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 17+ 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: 57. Missed: 16. Coverage: 78.1%.

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

Dominant system-level operations (46.17% 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

• T1620 – load .NET assembly
• T1027 – encode data using Base64
• T1497.001 – reference anti-VM strings targeting Xen
• T1620 – invoke .NET assembly method
• T1003 – Accessed credential storage registry keys
• T1129 – Drops a binary and executes it
• T1106 – Guard pages use detected – possible anti-debugging.
• T1059 – Stores JavaScript or a script command in the registry, likely for fileless persistence
• T1059 – Attempts to execute suspicious powershell command arguments
• T1059 – A scripting utility was executed
• T1064 – A scripting utility was executed
• T1064 – Attempts to execute suspicious powershell command arguments
• T1059.001 – Attempts to execute suspicious powershell command arguments
• T1564 – A process created a hidden window
• T1202 – Uses suspicious command line tools or Windows utilities
• T1202 – Uses Windows utilities for basic functionality
• T1112 – Stores JavaScript or a script command in the registry, likely for fileless persistence
• T1070 – Deletes executed files from disk
• T1497 – Checks the version of Bios, possibly for anti-virtualization
• T1497 – Detects VirtualBox through the presence of a registry key
• T1027 – The binary likely contains encrypted or compressed data
• T1564.003 – A process created a hidden window
• T1027.002 – The binary likely contains encrypted or compressed data
• T1082 – Checks the version of Bios, possibly for anti-virtualization
• T1082 – Access the NetLogon registry key, potentially used for discovery or tampering
• T1082 – Checks available memory
• T1010 – Checks for the presence of known windows from debuggers and forensic tools
• T1083 – Checks for the presence of known devices from debuggers and forensic tools
• T1083 – Attempts to identify installed AV products by installation directory
• T1057 – Checks for the presence of known devices from debuggers and forensic tools
• T1057 – Enumerates the modules from a process (may be used to locate base addresses in process injection)
• T1057 – Checks for the presence of known windows from debuggers and forensic tools
• T1057 – Expresses interest in specific running processes
• T1057 – Detects the presence of Wine emulator via registry key
• T1057 – Checks the version of Bios, possibly for anti-virtualization
• T1057 – Detects VirtualBox through the presence of a registry key
• T1012 – Access the NetLogon registry key, potentially used for discovery or tampering
• T1012 – Checks the version of Bios, possibly for anti-virtualization
• T1012 – Detects the presence of Wine emulator via registry key
• T1012 – Detects VirtualBox through the presence of a registry key
• T1518.001 – Attempts to identify installed AV products by installation directory
• T1518 – Detects the presence of Wine emulator via registry key
• T1518 – Attempts to identify installed AV products by installation directory
• T1071 – Executable is attempted to be downloaded from an IP
• T1071 – Yara detections observed in process dumps, payloads or dropped files
• T1071 – At least one IP Address, Domain, or File Name was found in a crypto call
• T1071 – Reads from the memory of another process
• T1071 – Reads data out of its own binary image
• T1071 – Attempts to connect to a dead IP:Port
• T1071 – HTTP traffic contains suspicious features which may be indicative of malware related traffic
• T1071 – Performs HTTP requests potentially not found in PCAP.
• T1071 – Makes a suspicious HTTP request to a commonly exploitable directory with questionable file ext
• T1071 – Resolves a suspicious Top Level Domain (TLD)
• T1573 – Establishes an encrypted HTTPS connection
• T1007 – Collects information about services
• T1010 – Tries to detect debugger
• T1012 – Tries to detect virtual machine
• T1016 – Queries a host’s domain name
• T1027.002 – Obfuscates control flow
• T1027.002 – Resolves API functions dynamically
• T1053.005 – Schedules task
• T1057 – Enumerates running processes
• T1059.001 – Bypasses PowerShell execution policy
• T1106 – Makes direct system call to possibly evade hooking based monitoring
• T1112 – Installs system service
• T1124 – Tries to detect virtual machine
• T1480 – Known malicious mutex name is created
• T1497 – Creates an unusually large number of processes
• T1497.001 – Tries to detect virtual machine
• T1497.003 – Tries to detect virtual machine
• T1518.001 – Tries to detect the presence of antivirus software
• T1543.003 – Installs system service
• T1562.001 – Modifies native system functions
• T1564.003 – Creates process with hidden window
• T1574.011 – Hijack installed services
• T1574.011 – Installs system service
• T1622 – Tries to detect debugger
• T1059 – Detected command line output monitoring
• T1129 – The process attempted to dynamically load a malicious function
• T1057 – The process may have looked for a particular process running on the system
• T1564.003 – Detected the creation of a hidden window (common execution hiding technique)
• 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.
• T1027.009 – The process has executed a dropped binary
• T1620 – load .NET assembly
• T1027 – encode data using Base64
• T1071 – Detected one or more anomalous HTTP requests
• T1071 – Detected HTTP requests to some non white-listed domains
• T1057 – The process attempted to detect a running debugger using common APIs
• T1089 – The process has tried to suspend a sandbox-related thread (possible sandbox evasion attempt)
• T1082 – Queries for the computername
• T1119 – The process tried to detect the presence of common debug and forensic utilities
• T1063 – The process tried to detect the presence of common debug and forensic utilities
• T1063 – The process attempted to detect some widespread AVs presence looking at their installation directories
• T1119 – The process attempted to detect debuggers and common forensic/analysis tools looking for known devices
• T1063 – The process attempted to detect debuggers and common forensic/analysis tools looking for known devices
• T1082 – The process has tried to retrieve the BIOS version (maybe for checking the virtualization presence)
• T1012 – The process has tried to retrieve the BIOS version (maybe for checking the virtualization presence)
• T1086 – Detected some PowerShell commands executions
• T1497.001 – reference anti-VM strings targeting Xen
• T1050 – The process has tried to set its autorun on the system startup
• T1060 – The process has tried to set its autorun on the system startup
• T1112 – The process has tried to set its autorun on the system startup
• T1027.009 – Drops interesting files and uses them

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.