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: 72. Detected as malicious: 45. Missed: 27. Coverage: 62.5%.

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

Intensive file system activity (47.21% 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

• T1213 – reference WMI statements
• T1033 – get token membership
• T1012 – query or enumerate registry value
• T1027 – reference AES constants
• T1027 – encrypt data using AES
• T1010 – find graphical window
• T1047 – connect to WMI namespace via WbemLocator
• T1134 – modify access privileges
• T1082 – query environment variable
• T1129 – parse PE header
• T1082 – check OS version
• T1564.003 – hide graphical window
• T1083 – get file system object information
• T1547.009 – create shortcut via IShellLink
• T1083 – enumerate files on Windows
• T1083 – check if file exists
• T1083 – get common file path
• T1129 – link function at runtime on Windows
• T1222 – set file attributes
• T1140 – decrypt data using AES via x86 extensions
• T1614 – get geographical location
• T1027 – encode data using XOR
• T1059 – accept command line arguments
• T1202 – Uses suspicious command line tools or Windows utilities
• T1202 – Uses Windows utilities for basic functionality
• 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
• T1539 – Touches a file containing cookies, possibly for information gathering
• T1082 – Checks available memory
• T1057 – Uses Windows utilities to enumerate running processes
• T1071 – The PE file contains a PDB path
• T1071 – The PE file contains an overlay
• T1071 – Yara detections observed in process dumps, payloads or dropped files
• 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
• T1485 – Anomalous file deletion behavior detected (10+)
• T1059 – Detected command line output monitoring
• T1129 – The process attempted to dynamically load a malicious function
• T1129 – The process tried to load dynamically one or more functions.
• T1140 – Detected an attempt to pull out some data from the binary image
• T1027.009 – The process has executed a dropped binary
• T1027 – encode data using XOR
• T1222 – set file attributes
• T1564.003 – hide graphical window
• T1083 – get file system object information
• T1569.002 – interact with driver via control codes
• T1134 – modify access privileges
• T1083 – check if file exists
• T1083 – enumerate files on Windows
• T1082 – check OS version
• T1047 – connect to WMI namespace via WbemLocator
• T1213 – reference WMI statements
• T1083 – get common file path
• T1027 – encrypt data using AES
• T1027 – reference AES constants
• T1140 – decrypt data using AES via x86 extensions
• T1129 – link function at runtime on Windows
• T1033 – get token membership
• T1547.009 – create shortcut via IShellLink
• T1010 – find graphical window
• T1614 – get geographical location
• T1012 – query or enumerate registry value
• T1082 – query environment variable
• T1059 – accept command line arguments
• T1129 – parse PE header
• T1055 – Likely PROPagate Technique is running
• T1059 – Apparent Internal Usage of CMD.EXE
• T1027.009 – Drops interesting files and uses them
• T1063 – It Tries to detect injection methods
• T1064 – Executes batch files
• T1047 – Queries process information (via WMI, Win32_Process)
• T1059 – Uses cmd line tools excessively to alter registry or file data
• T1055 – May try to detect the Windows Explorer process (often used for injection)
• T1112 – Uses reg.exe to modify the Windows registry
• T1027.002 – Sample is packed with UPX
• T1027.002 – File is packed with WinRar
• T1027 – Sample is packed with UPX
• T1057 – Uses tasklist.exe to query information about running processes
• T1057 – Queries a list of all running processes
• T1057 – May try to detect the Windows Explorer process (often used for injection)
• T1083 – Reads ini files
• T1083 – Enumerates the file system
• T1082 – Queries the volume information (name, serial number etc) of a device
• T1082 – Queries process information (via WMI, Win32_Process)

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.