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+ 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: 57. Missed: 15. Coverage: 79.2%.

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

Significant process manipulation (43.03% of behavior) suggests code injection, process hollowing, or privilege escalation techniques. The malware is actively compromising running processes to hide its activities.

MITRE ATT&CK Mapping

• T1053.002 – schedule task via at
• T1027 – encode data using XOR
• T1490 – delete volume shadow copies
• T1070.004 – delete volume shadow copies
• T1497.001 – reference anti-VM strings targeting VirtualBox
• T1070.004 – self delete
• T1083 – get common file path
• T1543.003 – start service
• T1082 – get hostname
• T1497.001 – reference anti-VM strings targeting VMWare
• T1082 – query environment variable
• T1083 – check if file exists
• T1082 – get disk information
• T1129 – access PEB ldr_data
• T1053.005 – schedule task via schtasks
• T1070.001 – clear Windows event logs
• T1129 – parse PE header
• T1027.005 – contain obfuscated stackstrings
• T1007 – query service status
• T1033 – get session user name
• T1087 – get session user name
• T1027 – encrypt data using Curve25519
• T1543.003 – delete service
• T1134 – acquire debug privileges
• T1543.003 – stop service
• T1489 – stop service
• T1016 – get local IPv4 addresses
• T1083 – get file size
• T1057 – get process heap flags
• T1027 – reference Base64 string
• T1134 – modify access privileges
• T1129 – link function at runtime on Windows
• T1222 – set file attributes
• T1135 – enumerate network shares
• T1083 – enumerate files on Windows
• T1082 – get system information on Windows
• T1057 – enumerate processes
• T1518 – enumerate processes
• T1006 – Accesses volumes directly
• T1016 – Reads network adapter information
• T1016 – Queries a host’s domain name
• T1057 – Enumerates running processes
• T1134 – Enables process privileges
• T1134 – Enables critical process privileges
• T1486 – Appends new extensions to many filenames
• T1489 – Tries to disable antivirus software
• T1489 – Disables a crucial system service
• T1490 – Modifies Windows automatic backups
• T1491.001 – Changes the desktop wallpaper
• T1562.001 – Tries to disable antivirus software
• T1564.003 – Creates process with hidden window
• T1059 – Detected command line output monitoring
• T1129 – The process attempted to dynamically load a malicious function
• 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 searched for a process without success: maybe some not-found process was needed (browser?)
• T1057 – The process may have looked for a particular process running on the system
• T1045 – Manalize Local SandBox Packer Harvesting
• T1106 – The process attempted to delete some Shadow Volume Copies (typical in ransomware)
• T1107 – The process attempted to delete some Shadow Volume Copies (typical in ransomware)
• T1105 – The process acted as a ransomware (suspicious behaviours common in ransomwares were detected)
• T1107 – The process acted as a ransomware (suspicious behaviours common in ransomwares were detected)
• T1082 – Queries for the computername
• T1031 – The process has tried to stop some active services
• T1027.009 – Drops interesting files and uses them
• T1063 – It Tries to detect injection methods

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.