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: 47. Missed: 25. Coverage: 65.3%.

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 (92.39% 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

• T1129 – link function at runtime on Windows
• T1082 – query environment variable
• T1057 – enumerate process modules
• T1082 – get disk information
• T1083 – enumerate files recursively
• T1083 – get file size
• T1083 – get common file path
• T1083 – enumerate files on Windows
• T1564.003 – hide graphical window
• T1059 – accept command line arguments
• T1027 – encode data using XOR
• T1129 – link many functions at runtime
• T1129 – parse PE header
• T1497.001 – reference anti-VM strings targeting Xen
• T1003 – Accessed credential storage registry keys
• T1082 – Checks available memory
• T1057 – Expresses interest in specific running processes
• T1057 – Enumerates running processes
• T1057 – Repeatedly searches for a not-found process, may want to run with startbrowser=1 option
• T1071 – Reads data out of its own binary image
• T1071 – The PE file contains an overlay
• T1071 – Yara detections observed in process dumps, payloads or dropped files
• T1112 – Creates or sets a registry key to a long series of bytes, possibly to store a binary or malware config
• 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
• T1082 – Queries the cryptographic machine GUID
• T1082 – Queries the volume information (name, serial number etc) of a device

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.