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 1+ 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: 52. Missed: 21. Coverage: 71.2%.

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 (37.50% 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

• T1497 – Detects VMware through the presence of a file
• T1497 – Checks the presence of disk drives in the registry, possibly for anti-virtualization
• T1497 – Checks the version of Bios, possibly for anti-virtualization
• T1497 – Detects VirtualBox through the presence of a file
• T1027 – The binary contains an unknown PE section name indicative of packing
• T1027 – The binary likely contains encrypted or compressed data
• T1027.002 – The binary contains an unknown PE section name indicative of packing
• T1027.002 – The binary likely contains encrypted or compressed data
• T1082 – Checks available memory
• T1082 – Checks the presence of disk drives in the registry, possibly for anti-virtualization
• T1082 – Checks the version of Bios, possibly for anti-virtualization
• T1083 – Detects VMware through the presence of a file
• T1083 – Detects VirtualBox through the presence of a file
• T1057 – Detects VMware through the presence of a file
• T1057 – Checks the presence of disk drives in the registry, possibly for anti-virtualization
• T1057 – Checks the version of Bios, possibly for anti-virtualization
• T1057 – Detects VirtualBox through the presence of a file
• T1012 – Checks the presence of disk drives in the registry, possibly for anti-virtualization
• T1012 – Checks the version of Bios, possibly for anti-virtualization
• T1071 – Resolves a suspicious Top Level Domain (TLD)
• T1071 – The PE file contains an overlay
• T1106 – Guard pages use detected – possible anti-debugging.
• T1055 – May try to detect the Windows Explorer process (often used for injection)
• T1497 – Checks if the current process is being debugged
• T1497 – May sleep (evasive loops) to hinder dynamic analysis
• T1497 – Allocates memory with a write watch (potentially for evading sandboxes)
• T1497 – Contains capabilities to detect virtual machines
• T1562.001 – Creates guard pages, often used to prevent reverse engineering and debugging
• T1562.001 – Launches processes in debugging mode, may be used to hinder debugging
• T1518.001 – Checks if the current process is being debugged
• T1518.001 – Contains capabilities to detect virtual machines
• T1057 – Queries a list of all running processes
• T1057 – May try to detect the Windows Explorer process (often used for injection)
• 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.