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 13+ minutes, this malware was rapidly detected — demonstrating excellent security controls that intercepted the threat during initial execution phases, severely limiting adversary capabilities.

Global Detection Posture — Who Caught It, Who Missed It

VirusTotal engines: 73. Detected as malicious: 59. Missed: 14. Coverage: 80.8%.

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

Intensive file system activity (49.10% of behavior) indicates data harvesting, file encryption, or dropper behavior. The threat is actively searching for and manipulating files across the system.

MITRE ATT&CK Mapping

• T1083 – get common file path
• T1070.001 – clear Windows event logs
• T1497.001 – reference anti-VM strings targeting VMWare
• T1083 – get file size
• T1083 – enumerate files on Windows
• T1082 – get hostname
• T1129 – parse PE header
• T1082 – get disk information
• T1543.003 – delete service
• T1134 – modify access privileges
• T1053.005 – schedule task via schtasks
• T1222 – set file attributes
• T1543.003 – start service
• T1082 – get system information on Windows
• T1007 – query service status
• T1543.003 – stop service
• T1489 – stop service
• T1129 – access PEB ldr_data
• T1027 – reference Base64 string
• T1129 – link function at runtime on Windows
• T1016 – get local IPv4 addresses
• T1490 – delete volume shadow copies
• T1070.004 – delete volume shadow copies
• T1070.004 – self delete
• T1027 – encrypt data using Curve25519
• T1082 – query environment variable
• T1027 – encode data using XOR
• T1053.002 – schedule task via at
• T1135 – enumerate network shares
• T1134 – acquire debug privileges
• T1083 – check if file exists
• T1057 – enumerate processes
• T1518 – enumerate processes
• T1497.001 – reference anti-VM strings targeting VirtualBox
• T1057 – get process heap flags
• T1027.005 – contain obfuscated stackstrings
• T1033 – get session user name
• T1087 – get session user name
• T1003 – Harvests information related to installed mail clients
• T1539 – Touches a file containing cookies, possibly for information gathering
• T1552 – Harvests information related to installed mail clients
• T1552.001 – Harvests information related to installed mail clients
• T1543 – Attempts to stop active services
• T1543.003 – Attempts to stop active services
• T1548 – A file was accessed within the Public folder.
• T1114 – Harvests information related to installed mail clients
• T1005 – Harvests information related to installed mail clients
• T1074 – Manipulates data from or to the Recycle Bin
• T1489 – Attempts to stop active services
• T1486 – Exhibits possible ransomware or wiper file modification behavior: overwrites_existing_files
• T1071 – Attempts to connect to a dead IP:Port
• T1071 – Yara detections observed in process dumps, payloads or dropped files
• T1071 – HTTP traffic contains suspicious features which may be indicative of malware related traffic
• T1095 – Generates some ICMP traffic
• T1202 – Uses Windows utilities for basic functionality
• T1202 – Uses suspicious command line tools or Windows utilities
• T1562 – Attempts to stop active services
• T1036 – A file was accessed within the Public folder.
• T1562.001 – Attempts to stop active services
• 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
• T1057 – Enumerates running processes
• T1057 – Expresses interest in specific running 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
• T1129 – The process attempted to dynamically load a malicious function
• T1059 – Detected command line output monitoring
• T1129 – The process tried to load dynamically one or more functions.
• T1057 – The process may have looked for a particular process running on the system
• T1057 – The process searched for a process without success: maybe some not-found process was needed (browser?)
• T1564.003 – Detected the creation of a hidden window (common execution hiding technique)
• T1045 – Manalize Local SandBox Packer Harvesting
• T1107 – The process attempted to delete some Shadow Volume Copies (typical in ransomware)
• T1106 – The process attempted to delete some Shadow Volume Copies (typical in ransomware)
• T1179 – The process behaves as a keylogger (keyboard capturing detected)
• T1056 – The process behaves as a keylogger (keyboard capturing detected)
• 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
• T1547.008 – Enables driver privileges
• T1036 – Creates files inside the volume driver (system volume information)
• T1036 – Creates files inside the system directory
• T1036 – Creates files inside the user directory
• T1497 – May sleep (evasive loops) to hinder dynamic analysis
• T1564.001 – Creates files in the recycle bin to hide itself
• T1070.004 – May delete shadow drive data (may be related to ransomware)
• T1057 – Queries a list of all running processes
• T1083 – Reads ini files
• T1090 – Found Tor onion address
• T1486 – Modifies user documents (likely ransomware behavior)
• T1486 – Writes a notice file (html or txt) to demand a ransom

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.