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: 70. Detected as malicious: 55. Missed: 15. Coverage: 78.6%.

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.

MITRE ATT&CK Mapping

• T1070.004 – self delete
• T1083 – get file size
• T1136 – add user account
• T1082 – get hostname
• T1027 – encrypt data using DPAPI
• T1082 – enumerate disk volumes
• T1027 – encode data using XOR
• T1129 – link function at runtime on Windows
• T1098 – add user account to group
• T1134 – modify access privileges
• T1531 – delete user account
• T1082 – get disk size
• T1135 – enumerate network shares
• T1053.005 – schedule task via schtasks
• T1083 – get common file path
• T1047 – connect to WMI namespace via WbemLocator
• T1490 – disable automatic Windows recovery features
• T1113 – capture screenshot
• T1057 – enumerate processes
• T1518 – enumerate processes
• T1083 – check if file exists
• T1490 – delete volume shadow copies
• T1070.004 – delete volume shadow copies
• T1129 – parse PE header
• T1082 – query environment variable
• T1082 – get disk information
• T1134 – acquire debug privileges
• T1055.012 – use process replacement
• T1620 – use process replacement
• T1497.001 – reference anti-VM strings targeting VirtualBox
• T1071 – Anomalous binary characteristics
• T1071 – Binary file triggered multiple YARA rules
• T1071 – The PE file contains an overlay
• 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.