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: 49. Missed: 24. Coverage: 67.1%.

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

This threat shows heavy registry manipulation (36.27% of total behavior), indicating persistent backdoor installation, configuration tampering, or system policy modification attempts. The malware likely establishes persistence mechanisms and modifies security settings to maintain long-term access.

MITRE ATT&CK Mapping

• T1083 – get file size
• T1129 – parse PE header
• T1129 – link function at runtime on Windows
• T1027 – encode data using Base64 via WinAPI
• T1134 – modify access privileges
• T1134 – acquire debug privileges
• T1012 – query or enumerate registry key
• T1083 – get common file path
• T1012 – query or enumerate registry value
• T1027.005 – contain obfuscated stackstrings
• T1140 – decode data using Base64 via WinAPI
• T1016 – get proxy
• T1027 – encode data using XOR
• T1057 – enumerate processes
• T1518 – enumerate processes
• T1071 – Performs HTTP requests potentially not found in PCAP.
• T1573 – Establishes an encrypted HTTPS connection
• 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
• T1129 – The process tried to load dynamically one or more functions.
• T1134 – acquire debug privileges
• T1140 – decode data using Base64 via WinAPI
• T1027 – encode data using XOR
• T1129 – link function at runtime on Windows
• T1134 – modify access privileges
• T1083 – get common file path
• T1083 – get file size
• T1012 – query or enumerate registry key
• T1012 – query or enumerate registry value
• T1016 – get proxy
• T1129 – parse PE header
• T1071 – Detected one or more anomalous HTTP requests
• T1071 – Detected HTTP requests to some non white-listed domains
• T1027.005 – contain obfuscated stackstrings
• T1057 – enumerate processes
• T1518 – enumerate processes
• T1063 – It Tries to detect injection methods
• T1542.003 – May use bcdedit to modify the Windows boot settings
• T1055 – System process connects to network (likely due to code injection)
• T1218.011 – Runs a DLL by calling functions
• T1497 – May sleep (evasive loops) to hinder dynamic analysis
• T1573 – Uses HTTPS
• 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.