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: 48. Missed: 25. Coverage: 65.8%.

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 (55.40% 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

• T1012 – query or enumerate registry key
• T1129 – link many functions at runtime
• T1529 – shutdown system
• T1547.009 – create shortcut via IShellLink
• T1083 – enumerate files on Windows
• T1083 – get file size
• T1059 – accept command line arguments
• T1083 – check if file exists
• T1010 – find graphical window
• T1112 – delete registry value
• T1012 – query or enumerate registry value
• T1083 – enumerate files recursively
• T1112 – delete registry key
• T1083 – get common file path
• T1083 – get file system object information
• T1115 – open clipboard
• T1027 – encode data using XOR
• T1082 – query environment variable
• T1222 – set file attributes
• T1125 – capture webcam image
• T1082 – get disk size
• T1083 – get file version info
• T1129 – link function at runtime on Windows
• T1564 – A process created a hidden window
• T1202 – Uses Windows utilities for basic functionality
• T1202 – Uses suspicious command line tools or Windows utilities
• T1112 – Installs itself for autorun at Windows startup
• T1497 – Detects the presence of Windows Defender AV emulator via files
• 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
• T1547 – Installs itself for autorun at Windows startup
• T1547.001 – Installs itself for autorun at Windows startup
• T1082 – Checks available memory
• T1083 – Detects the presence of Windows Defender AV emulator via files
• T1057 – Expresses interest in specific running processes
• T1057 – Repeatedly searches for a not-found process, may want to run with startbrowser=1 option
• T1057 – Uses Windows utilities to enumerate running processes
• T1057 – Enumerates running processes
• T1057 – Detects the presence of Windows Defender AV emulator via files
• T1518 – Detects the presence of Windows Defender AV emulator via files
• T1071 – Performs HTTP requests potentially not found in PCAP.
• T1071 – The PE file contains an overlay
• T1071 – Yara detections observed in process dumps, payloads or dropped files
• T1071 – Resolves a suspicious Top Level Domain (TLD)
• T1071 – Executable is attempted to be downloaded from an IP
• T1071 – HTTP traffic contains suspicious features which may be indicative of malware related traffic
• T1071 – Makes a suspicious HTTP request to a commonly exploitable directory with questionable file ext
• T1573 – Downloads executable over encrypted HTTPS connection
• T1573 – Establishes an encrypted HTTPS connection
• T1106 – Created a process from a suspicious location
• T1059 – Executed a command line with /C or /R argument to terminate command shell on completion which can be used to hide execution
• T1059 – Executed a very long command line or script command which may be indicative of chained commands or obfuscation
• T1486 – Exhibits possible ransomware or wiper file modification behavior: overwrites_existing_files
• T1485 – Anomalous file deletion behavior detected (10+)
• T1129 – The process attempted to dynamically load a malicious function
• T1140 – Detected an attempt to pull out some data from the binary image
• T1129 – The process tried to load dynamically one or more functions.
• T1045 – Manalize Local SandBox Packer Harvesting
• T1082 – Queries for the computername
• T1027.009 – Drops interesting files and uses them
• T1063 – It Tries to detect injection methods
• T1047 – Queries process information (via WMI, Win32_Process)
• T1055 – May try to detect the Windows Explorer process (often used for injection)
• T1036 – Creates files inside the system directory
• T1036 – Drops PE files with a suspicious file extension
• T1057 – May try to detect the Windows Explorer process (often used for injection)
• T1057 – Uses tasklist.exe to query information about running processes
• T1057 – Queries a list of all running processes
• T1083 – Enumerates the file system
• T1083 – Reads ini files
• T1082 – Queries process information (via WMI, Win32_Process)
• T1071 – C2 URLs / IPs found in malware configuration

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.