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 2+ 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: 48. Missed: 24. Coverage: 66.7%.

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 (40.98% 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

• T1082 – Checks available memory
• T1071 – The PE file contains a suspicious PDB path
• T1106 – Guard pages use detected – possible anti-debugging.
• T1055 – Writes an executable to the memory of another process
• T1055 – Writes to the memory another process
• T1070.006 – Binary compilation timestomping detected
• T1070 – Binary compilation timestomping detected
• T1027 – The binary likely contains encrypted or compressed data
• T1027.002 – The binary likely contains encrypted or compressed data
• T1542.003 – May use bcdedit to modify the Windows boot settings
• T1055 – Allocates memory in foreign processes
• T1055 – Modifies the context of a thread in another process (thread injection)
• T1055 – Injects a PE file into a foreign processes
• T1055 – Writes to foreign memory regions
• T1055 – Creates a thread in another existing process (thread injection)
• T1036 – Creates files inside the user directory
• T1562.001 – Creates guard pages, often used to prevent reverse engineering and debugging
• T1497 – Allocates memory with a write watch (potentially for evading sandboxes)
• T1497 – May sleep (evasive loops) to hinder dynamic analysis
• T1497 – Contains capabilities to detect virtual machines
• T1497 – Checks if the current process is being debugged
• T1027 – Binary may include packed or crypted data
• T1027.002 – Binary may include packed or crypted data
• T1027.002 – PE file has an executable .text section which is very likely to contain packed code (zlib compression ratio < 0.3)
• T1070.006 – Binary contains a suspicious time stamp
• T1003 – Tries to harvest and steal browser information (history, passwords, etc)
• T1518.001 – Tries to detect virtualization through RDTSC time measurements
• T1518.001 – Contains capabilities to detect virtual machines
• T1518.001 – Checks if the current process is being debugged
• T1057 – Queries a list of all running processes
• T1082 – Queries the volume information (name, serial number etc) of a device
• T1082 – Queries the installation date of Windows
• T1082 – Tries to detect virtualization through RDTSC time measurements
• T1082 – Queries information about the installed CPU (vendor, model number etc)
• T1082 – Queries the cryptographic machine GUID
• T1005 – Tries to harvest and steal browser information (history, passwords, etc)
• T1573 – Uses HTTPS
• T1105 – Downloads files from webservers via HTTP
• T1095 – Downloads files from webservers via HTTP
• T1071 – Downloads files from webservers via HTTP
• T1071 – Uses HTTPS

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.