Analysis
- max time kernel
149s - max time network
165s - platform
windows10-2004_x64 - resource
win10v2004-20260513-en - resource tags
arch:x64arch:x86image:win10v2004-20260513-enlocale:en-usos:windows10-2004-x64systemwindows - submitted
10/07/2026, 12:29
Static task
static1
1 signatures
Behavioral task
behavioral1
Sample
ZageENGINE.exe
Resource
win10v2004-20260513-en
9 signatures
150 seconds
Behavioral task
behavioral2
Sample
ZageENGINE.exe
Resource
win11ltsc2024-20260709-en
9 signatures
150 seconds
General
- Target ZageENGINE.exe
- Size 82.6MB
- Sample260710-ppcfhsbw2r
- SHA256 0c71f8e025c69a9450b618fbca16583cda9cd348b3932d59b8538d178620eff3
- MD5 51276ae294d226e2b7846ec7a5af6bae
- SHA1 1237d7c6e439c686374453e344d79c511929395b
- SHA512 b27c3b5d278e4e35b99c2c36661ba0d1b5197480675ee13aaa262b8f99d871b67b8273b17b8594aa8d94148265a442b6ee5b76b12b40557c4b1ed7fd5c804b1e
- SSDEEP 786432:c868LseOH0jsTd4UB9rBaZP2LXN17IXu3Wbd:ceLidJrcZAXN17IHd
- TLSH T19218BE11E3F882D5E2BEC2B9C1224716D6F1B5D1532196CF405AD9492FA3BF35E3B222
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH
Score
9/10
Malware Config
Signatures
- Identifies VirtualBox via ACPI registry values (likely anti-VM) 2 TTPs 1 IoCs
description ioc Process Key opened \REGISTRY\MACHINE\HARDWARE\ACPI\DSDT\VBOX__ ZageENGINE.exe - Looks for VirtualBox Guest Additions in registry 2 TTPs 1 IoCs
description ioc Process Key opened \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Oracle\VirtualBox Guest Additions ZageENGINE.exe - Looks for VMWare Tools registry key 2 TTPs 1 IoCs
description ioc Process Key opened \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\VMware, Inc.\VMware Tools ZageENGINE.exe - Looks for VMWare services registry key. 1 TTPs 1 IoCs
description ioc Process Key opened \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Services\vmci ZageENGINE.exe - Suspicious use of NtSetInformationThreadHideFromDebugger 1 IoCs
pid Process 5556 ZageENGINE.exe - Checks processor information in registry 2 TTPs 3 IoCs
Processor information is often read in order to detect sandboxing environments.
description ioc Process Key opened \REGISTRY\MACHINE\HARDWARE\DESCRIPTION\System\CentralProcessor\0 ZageENGINE.exe Key value queried \REGISTRY\MACHINE\HARDWARE\DESCRIPTION\System\CentralProcessor\0\Identifier ZageENGINE.exe Key value queried \REGISTRY\MACHINE\HARDWARE\DESCRIPTION\System\CentralProcessor\0\ProcessorNameString ZageENGINE.exe - Enumerates system info in registry 2 TTPs 8 IoCs
description ioc Process Key value queried \REGISTRY\MACHINE\HARDWARE\DESCRIPTION\System\BIOS\BaseBoardProduct ZageENGINE.exe Key value queried \REGISTRY\MACHINE\HARDWARE\DESCRIPTION\System\BIOS\SystemSerialNumber ZageENGINE.exe Key opened \REGISTRY\MACHINE\HARDWARE\DESCRIPTION\System\BIOS ZageENGINE.exe Key value queried \REGISTRY\MACHINE\HARDWARE\DESCRIPTION\System\BIOS\BIOSVendor ZageENGINE.exe Key value queried \REGISTRY\MACHINE\HARDWARE\DESCRIPTION\System\BIOS\BIOSVersion ZageENGINE.exe Key value queried \REGISTRY\MACHINE\HARDWARE\DESCRIPTION\System\BIOS\SystemManufacturer ZageENGINE.exe Key value queried \REGISTRY\MACHINE\HARDWARE\DESCRIPTION\System\BIOS\SystemProductName ZageENGINE.exe Key value queried \REGISTRY\MACHINE\HARDWARE\DESCRIPTION\System\BIOS\BaseBoardSerialNumber ZageENGINE.exe - Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 1 IoCs
pid Process 5556 ZageENGINE.exe - Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 1 IoCs
description pid Process Token: SeDebugPrivilege 5556 ZageENGINE.exe
Processes
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C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\ZageENGINE.exe"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\ZageENGINE.exe"1⤵
- Identifies VirtualBox via ACPI registry values (likely anti-VM)
- Looks for VirtualBox Guest Additions in registry
- Looks for VMWare Tools registry key
- Looks for VMWare services registry key.
- Suspicious use of NtSetInformationThreadHideFromDebugger
- Checks processor information in registry
- Enumerates system info in registry
- Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
- Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
PID:5556