Suspicious
Unsigned executable exhibiting process injection and direct-IP C2 with no AV detections.
f36c297f6ea366fa01…0c55bfbdfcThe verdict, reasoned out.
Not a rules engine. The MT AI Engine reads every signal we collected, weighs them against history, and commits to an answer.
Zero malicious detections across 71 engines rules out widespread known malware, but the behavioural evidence is inconsistent with typical benign software. The file performed process injection and contacted raw IPs instead of using DNS, both flagged by high-severity heuristics. Lack of code signing and only one prior imphash match previously scored suspicious further support caution. Medium prevalence indicates the binary is not brand new, yet the combination of signals places it in the mixed-evidence zone rather than clean or malicious.
Each signal cites a concrete token from the evidence the arbiter saw — engine name, MITRE technique, signer string, or an exact count.
engines.malicious=0 and engines.tier1Malicious=0 across 71 reporting engines
behaviour.offensiveTechniques=["T1055","T1562.001"] and triggeredHeuristics include MalwareTips.Synth.ProcessInjection (high) and MalwareTips.Synth.DirectIpC2 (medium)
signing.verified=false with no signerStats history
similarHashes[0].verdict=suspicious (matchKind=imphash) with reasonCode=ai:borderline_mixed_signals
prevalence.classification=medium (28 unique sources)
- Zero engine detections across 71 reporters
- Medium prevalence (28 submitters)
- No malicious dropped children or sandbox verdicts
- Process injection (T1055) observed in sandbox
- Direct-IP C2 without DNS resolution
- Unsigned executable with no signer history
- Prior imphash match previously rated suspicious
Treat as suspicious pending further analysis; isolate and monitor if execution is unavoidable.
What this file did when executed
This file was detonated in 1 sandbox and its runtime behaviour was observed.
Adversary techniques mapped to the MITRE ATT&CK framework.
- 192.168.0.42
- 23.46.228.5
- 20.99.133.109
- 184.27.218.92
- 20.189.173.22
- C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\WER\Temp
- C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\WER\Temp\2fe685bf-d778-44c3-8704-a7312aebe86d
- C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\WER\ReportQueue
- C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\WER\Temp\bcc5692d-18f0-495b-9dd4-4b0fc087dcdb
- C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\WER\ReportArchive
- C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\WER\Temp\WERC301.tmp
- C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\WER\Temp\WERCA84.tmp
- C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\WER\Temp\WERCC89.tmp
- C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\WER\Temp\WERC301.tmp.dmp
- C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\WER\Temp\WERCA84.tmp.WERInternalMetadata.xml
- Local\WERReportingForProcess4136
- Global\AmiProviderMutex_InventoryApplicationFile
- Global\41426f46-4293-4d7f-ad96-2b12b1358b72
- \Sessions\1\BaseNamedObjects\Local\WERReportingForProcess3676
- \Sessions\1\BaseNamedObjects\InventorySynchronizationInventoryApplicationFileMutex5080
Files this sample writes at runtime
This file drops 6 children at runtime. None are currently flagged malicious in our cache.
- 332557f35c6c5091fcdd…73ff67Never scannednever seen before
- a2b9949ade90c5d5d49e…9e2d46Never scannednever seen before
- e55844c2c5de03edfaea…bbdf98Never scannednever seen before
- 694e8c6934dfc3ab175c…499f62Never scannednever seen before
- caccf87e4b812302fb0c…0c61b1Never scannednever seen before
- 41fc90a1e37020115731…e9ab9fNever scannednever seen before
YARA + heuristic rules that fired
A researcher-curated or high-severity heuristic rule matched this sample. These rules target specific malware families and are near-definitive.
MITRE T1055 (Process Injection) observed — CreateRemoteThread / APC / reflective-DLL injection. The payload is being smuggled into a legitimate process to bypass AV hooks.
Evidence"C:\Users\<USER>\Desktop\program.exe"Sample contacted 4 external IP address(es) and zero domains. Benign software virtually always uses DNS; no-DNS direct-IP C2 is a strong malware indicator because it bypasses reputation systems and dodges domain-based blocklists.
Evidence23.46.228.5 · 20.99.133.109 · 184.27.218.92
0 detections across 75 engines
Section entropy & packers
Section-level entropy and packer detection from the PE header. Nothing suspicious here — entropy is within the normal range for unpacked code.
How often this file shows up in the wild
Moderate prevalence — neither rare nor common. No strong prior applies.
Forensic fingerprint
- File name
- A_New_Dawn.exe
- Size
- 301.0 KB
- MIME type
- (unknown)
- Detected type
- Win32 EXE
- SHA-256
- f36c297f6ea366fa015100406ca59f583df299e240a6408d901fc20c55bfbdfc
- MD5
- 68da4423eaec5d0d2705fc0f78fe6cf9
- SHA-1
- d5d942b87979ef1b06e7f2472701022427ed777a
- PE imphash
- a9563ca2ee659a9314820bead4ec962b
- First seen (VT)
- 7/2/2025, 12:29:13 AM
- Last analysis (VT)
- 6/8/2026, 7:47:00 AM
- First scan (MalwareTips)
- 7/4/2026, 11:03:02 PM
- Last scan (MalwareTips)
- 7/4/2026, 11:03:02 PM
Reviews & malware reports(0)
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