Analysis

  • max time kernel
    149s
  • max time network
    151s
  • platform
    windows11-ltsc_2024_x64
  • resource
    win11ltsc2024-20260629-en
  • resource tags

    arch:x64arch:x86image:win11ltsc2024-20260629-enlocale:en-usos:windows11-ltsc_2024-x64systemwindows
  • submitted
    02/07/2026, 16:53

General

  • Target
    2026-07-02_a76ef331e8f9136783d281c3884b3f8a_amadey_elex_redline-stealer_rhadamanthys_smoke-loader_stop.exe
  • Size 10.4MB
  • Sample260702-vd7eeaas2w
  • SHA256 7c587ad63305a2ee7c6449fc35b01fda6dc45ad84ee379b55baa7ce71473dc7b
  • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

Malware Config

Extracted

Family
  • tofsee

C2
  • svartalfheim.top

  • jotunheim.name

Signatures

  • Family: Tofsee

    Backdoor/botnet which carries out malicious activities based on commands from a C2 server.

  • Windows security bypass 2 TTPs 1 IoCs
  • Boot or Logon Autostart Execution: Active Setup 2 TTPs 1 IoCs

    Adversaries may achieve persistence by adding a Registry key to the Active Setup of the local machine.

  • Modifies Windows Firewall 2 TTPs 1 IoCs
  • Sets service image path in registry 3 TTPs 1 IoCs

    This determines the executable launched when a service starts. It can be used to establish persistence.

  • Creates new service(s) 2 TTPs
  • Deletes itself 1 IoCs
  • Executes dropped EXE 1 IoCs
  • Stops running service(s) 4 TTPs
  • Enumerates connected drives 3 TTPs 2 IoCs

    Attempts to read the root path of hard drives other than the default C: drive.

  • Suspicious use of SetThreadContext 1 IoCs
  • Launches sc.exe 3 IoCs

    Sc.exe is a Windows utlilty to control services on the system.

  • Enumerates physical storage devices 1 TTPs

    Attempts to interact with connected storage/optical drive(s).

  • Event Triggered Execution: Netsh Helper DLL 1 TTPs 3 IoCs

    Netsh.exe (also referred to as Netshell) is a command-line scripting utility used to interact with the network configuration of a system.

  • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery 1 TTPs 9 IoCs

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

  • Checks SCSI registry key(s) 3 TTPs 62 IoCs

    SCSI information is often read in order to detect sandboxing environments.

  • Modifies Internet Explorer settings 1 TTPs 1 IoCs
  • Modifies registry class 38 IoCs
  • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 2 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 42 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of FindShellTrayWindow 51 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of SendNotifyMessage 39 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx 3 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 9 IoCs
  • Uses Task Scheduler COM API 1 TTPs

    The Task Scheduler COM API can be used to schedule applications to run on boot or at set times.

  • Uses Volume Shadow Copy WMI provider

    The Volume Shadow Copy service is used to manage backups/snapshots.

  • Uses Volume Shadow Copy service COM API

    The Volume Shadow Copy service is used to manage backups/snapshots.

