Analysis

  • max time kernel
    149s
  • max time network
    138s
  • platform
    windows10-2004_x64
  • resource
    win10v2004-20260911-en
  • resource tags

    arch:x64arch:x86image:win10v2004-20260911-enlocale:en-usos:windows10-2004-x64systemwindows
  • submitted
    16/10/2026, 04:16

General

  • Target
    jaffacakes118_Trojan-Ransom.Win32.SageCrypt.dqs.exe
  • Size 300KB
  • Sample261016-ev3jsag19l
  • SHA256 a281cd08289794f2ef8973316f22d6ec9d844da22faffde36b9c53a1cff0207b
  • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

Malware Config

Signatures

  • Family: Sage

    Sage is a ransomware that has been active since 2020.

  • Contacts a large (7713) amount of remote hosts 1 TTPs

    This may indicate a network scan to discover remotely running services.

  • Creates a large amount of network flows 1 TTPs

    This may indicate a network scan to discover remotely running services.

  • Sets desktop wallpaper using registry 2 TTPs 2 IoCs
  • Reads the TCP/IP host and domain name from the registry 1 TTPs 2 IoCs

    The configured hostname and DNS domain identify the machine and are commonly collected to profile a host before it reports in.

  • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery 1 TTPs 2 IoCs

    Attempt gather information about the system language of a victim in order to infer the geographical location of that host.

  • Modifies Control Panel 1 IoCs
  • Modifies data under HKEY_USERS 3 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 1 IoCs

Processes

  • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\jaffacakes118_Trojan-Ransom.Win32.SageCrypt.dqs.exe
    "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\jaffacakes118_Trojan-Ransom.Win32.SageCrypt.dqs.exe"
    1⤵
    • Sets desktop wallpaper using registry
    • Reads the TCP/IP host and domain name from the registry
    • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
    • Modifies Control Panel
    • Modifies data under HKEY_USERS
    • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    PID:4484
    • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\jaffacakes118_Trojan-Ransom.Win32.SageCrypt.dqs.exe
      "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\jaffacakes118_Trojan-Ransom.Win32.SageCrypt.dqs.exe" g
      2⤵
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      PID:3132

Network

        MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16

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        Downloads

        !Recovery_aR3.html

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\Downloads\!Recovery_aR3.html
        • Size 9KB
        • SHA256 c8331dbf24c571dfac2b12d3c41bb1070dcd83d8858821ff95076e5862303505
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        CheckpointHide.asp...

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\Downloads\CheckpointHide.asp...
        • Size 407KB
        • SHA256 aeaa451c28f439135650c0d2f08384c88479e434e12a1b00e42ef8dcd97c93fa
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        PublishGroup.ttf...

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\Downloads\PublishGroup.ttf...
        • Size 538KB
        • SHA256 cdc6d3352f03b33164b3b8afe08ccdf09797ea19910fd14c8513d01e4ab443c7
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        !Recovery_aR3.html

        • Path C:\Users\Public\Documents\!Recovery_aR3.html
        • Size 8KB
        • SHA256 ab5cb7b191b11f97331bfc55897d57e763529b4c99a54d40d2871abbfc70a08d
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        memory/4484-0-0x0000000000540000-0x0000000000543000-memory.dmp

        memory/4484-1-0x0000000000A60000-0x0000000000A74000-memory.dmp

        memory/4484-2-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000410000-memory.dmp

        memory/4484-3-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000410000-memory.dmp

        memory/4484-5-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000410000-memory.dmp

        memory/4484-10-0x0000000000A60000-0x0000000000A74000-memory.dmp

        memory/4484-16-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000410000-memory.dmp

        memory/4484-15-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000410000-memory.dmp