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 1+ days, this malware remained undetected — a brief but concerning window that permitted the adversary to establish initial foothold, perform basic system enumeration, and potentially access immediate system resources.

Global Detection Posture — Who Caught It, Who Missed It

VirusTotal engines: 73. Detected as malicious: 56. Missed: 17. Coverage: 76.7%.

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.

MITRE ATT&CK Mapping

• T1083 – get common file path
• T1136 – add user account
• T1082 – query environment variable
• T1083 – check if file exists
• T1134 – acquire debug privileges
• T1490 – disable automatic Windows recovery features
• T1027 – encode data using XOR
• T1082 – get hostname
• T1497.001 – reference anti-VM strings
• T1531 – delete user account
• T1113 – capture screenshot
• T1082 – get disk information
• T1134 – modify access privileges
• T1497.001 – reference anti-VM strings targeting Parallels
• T1129 – parse PE header
• T1082 – get disk size
• T1012 – query or enumerate registry value
• T1129 – link function at runtime on Windows
• T1490 – delete volume shadow copies
• T1070.004 – delete volume shadow copies
• T1497.001 – reference anti-VM strings targeting VirtualBox
• T1082 – enumerate disk volumes
• T1497.001 – reference anti-VM strings targeting VMWare
• T1083 – get file size
• T1497.001 – reference anti-VM strings targeting Qemu
• T1047 – connect to WMI namespace via WbemLocator
• T1053.005 – schedule task via schtasks
• T1055.012 – use process replacement
• T1620 – use process replacement
• T1070.004 – self delete
• T1057 – enumerate processes
• T1518 – enumerate processes
• T1098 – add user account to group
• T1071 – Anomalous binary characteristics
• T1071 – Binary file triggered multiple YARA rules
• T1055 – Contains .tls (Thread Local Storage) section
• T1027 – The binary contains an unknown PE section name indicative of packing
• T1027.002 – The binary contains an unknown PE section name indicative of packing
• T1045 – Manalize Local SandBox Packer Harvesting
• T1059 – Apparent Internal Usage of CMD.EXE
• T1063 – It Tries to detect injection methods
• T1542.003 – May use bcdedit to modify the Windows boot settings
• T1070.004 – May delete shadow drive data (may be related to ransomware)

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.