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 12+ 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: 58. Missed: 15. Coverage: 79.5%.

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 (92.91% 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

• T1129 – link many functions at runtime
• T1027 – encrypt data using RC4 PRGA
• T1082 – get system information on Windows
• T1027 – encode data using XOR
• T1057 – enumerate process modules
• T1027 – encode data using Base64
• T1083 – get common file path
• T1027 – encrypt data using speck
• T1059 – accept command line arguments
• T1129 – parse PE header
• T1129 – link function at runtime on Windows
• T1071 – Adversaries may communicate using application layer protocols to avoid detection/network filtering by blending in with existing traffic.
• T1106 – Adversaries may interact with the native OS application programming interface (API) to execute behaviors.
• T1055 – Adversaries may inject code into processes in order to evade process-based defenses as well as possibly elevate privileges.
• T1027 – Adversaries may attempt to make an executable or file difficult to discover or analyze by encrypting, encoding, or otherwise obfuscating its contents on the system or in transit.
• T1027.002 – Adversaries may perform software packing or virtual machine software protection to conceal their code.
• T1569.002 – Found PSEXEC tool (often used for remote process execution)
• T1574.002 – Tries to load missing DLLs
• T1562.001 – Creates guard pages, often used to prevent reverse engineering and debugging
• T1070.004 – May delete shadow drive data (may be related to ransomware)
• T1056 – Creates a DirectInput object (often for capturing keystrokes)
• T1518.001 – May try to detect the virtual machine to hinder analysis (VM artifact strings found in memory)
• T1082 – Reads software policies
• T1560 – Public key (encryption) found
• T1090 – Found Tor onion address

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.