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: 73. Detected as malicious: 56. Missed: 17. Coverage: 76.7%.

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 (34.76% 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

• T1059.001 – run PowerShell expression
• T1620 – invoke .NET assembly method
• T1033 – Collects and encrypts information about the computer likely to send to C2 server
• T1082 – Checks available memory
• T1129 – Drops a binary and executes it
• T1053 – Installs itself for autorun at Windows startup
• T1106 – Guard pages use detected – possible anti-debugging.
• T1059 – A scripting utility was executed
• T1059 – Attempts to execute suspicious powershell command arguments
• T1059 – Data downloaded by powershell script
• T1059 – A document or script wrote an executable file to disk
• T1064 – A scripting utility was executed
• T1064 – Attempts to execute suspicious powershell command arguments
• T1064 – Data downloaded by powershell script
• T1059.001 – Attempts to execute suspicious powershell command arguments
• T1059.001 – Data downloaded by powershell script
• T1539 – Touches a file containing cookies, possibly for information gathering
• 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
• 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
• T1071 – Yara detections observed in process dumps, payloads or dropped files
• T1071 – At least one IP Address, Domain, or File Name was found in a crypto call
• T1071 – HTTP traffic contains suspicious features which may be indicative of malware related traffic
• T1071 – Attempts to connect to a dead IP:Port
• T1071 – Makes a suspicious HTTP request to a commonly exploitable directory with questionable file ext
• T1071 – Terminates another process
• T1071 – Executable is attempted to be downloaded from an IP
• T1071 – Reads from the memory of another process
• T1568 – Connects to a Dynamic DNS Domain
• T1560 – Collects and encrypts information about the computer likely to send to C2 server
• T1059.001 – run PowerShell expression
• T1053 – Uses schtasks.exe or at.exe to add and modify task schedules
• T1059.001 – Bypasses PowerShell execution policy
• T1059.001 – Powershell drops PE file
• 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
• T1564.001 – Hides that the sample has been downloaded from the Internet (zone.identifier)
• T1027.002 – .NET source code contains potential unpacker
• T1057 – Queries a list of all running processes
• T1083 – Reads ini files
• T1082 – Queries the volume information (name, serial number etc) of a device
• T1082 – Queries the cryptographic machine GUID
• T1105 – Downloads files from webservers via HTTP
• T1105 – Downloads executable code via HTTP
• T1095 – Downloads files from webservers via HTTP
• T1071 – Downloads files from webservers via HTTP
• T1071 – Downloads executable code via HTTP
• T1071 – Uses a known web browser user agent for HTTP communication
• T1071 – Uses dynamic DNS services

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.