtualBox
• T1497.001 – reference anti-VM strings
• T1620 – load .NET assembly
• T1497.001 – reference anti-VM strings targeting VMWare
• T1082 – Checks the version of Bios, possibly for anti-virtualization
• T1082 – Checks the presence of disk drives in the registry, possibly for anti-virtualization
• T1082 – Checks available memory
• T1083 – Detects VMware through the presence of a file
• T1083 – Detects VirtualBox through the presence of a file
• T1497 – Checks the version of Bios, possibly for anti-virtualization
• T1497 – Detects VMware through the presence of a file
• T1497 – Checks the presence of disk drives in the registry, possibly for anti-virtualization
• T1497 – Detects VirtualBox through the presence of a file
• T1057 – Checks the version of Bios, possibly for anti-virtualization
• T1057 – Detects VMware through the presence of a file
• T1057 – Checks the presence of disk drives in the registry, possibly for anti-virtualization
• T1057 – Detects VirtualBox through the presence of a file
• T1012 – Checks the version of Bios, possibly for anti-virtualization
• T1012 – Checks the presence of disk drives in the registry, possibly for anti-virtualization
• T1071 – Binary file triggered YARA rule
• T1071 – Reads from the memory of another process
• T1106 – Guard pages use detected – possible anti-debugging.
• T1070.006 – Binary compilation timestomping detected
• T1070 – Binary compilation timestomping detected
• T1027 – The binary likely contains encrypted or compressed data
• T1027 – The binary contains an unknown PE section name indicative of packing
• T1027.002 – The binary likely contains encrypted or compressed data
• T1027.002 – The binary contains an unknown PE section name indicative of packing
• T1047 – Queries sensitive video device information (via WMI, Win32_VideoController, often done to detect virtual machines)
• T1497 – Queries sensitive video device information (via WMI, Win32_VideoController, often done to detect virtual machines)
• T1497 – Checks if the current process is being debugged
• T1497 – Contains capabilities 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
• T1027 – Binary may include packed or crypted data
• T1027.002 – PE file has an executable .text section which is very likely to contain packed code (zlib compression ratio < 0.3)
• 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)
• T1070.006 – Binary contains a suspicious time stamp
• T1518.001 – Queries sensitive video device information (via WMI, Win32_VideoController, often done to detect virtual machines)
• T1518.001 – Checks if the current process is being debugged
• T1518.001 – Contains capabilities to detect virtual machines
• T1057 – Queries a list of all running processes
• T1082 – Queries the cryptographic machine GUID
• 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.