Processes

  • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-07-02_a76ef331e8f9136783d281c3884b3f8a_amadey_elex_redline-stealer_rhadamanthys_smoke-loader_stop.exe
    "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-07-02_a76ef331e8f9136783d281c3884b3f8a_amadey_elex_redline-stealer_rhadamanthys_smoke-loader_stop.exe"
    1⤵
    • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
    • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    PID:4956
    • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
      "C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe" /C mkdir C:\Windows\SysWOW64\tsvpalxk\
      2⤵
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      PID:256
    • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
      "C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe" /C move /Y "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\zwqrowmt.exe" C:\Windows\SysWOW64\tsvpalxk\
      2⤵
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      PID:1588
    • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\sc.exe
      "C:\Windows\System32\sc.exe" create tsvpalxk binPath= "C:\Windows\SysWOW64\tsvpalxk\zwqrowmt.exe /d\"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-07-02_a76ef331e8f9136783d281c3884b3f8a_amadey_elex_redline-stealer_rhadamanthys_smoke-loader_stop.exe\"" type= own start= auto DisplayName= "wifi support"
      2⤵
      • Launches sc.exe
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      PID:2212
    • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\sc.exe
      "C:\Windows\System32\sc.exe" description tsvpalxk "wifi internet conection"
      2⤵
      • Launches sc.exe
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      PID:5096
    • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\sc.exe
      "C:\Windows\System32\sc.exe" start tsvpalxk
      2⤵
      • Launches sc.exe
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      PID:5260
    • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\netsh.exe
      "C:\Windows\System32\netsh.exe" advfirewall firewall add rule name="Host-process for services of Windows" dir=in action=allow program="C:\Windows\SysWOW64\svchost.exe" enable=yes>nul
      2⤵
      • Modifies Windows Firewall
      • Event Triggered Execution: Netsh Helper DLL
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      PID:2860
  • C:\Windows\system32\sihost.exe
    sihost.exe
    1⤵
    • Suspicious use of FindShellTrayWindow
    • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    PID:3120
    • C:\Windows\explorer.exe
      explorer.exe /LOADSAVEDWINDOWS
      2⤵
      • Boot or Logon Autostart Execution: Active Setup
      • Enumerates connected drives
      • Checks SCSI registry key(s)
      • Modifies Internet Explorer settings
      • Modifies registry class
      • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
      • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
      • Suspicious use of FindShellTrayWindow
      • Suspicious use of SendNotifyMessage
      • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
      PID:2780
  • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\tsvpalxk\zwqrowmt.exe
    C:\Windows\SysWOW64\tsvpalxk\zwqrowmt.exe /d"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-07-02_a76ef331e8f9136783d281c3884b3f8a_amadey_elex_redline-stealer_rhadamanthys_smoke-loader_stop.exe"
    1⤵
    • Executes dropped EXE
    • Suspicious use of SetThreadContext
    • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
    • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    PID:4092
    • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\svchost.exe
      svchost.exe
      2⤵
      • Windows security bypass
      • Sets service image path in registry
      • Deletes itself
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      PID:5868
  • C:\Windows\SystemApps\Microsoft.Windows.StartMenuExperienceHost_cw5n1h2txyewy\StartMenuExperienceHost.exe
    "C:\Windows\SystemApps\Microsoft.Windows.StartMenuExperienceHost_cw5n1h2txyewy\StartMenuExperienceHost.exe" -ServerName:App.AppXywbrabmsek0gm3tkwpr5kwzbs55tkqay.mca
    1⤵
    • Modifies registry class
    • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
    PID:5468
  • C:\Windows\SystemApps\MicrosoftWindows.Client.CBS_cw5n1h2txyewy\SearchHost.exe
    "C:\Windows\SystemApps\MicrosoftWindows.Client.CBS_cw5n1h2txyewy\SearchHost.exe" -ServerName:CortanaUI.AppXstmwaab17q5s3y22tp6apqz7a45vwv65.mca
    1⤵
    • Modifies registry class
    • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
    PID:2592
  • C:\Windows\system32\svchost.exe
    C:\Windows\system32\svchost.exe -k GPSvcGroup
    1⤵
      PID:1144

    Network

          MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16

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          Downloads

          prep_Activatable Class_Hermes_perf.cache

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Packages\Microsoft.Windows.StartMenuExperienceHost_cw5n1h2txyewy\TempState\prep_Activatable Class_Hermes_perf.cache
          • Size 599B
          • SHA256 b536a3dae9ea5c69081f0491eed829e3b57e32401fdf49a63031bcd6b20e6fdb
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

          zwqrowmt.exe

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\zwqrowmt.exe
          • Size 10.0MB
          • SHA256 d2e0cf1f41f07a65f717798db6d8c8b11aff21940073953f3f393f7bf2520327
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          memory/2592-38-0x000001D2C9B40000-0x000001D2C9C40000-memory.dmp

          memory/2592-49-0x000001DACCD40000-0x000001DACCD60000-memory.dmp

          memory/2592-68-0x000001DACD060000-0x000001DACD080000-memory.dmp

          memory/2592-36-0x000001D2C9B40000-0x000001D2C9C40000-memory.dmp

          memory/2592-82-0x000001DADD600000-0x000001DADD620000-memory.dmp

          memory/2592-50-0x000001DADD180000-0x000001DADD280000-memory.dmp

          memory/2592-37-0x000001D2C9B40000-0x000001D2C9C40000-memory.dmp

          memory/4092-200-0x00000000007D0000-0x00000000008D0000-memory.dmp

          memory/4092-7-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000437000-memory.dmp

          memory/4092-205-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000437000-memory.dmp

          memory/4956-10-0x00000000020C0000-0x00000000020D3000-memory.dmp

          memory/4956-9-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000437000-memory.dmp

          memory/4956-3-0x00000000020C0000-0x00000000020D3000-memory.dmp

          memory/4956-2-0x0000000000510000-0x0000000000610000-memory.dmp

          memory/4956-0-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000437000-memory.dmp

          memory/5468-207-0x000001D0B82F0000-0x000001D0B83EF000-memory.dmp

          memory/5868-201-0x00000000010A0000-0x00000000010B5000-memory.dmp

          memory/5868-203-0x00000000010A0000-0x00000000010B5000-memory.dmp

          memory/5868-206-0x00000000010A0000-0x00000000010B5000-memory.dmp