Analysis

  • max time kernel
    150s
  • max time network
    127s
  • platform
    windows11-ltsc_2024_x64
  • resource
    win11ltsc2024-20260911-en
  • resource tags

    arch:x64arch:x86image:win11ltsc2024-20260911-enlocale:en-usos:windows11-ltsc_2024-x64systemwindows
  • submitted
    09/11/2026, 23:17

General

  • Target
    2257f4916a5f8f30de7456048cc46e7079c18f25c4b4aad03cacb966fa205a8b.exe
  • Size 10.7MB
  • Sample261109-292mcswwbx
  • SHA256 2257f4916a5f8f30de7456048cc46e7079c18f25c4b4aad03cacb966fa205a8b
  • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

Malware Config

Extracted

Family
  • tofsee

C2
  • defeatwax.ru

  • refabyd.info

Signatures

  • Family: Tofsee

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

  • Modifies Windows Firewall 2 TTPs 1 IoCs
  • Creates new service(s) 2 TTPs
  • Executes dropped EXE 1 IoCs
  • 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.

  • Executes a command shell one-liner 1 TTPs 2 IoCs

    Execution of a cmd.exe one-liner (/c "close" or /k "keep") is a common script/loader stage.

  • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery 1 TTPs 8 IoCs

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

  • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 8 IoCs

Processes

  • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2257f4916a5f8f30de7456048cc46e7079c18f25c4b4aad03cacb966fa205a8b.exe
    "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2257f4916a5f8f30de7456048cc46e7079c18f25c4b4aad03cacb966fa205a8b.exe"
    1⤵
    • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
    • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    PID:3756
    • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
      "C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe" /C mkdir C:\Windows\SysWOW64\xwvpspft\
      2⤵
      • Executes a command shell one-liner
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      PID:3400
    • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
      "C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe" /C move /Y "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\sezwdccq.exe" C:\Windows\SysWOW64\xwvpspft\
      2⤵
      • Executes a command shell one-liner
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      PID:5412
    • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\sc.exe
      "C:\Windows\System32\sc.exe" create xwvpspft binPath= "C:\Windows\SysWOW64\xwvpspft\sezwdccq.exe /d\"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2257f4916a5f8f30de7456048cc46e7079c18f25c4b4aad03cacb966fa205a8b.exe\"" type= own start= auto DisplayName= "wifi support"
      2⤵
      • Launches sc.exe
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      PID:4224
    • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\sc.exe
      "C:\Windows\System32\sc.exe" description xwvpspft "wifi internet conection"
      2⤵
      • Launches sc.exe
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      PID:4536
    • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\sc.exe
      "C:\Windows\System32\sc.exe" start xwvpspft
      2⤵
      • Launches sc.exe
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      PID:4208
    • 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:2772
  • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\xwvpspft\sezwdccq.exe
    C:\Windows\SysWOW64\xwvpspft\sezwdccq.exe /d"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2257f4916a5f8f30de7456048cc46e7079c18f25c4b4aad03cacb966fa205a8b.exe"
    1⤵
    • Executes dropped EXE
    • Suspicious use of SetThreadContext
    • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
    • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    PID:3412
    • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\svchost.exe
      svchost.exe
      2⤵
        PID:5476

    Network

          MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16

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          Downloads

          sezwdccq.exe

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\sezwdccq.exe
          • Size 13.1MB
          • SHA256 cb7b6e083d5ea53cd4d7c2d3493b1d824336ddc98699707a080bb49519c7a944
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          memory/3412-5-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000447000-memory.dmp

          memory/3412-9-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000447000-memory.dmp

          memory/3756-0-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000447000-memory.dmp

          memory/3756-10-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000447000-memory.dmp

          memory/5476-6-0x0000000001280000-0x00000000012C7000-memory.dmp